Empty the Pits

Instant

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

Put X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens onto the battlefield tapped.

The Sultai would rebuild the empire on the backs of the dead.

Emerge Unscathed

Instant

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Elemental Uprising

Instant

Target land you control becomes a 4/4 Elemental creature with haste until end of turn. It's still a land. It must be blocked this turn if able.

"My heart and Zendikar's beat as one. Together we will endure."
-Nissa Revane

Electrolyze

Instant

Electrolyze deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two target creatures and/or players.

Draw a card.

The Izzet learn something from every lesson they teach.

Electrickery

Instant

Electrickery deals 1 damage to target creature you don't control.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Echoing Truth

Instant

Return target nonland permanent and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent to their owners' hands.

A single lie unleashes a tide of disbelief.

Echoing Courage

Instant

Target creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get +2/+2 until end of turn.

A single seed unleashes a flurry of growth.

Eaten by Spiders

Instant

Destroy target creature with flying and all Equipment attached to that creature.

After sampling many victims, the spider developed a preference for the undead and their accoutrements.

Dynacharge

Instant

Target creature you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Nothing evens the odds like a little lightning.

Due Respect

Instant

Permanents enter the battlefield tapped this turn.

Draw a card.

"A display of humility is required of those who still possess such frailties."
-Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Druid's Deliverance

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. Populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

"So many oppose us, but we are the reed that bends without breaking."

Dromoka's Gift

Instant

Bolster 4. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put four +1/+1 counters on it.)

The simplest gift from a dragon can be a revered accolade for a human warrior.

Dromoka's Command

Instant

Choose two -

• Prevent all damage target instant or sorcery spell would deal this turn.

• Target player sacrifices an enchantment.

• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

• Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.

Dromar's Charm

Instant

Choose one - You gain 5 life; or counter target spell; or target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

Dream Twist

Instant

Target player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Dream Fracture

Instant

Counter target spell. Its controller draws a card.

Draw a card.

"Creation is a paradox. It hatches from its opposite."
-Olka, Mistmeadow witch

Dramatic Rescue

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand. You gain 2 life.

"I never thought I'd be so glad to see two tons of beak and claws bearing down on me at the speed of an arrow."
-Mirela, Azorius hussar

Dragonshift

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature you control becomes a 4/4 blue and red Dragon, loses all abilities, and gains flying.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Dragonscale Boon

Instant

Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature and untap it.

"When we were lost and weary, the ainok showed us how to survive. They have earned the right to call themselves Abzan, and to wear the Scale."
-Anafenza, khan of the Abzan

Dragonrage

Instant

Add to your mana pool for each attacking creature you control. Until end of turn, attacking creatures you control gain ": This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."

"Dragons in the skies of Tarkir-for the first time, it feels like my home."
-Sarkhan Vol

Dragonlord's Prerogative

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Dragonlord's Prerogative, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand.

If you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast Dragonlord's Prerogative, Dragonlord's Prerogative can't be countered.

Draw four cards.

Drag Down

Instant

Domain - Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each basic land type among lands you control.

The barbarians of Jund believe the bottomless tar pits extend forever into other, darker worlds.

Draconic Roar

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Draconic Roar, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand.

Draconic Roar deals 3 damage to target creature. If you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast Draconic Roar, Draconic Roar deals 3 damage to that creature's controller.

Downsize

Instant

Target creature you don't control gets -4/-0 until end of turn.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Downpour

Instant

Tap up to three target creatures.

"The sky holds vast oceans. They are at your fingertips if you know how to call them."
-Talrand, sky summoner

Douse in Gloom

Instant

Douse in Gloom deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.

Orzhov prisoners are steeped in a blackened brew that robs their souls of strength. Patriarchs drink that brew to extend their own lives.

Double Negative

Instant

Counter up to two target spells.

They feared each other for their differences but were absolutely terrified at their similarities.

Doom Blade

Instant

Destroy target nonblack creature.

Domineering Will

Instant

Target player gains control of up to three target nonattacking creatures until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They block this turn if able.

Divine Verdict

Instant

Destroy target attacking or blocking creature.

"Guilty."

Divine Offering

Instant

Destroy target artifact. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost.

"The Phyrexians are vulnerable. Do not despair. We will prevail!"
-Juryan, rebel leader

Divine Deflection

Instant

Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to you and/or permanents you control this turn. If damage is prevented this way, Divine Deflection deals that much damage to target creature or player.

Dissolve

Instant

Counter target spell. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

"You thought only the gods could stop you?"

Dissipate

Instant

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

"This abomination never belonged in our world. I'm merely setting it free."
-Dierk, geistmage

Display of Dominance

Instant

Choose one -

• Destroy target blue or black noncreature permanent.

• Permanents you control can't be the targets of blue or black spells your opponents control this turn.

Disperse

Instant

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Most casualties of the power struggle between vedalken and Neurok didn't die on the field of battle; they merely disappeared.

Dispense Justice

Instant

Target player sacrifices an attacking creature.

Metalcraft - That player sacrifices two attacking creatures instead if you control three or more artifacts.

The Accorders never strike first, but they always strike back.

Dispel

Instant

Counter target instant spell.

"Civilization will subsume us unless we overwhelm it instead."
-Speaker Zegana

Dispatch

Instant

Tap target creature.

Metalcraft - If you control three or more artifacts, exile that creature.

Venser wondered if it could still be called a teleportation spell if the destination is oblivion.

Disorient

Instant

Target creature gets -7/-0 until end of turn.

"If it has a brain, even a primitive one, we can most surely scramble it."
-Garild, merfolk mage