AlarumInstantUntap target nonattacking creature. It gets +1/+3 until end of turn. "One timely cry of warning can save nine of surprise." |
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AleatoryInstantCast Aleatory only during combat after blockers are declared.
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Barreling AttackInstantTarget creature gains trample until end of turn. When that creature becomes blocked this turn, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it. "The trollish game of push-fall inspired this impressive tactic." |
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Blind FuryInstantCast Blind Fury only before the combat damage step. "Tell me . . . have you ever sung the Song of Blood?" |
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Bone HarvestInstantPut any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library. "Only fools believe they will face my armies but once." |
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CarrionInstantAs an additional cost to cast Carrion, sacrifice a creature. King or herder, the maggots care not. |
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Chaos CharmInstantChoose one - Destroy target Wall; or Chaos Charm deals 1 damage to target creature; or target creature gains haste until end of turn.
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Cinder CloudInstantDestroy target creature. If a white creature dies this way, Cinder Cloud deals damage to that creature's controller equal to the creature's power.
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Dazzling BeautyInstantCast Dazzling Beauty only during the declare blockers step.
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DeliriumInstantCast Delirium only during an opponent's turn.
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DisempowerInstantPut target artifact or enchantment on top of its owner's library. "Mangara is gone. Who among you doubts that I have taken his power?" |
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Divine RetributionInstantDivine Retribution deals damage to target attacking creature equal to the number of attacking creatures. "To the undiscerning eye, justice and vengeance can look the same." |
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Ebony CharmInstantChoose one - Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life; or exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard; or target creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
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Ether WellInstantPut target creature on top of its owner's library. If that creature is red, you may put it on the bottom of its owner's library instead. "Whoa-my tail will never fit through that hole!" |
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IlluminationInstantCounter target artifact or enchantment spell. Its controller gains life equal to its converted mana cost. "A brilliant light can either illuminate or blind. How will you know which until you open your eyes?" |
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Ivory CharmInstantChoose one - All creatures get -2/-0 until end of turn; or tap target creature; or prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.
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Jabari's InfluenceInstantCast Jabari's Influence only after combat. "Common soldiers can't understand what a sidar knows: the enemy can be a resource." |
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JoltInstantYou may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land. "There's nothing like a sudden shock to clarify one's thoughts." |
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Lure of PreyInstantCast Lure of Prey only if an opponent cast a creature spell this turn.
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Mangara's BlessingInstantYou gain 5 life.
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MeddleInstantIf target spell has only one target and that target is a creature, change that spell's target to another creature. "Shadimir was as surprised as he was relieved when the blow turned aside." |
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Prismatic BoonInstantChoose a color. X target creatures gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn. "How ironic that the greatest forge of civilization is battle." |
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Prismatic LaceInstantTarget permanent becomes the color or colors of your choice. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
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Reality RippleInstantTarget artifact, creature, or land phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during his or her next untap step.) "Can you prepare for the unexpected? No, you cannot. You can prepare only to be surprised." |
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Reflect DamageInstantThe next time a source of your choice would deal damage this turn, that damage is dealt to that source's controller instead. From you to me, so me to you. |
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Sapphire CharmInstantChoose one - Target player draws a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep; or target creature gains flying until end of turn; or target creature an opponent controls phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during his or her next untap step.)
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Seedling CharmInstantChoose one - Return target Aura attached to a creature to its owner's hand; or regenerate target green creature; or target creature gains trample until end of turn.
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Serene HeartInstantDestroy all Auras. "If magic is your crutch, cast it aside and learn to walk without it." |
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ShadowbaneInstantThe next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you and/or creatures you control this turn, prevent that damage. If damage from a black source is prevented this way, you gain that much life. Light creates shadow; light destroys shadow. Such is the transience of darkness. |
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Shallow GraveInstantReturn the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. Good help is hard to dig up. |
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SiroccoInstantTarget player reveals his or her hand. For each blue instant card revealed this way, that player discards that card unless he or she pays 4 life. "Blow, fiery wind, / strip illusion from the eye. / Blow, fiery wind of truth." |
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Soul RendInstantDestroy target creature if it's white. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated. "Since I cannot stop death, I choose to stop life." |
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SoulshriekInstantTarget creature you control gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step. "The flesh is a casket for the soul." |
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Telim'Tor's EdictInstantExile target permanent you own or control. "Execution awaits the dissenter." |
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Tidal WaveInstantPut a 5/5 blue Wall creature token with defender onto the battlefield. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. When mountains ride the sea, waves live upon the fields. |
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Tranquil DomainInstantDestroy all non-Aura enchantments. "An ancient court mage unified the houses into guilds to serve Zhalfir above their own interests. Even during the civil war, the guilds stood together, a testament to the wisdom of Teferi." |
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Vitalizing CascadeInstantYou gain X plus 3 life. "Water is like breathing-necessary for life." |
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Withering BoonInstantAs an additional cost to cast Withering Boon, pay 3 life. "Life for life: this is the immutable law." |
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YareInstantTarget creature defending player controls gets +3/+0 until end of turn. That creature can block up to two additional creatures this turn.
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Aliban's TowerInstantTarget blocking creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn. "Those who hide in hollow towers would do well to remember the rain." |
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AmbushInstantBlocking creatures gain first strike until end of turn. "Don't these goons have anything better to do?" |
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Chain StasisInstantYou may tap or untap target creature. Then that creature's controller may pay . If the player does, he or she may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy. "Here we go again." |
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HeadstoneInstantExile target card from a graveyard. "Your headstone is the last page in the book of your life." |
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JinxInstantTarget land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn. "What wizards upset, the land soon rights." |
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Arcane DenialInstantCounter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
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Battle CryInstantUntap all white creatures you control. "In the thick of battle, you must keep your wits about you. Yelling a lot helps, too." |
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Battle FrenzyInstantGreen creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. "One day you, too, shall drink the blood of your foes. It is something to look forward to." |
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Bounty of the HuntInstantYou may exile a green card from your hand rather than pay Bounty of the Hunt's mana cost.
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BurnoutInstantCounter target instant spell if it's blue. "GOTCHA!" |
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Burnt OfferingInstantAs an additional cost to cast Burnt Offering, sacrifice a creature. "My foes serve me twice: in dying, and in death." |
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ClairvoyanceInstantLook at target player's hand. "As we followed the ice wall, we had the distinct feeling of being watched. Many of the party wanted to turn back." |
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ContagionInstantYou may pay 1 life and exile a black card from your hand rather than pay Contagion's mana cost.
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Death SparkInstantDeath Spark deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
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Demonic ConsultationInstantName a card. Exile the top six cards of your library, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal the named card. Put that card into your hand and exile all other cards revealed this way.
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Energy ArcInstantUntap any number of target creatures. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by those creatures this turn. "Relent, and you may transcend your situation." |
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Errand of DutyInstantPut a 1/1 white Knight creature token with banding onto the battlefield. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) "Call every able sword to our side. Kjeldor will stand triumphant!" |
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Essence VortexInstantDestroy target creature unless its controller pays life equal to its toughness. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated. Masters who sacrifice for servants will receive the gift of loyalty. |
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Fanatical FeverInstantTarget creature gets +3/+0 and gains trample until end of turn. "Let go your fury, and hone your anger. Become the fist of Freyalise!" |
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Feast or FamineInstantChoose one - Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield; or destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature and it can't be regenerated. "We are not yet free of Lim-Dûl's terrors." |
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Fevered StrengthInstantTarget creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. "The burst of strength brought on by this plague should not be mistaken for a sign of renewed health." |
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Fire CovenantInstantAs an additional cost to cast Fire Covenant, pay X life.
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Force of WillInstantYou may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay Force of Will's mana cost.
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Force VoidInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . "My mind and spirit are one-a barrier not readily passed." |
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FormationInstantTarget creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) "I have been a warrior for over four hundred years, and yet each generation of Kjeldorans teaches me new tricks. There can be no better allies." |
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Gorilla War CryInstantCast Gorilla War Cry only during combat before blockers are declared. "The only ‘art' these beasts possess is the art of noise!" -Jaya Ballard |
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GravebindInstantTarget creature can't be regenerated this turn. One foot in the grave, |
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Hail StormInstantHail Storm deals 2 damage to each attacking creature and 1 damage to you and each creature you control. "If they can't take the hail, they'd better stay home." |
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InfuseInstantUntap target artifact, creature, or land. "The potential for change lies in all things. Know a thing's nature, know its possibilities, and know it anew." |
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Lat-Nam's LegacyInstantShuffle a card from your hand into your library. If you do, draw two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. "All the knowledge of Lat-Nam could not protect its sages from the Brothers' War." -Gerda Äagesdotter, Archmage of the Unseen |
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Lightning BlowInstantTarget creature gains first strike until end of turn. "If you do it right, they'll never know what hit them." |
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Lim-Dûl's VaultInstantLook at the top five cards of your library. As many times as you choose, you may pay 1 life, put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order, then look at the top five cards of your library. Then shuffle your library and put the last cards you looked at this way on top of it in any order.
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MartyrdomInstantUntil end of turn, target creature you control gains ": The next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn is dealt to this creature instead." Only you may activate this ability. "Martyrs are cheaper than mercenaries, and a far better investment." |
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MeleeInstantCast Melee only during your turn and only during combat before blockers are declared.
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MisinformationInstantPut up to three target cards from an opponent's graveyard on top of his or her library in any order. "When you cannot rely on your sources, trust your own senses. When you cannot trust those, you must follow your instincts." -Lovisa Coldeyes, Balduvian Chieftain |
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Omen of FireInstantReturn all Islands to their owners' hands. "Let Balduvia burn to warm Kjeldor's hearth!" |
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PyrokinesisInstantYou may exile a red card from your hand rather than pay Pyrokinesis's mana cost. "Anybody want some . . . toast?" |
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RallyInstantBlocking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn. "Stand your ground, troops! This shall be our finest hour!" |
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Ray of ErasureInstantTarget player puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard. "What is real can be unreal." |
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ReinforcementsInstantPut up to three target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library. "Let them send their legions! I will show them that my truth is stronger than their swords." |
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Scars of the VeteranInstantYou may exile a white card from your hand rather than pay Scars of the Veteran's mana cost.
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Songs of the DamnedInstantAdd to your mana pool for each creature card in your graveyard. Not wind, but the breath of the dead. |
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Spoils of EvilInstantFor each artifact or creature card in target opponent's graveyard, add to your mana pool and you gain 1 life. "Virtue has its rewards, as does its opposite." |
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Stench of DecayInstantNonartifact creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn. "Disa is dead, and I am left. I shall allow no others to succumb to this pestilence." |
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SuffocationInstantCast Suffocation only if you were dealt damage this turn by a red instant or sorcery spell.
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Surge of StrengthInstantAs an additional cost to cast Surge of Strength, discard a red or green card.
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Touch of VitaeInstantUntil end of turn, target creature gains haste and ": Untap this creature. Activate this ability only once."
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TrailblazerInstantTarget creature is unblockable this turn. "Our Elvish Hunter Taaveti led us swiftly along hidden paths through the dense forest. We caught the Orcs from behind, and completely by surprise." |
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UndergrowthInstantAs an additional cost to cast Undergrowth, you may pay . "It is the work of sorcery. Burn it!" -Taaveti of Kelsinko, Elvish Hunter |
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Venomous BreathInstantChoose target creature. At end of combat, destroy all creatures that blocked or were blocked by it this turn.
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WarningInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking creature this turn. "The folk of the Karplusan Mountains are impossible to ambush." |
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WhiteoutInstantAll creatures lose flying until end of turn.
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Winter's ChillInstantCast Winter's Chill only during combat before blockers are declared.
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Word of UndoingInstantReturn target creature and all white Auras you own attached to it to their owners' hands. "It was in Urza's journals that I finally found the secret at the core of the summonings." |
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Alabaster PotionInstantChoose one - Target player gains X life; or prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. "Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity." |
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Blood LustInstantIf target creature has toughness 5 or greater, it gets +4/-4 until end of turn. Otherwise, it gets +4/-X until end of turn, where X is its toughness minus 1.
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FissureInstantDestroy target creature or land. It can't be regenerated. "Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?" |
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InfernoInstantInferno deals 6 damage to each creature and each player. "Any scrap of compassion that still existed in my soul was permanently snuffed out when they cast me out into the flames." |
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Marsh GasInstantAll creatures get -2/-0 until end of turn. "Comes right outta th' ground. If ya can smell it, it's too late." |
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MoraleInstantAttacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn. "After Lacjsi's speech, the Knights grew determined to crush their ancient enemies clan by clan." |
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PietyInstantBlocking creatures get +0/+3 until end of turn. "Whoever obeys God and His Prophet, fears God and does his duty to Him, will surely find success." |
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