Head Games

Sorcery

Target opponent puts the cards from his or her hand on top of his or her library. Search that player's library for that many cards. The player puts those cards into his or her hand, then shuffles his or her library.

Heat Shimmer

Sorcery

Put a token that's a copy of target creature onto the battlefield. That token has haste and "At the beginning of the end step, exile this permanent."

"Better to flare out than to gutter."
-Flamekin expression

Heed the Mists

Sorcery - Arcane

Put the top card of your library into your graveyard, then draw cards equal to that card's converted mana cost.

"Once, I looked to the mists for wisdom. Now I wish only for understanding."

Hellfire

Sorcery

Destroy all nonblack creatures. Hellfire deals X plus 3 damage to you, where X is the number of creatures that died this way.

"High on a throne of royal state . . . insatiate to pursue vain war with heav'n." -John Milton, Paradise Lost

Hellion Eruption

Sorcery

Sacrifice all creatures you control, then put that many 4/4 red Hellion creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Just when you thought you'd be safe, in the middle of an open field with no Eldrazi around for miles.

Heroes Remembered

Sorcery

You gain 20 life.

Suspend 10- (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with ten time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost.)

Hex

Sorcery

Destroy six target creatures.

When killing five just isn't enough.

Hidden Strings

Sorcery

You may tap or untap target permanent, then you may tap or untap another target permanent.

Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Hideous Visage

Sorcery

Creatures you control gain intimidate until end of turn. (Each of those creatures can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)

"Seeing you cower before me is its own reward."

Hint of Insanity

Sorcery

Target player reveals his or her hand. That player discards all nonland cards with the same name as another card in his or her hand.

"Practice makes perfect, but obsession makes better."

Hive Stirrings

Sorcery

Put two 1/1 colorless Sliver creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Sliver young are sorted into clutches according to their potential and their future role. Human scholars can only guess how those are determined.

Hoarder's Greed

Sorcery

You lose 2 life and draw two cards, then clash with an opponent. If you win, repeat this process. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of his or her library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if his or her card had a higher converted mana cost.)

Hordeling Outburst

Sorcery

Put three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens onto the battlefield.

"Leave no scraps, lest you attract pests."
-Mardu threat

Horncaller's Chant

Sorcery

Put a 4/4 green Rhino creature token with trample onto the battlefield, then populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

"The Selesnya are gathering armies. Do you still believe they aren't preparing for war?"
-Teysa, to Isperia

Horrifying Revelation

Sorcery

Target player discards a card, then puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

"Ours is a glorious transmission! Behold a future where all bow to the Father of Machines."
-Isila, Priest of Sheoldred

Hour of Reckoning

Sorcery

Convoke (Each creature you tap while casting this spell reduces its cost by or by one mana of that creature's color.)

Destroy all nontoken creatures.

"Ravnica, like a hedge, must be pruned, leaving only leaves of verdant uniformity."
-Niszka, Selesnya evangel

Howl of the Horde

Sorcery

When you cast your next instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Raid - If you attacked with a creature this turn, when you cast your next instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell an additional time. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Howl of the Night Pack

Sorcery

Put a 2/2 green Wolf creature token onto the battlefield for each Forest you control.

The murderous horrors of Raven's Run are legendary, but even that haunted place goes quiet when the night wolves howl.

Hull Breach

Sorcery

Choose one - Destroy target artifact; or destroy target enchantment; or destroy target artifact and target enchantment.

"Crovax knows we're coming now," said a grinning Sisay. "I just sent the Predator crashing into his stronghold."

Hunger of the Nim

Sorcery

Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each artifact you control.

Their pain is so great, they can't help but share it with others.

Hunt Down

Sorcery

Target creature blocks target creature this turn if able.

"Springjacks and faeries can be difficult to hunt, but my favorite prey are the flamekin. They never fail to put up a worthy fight when cornered."

Hunt the Hunter

Sorcery

Target green creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. It fights target green creature an opponent controls.

"A grudge is a tattoo worn on the inside."
-Setessan warrior saying

Hunt the Weak

Sorcery

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then that creature fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

He who hesitates is lunch.

Hunter's Prowess

Sorcery

Until end of turn, target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw that many cards."

To be counted among the warriors of Setessa's Leina Tower, you must not fear death, only failure.

Hunters' Feast

Sorcery

Any number of target players each gain 6 life.

Those who kill a jawspur rhino must prepare spells to lift the carcass-even a dozen hunters can't lift its bulk.

Hunting Triad

Tribal Sorcery - Elf

Put three 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Reinforce 3- (, Discard this card: Put three +1/+1 counters on target creature.)

"Eyeblights are easy to track. Just follow the imperfections."

Hunting Wilds

Sorcery

Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)

Search your library for up to two Forest cards and put them onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.

If Hunting Wilds was kicked, untap all Forests put onto the battlefield this way. They become 3/3 green creatures with haste that are still lands.

Hurly-Burly

Sorcery

Choose one - Hurly-Burly deals 1 damage to each creature without flying; or Hurly-Burly deals 1 damage to each creature with flying.

"Things were popping like corn in a skillet. Olly landed in the pig pen with his prize sow on top of him, both squealin' like boggarts."
-Deagan, cenn of Burrenton

Hurricane

Sorcery

Hurricane deals X damage to each creature with flying and each player.

"Don't envy the grandeur of drakes. Their impression of grace fades when the first gust sends them crashing into one another."
-Molimo, maro-sorcerer

Hush

Sorcery

Destroy all enchantments.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Hymn of Rebirth

Sorcery

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

"There will come soft rains, and spring shall be amongst us, a welcome friend."
-Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran Priest

Hymn to Tourach

Sorcery

Target player discards two cards at random.

"The eerie, wailing Hymn caused insanity even in hardened warriors."
-Sarpadian Empires, vol. II

Hypergenesis

Sorcery

Illus. Ron Spears

Hypnotic Cloud

Sorcery

Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)

Target player discards a card. If Hypnotic Cloud was kicked, that player discards three cards instead.

Icatian Town

Sorcery

Put four 1/1 white Citizen creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Icatia's once-peaceful towns faced increasing attacks from orcs and goblins as the climate cooled. By the time the empire fell, they were little more than armed camps.

Ice Storm

Sorcery

Destroy target land.

Icefall

Sorcery

Destroy target artifact or land.

Recover (When a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)

As the Thaw met Terisiare, mountains shed their icy skins, crushing homes and hopes alike.

Icequake

Sorcery

Destroy target land. If that land was a snow land, Icequake deals 1 damage to that land's controller.

"When the earth shakes, and their animals are swallowed up by the ground, perhaps they will think twice before attacking again."
-Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer

Ichor Explosion

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Ichor Explosion, sacrifice a creature.

All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

The first explosion that didn't excite goblins.

Ichor Slick

Sorcery

Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Madness (If you discard this card, you may cast it for its madness cost instead of putting it into your graveyard.)