Flatten

Instant

Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.

Like their dragonlord, the Kolaghan take no trophies. They find true fulfillment only in the battle itself, in clash of steel and thunder of hooves.

Foul Renewal

Instant

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the toughness of the card returned this way.

The cycle of life and death is rarely pretty.

Collected Company

Instant

Look at the top six cards of your library. Put up to two creature cards with converted mana cost 3 or less from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Many can stand where one would fall.

Press the Advantage

Instant

Up to two target creatures each get +2/+2 and gain trample until end of turn.

"Show your enemies as much mercy as they would show you."
-Surrak, the Hunt Caller

Ojutai's Command

Instant

Choose two -

• Return target creature card with converted mana cost 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

• You gain 4 life.

• Counter target creature spell.

• Draw a card.

Adverse Conditions

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step. Put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

Roilmage's Trick

Instant

Converge - Creatures your opponents control get -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Roilmage's Trick.

Draw a card.

Weather on Zendikar is unpredictable-unless you're the one telling it what to do.

Volcanic Upheaval

Instant

Destroy target land.

Like a living organism, Zendikar rids itself of infection, and it does so abruptly and ruthlessly.

Infuse with the Elements

Instant

Converge - Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Infuse with the Elements. That creature gains trample until end of turn.

"Zendikar has given us the weapons to wage war on the appropriate scale."-Najiya, leader of the Tajuru

Brutal Expulsion

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Choose one or both -

• Return target spell or creature to its owner's hand.

• Brutal Expulsion deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that permanent would be put into a graveyard this turn, exile it instead.

Comparative Analysis

Instant

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Target player draws two cards.

"Our time grows short. If we wish to vanquish the Eldrazi, we must unlock the hedrons' secrets."
-Jace Beleren

Overwhelming Denial

Instant

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Overwhelming Denial can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Counter target spell.

Unity of Purpose

Instant

Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.)

Untap each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Faced with the novel problem of inspiring an army, Jace asked himself: "What would Gideon say?"

Consuming Sinkhole

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Choose one -

• Exile target land creature.

• Consuming Sinkhole deals 4 damage to target player.

"What will not yield will be consumed."
-Ayli, high priest of the Eternal Pilgrims

Vanishment

Instant

Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.

Miracle (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Aggravate

Instant

Aggravate deals 1 damage to each creature target player controls. Each creature dealt damage this way attacks this turn if able.

"Barbarians! They burned my favorite chair! We'll kill them all!"
-Anje Falkenrath

Chandra's Fury

Instant

Chandra's Fury deals 4 damage to target player and 1 damage to each creature that player controls.

"I asked if they wanted to do things the easy way. I meant easy for me."

Lost in the Mist

Instant

Counter target spell. Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

The secrets she carried could have saved many lives, but they quietly drowned with her.

Psychic Spiral

Instant

Shuffle all cards from your graveyard into your library. Target player puts that many cards from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

An elocutor forces criminals to confess to the laws they merely intended to break.

Fall of the Gavel

Instant

Counter target spell. You gain 5 life.

"My ruling is final. Order is upheld. Justice is done."

Thoughtflare

Instant

Draw four cards, then discard two cards.

"If this is thinking, I don't know what I was doing before."

Ad Nauseam

Instant

Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost. You may repeat this process any number of times.

When the task spilled over into undeath, he stopped calling it his life's work.

Skeletonize

Instant

Skeletonize deals 3 damage to target creature. When a creature dealt damage this way dies this turn, put a 1/1 black Skeleton creature token onto the battlefield with ": Regenerate this creature."

Fire burns away both flesh and freedom.

Second Thoughts

Instant

Exile target attacking creature.

Draw a card.

It suddenly dawned on Jorin that farming was quite a noble profession.

Fervent Denial

Instant

Counter target spell.

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

"Your tenacity is admirable. And futile."
-Emperor Aboshan

Thermal Blast

Instant

Thermal Blast deals 3 damage to target creature.

Threshold - Thermal Blast deals 5 damage to that creature instead if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Beast Attack

Instant

Put a 4/4 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield.

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

Act of Aggression

Instant

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

Banishment Decree

Instant

Put target artifact, creature, or enchantment on top of its owner's library.

"Unworthy of consecration."
-Axsh, lesser cenobite

Quicksilver Geyser

Instant

Return up to two target nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

"Phyrexians are tenacious. That's not the same thing as clever."
-Tezzeret

Consume the Meek

Instant

Destroy each creature with converted mana cost 3 or less. They can't be regenerated.

"Why does it destroy? It does, and to talk of reasons wastes time and breath."
-Nirthu, lone missionary

Mysteries of the Deep

Instant

Draw two cards.

Landfall - If you had a land enter the battlefield under your control this turn, draw three cards instead.

"The Roil is destructive, but not random. It's Zendikar's way of revealing secrets."
-Ilori, merfolk falconer

Arrow Volley Trap

Instant - Trap

If four or more creatures are attacking, you may pay rather than pay Arrow Volley Trap's mana cost.

Arrow Volley Trap deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of target attacking creatures.

Archive Trap

Instant - Trap

If an opponent searched his or her library this turn, you may pay rather than pay Archive Trap's mana cost.

Target opponent puts the top thirteen cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Whiplash Trap

Instant - Trap

If an opponent had two or more creatures enter the battlefield under his or her control this turn, you may pay rather than pay Whiplash Trap's mana cost.

Return two target creatures to their owners' hands.

Baloth Cage Trap

Instant - Trap

If an opponent had an artifact enter the battlefield under his or her control this turn, you may pay rather than pay Baloth Cage Trap's mana cost.

Put a 4/4 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield.

Relic Crush

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment and up to one other target artifact or enchantment.

There are many ruins, but there used to be many more.

Bituminous Blast

Instant

Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Bituminous Blast deals 4 damage to target creature.

Breath of Malfegor

Instant

Breath of Malfegor deals 5 damage to each opponent.

The blood of the demons quickened as their master rose over the battlefield. The blood of the angels also quickened: here was the chance to finally end the war started millennia ago.

Jace's Ingenuity

Instant

Draw three cards.

"Brute force can sometimes kick down a locked door, but knowledge is a skeleton key."

Gleam of Resistance

Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+2 until end of turn. Untap those creatures.

Basic landcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.)

Traumatic Visions

Instant

Counter target spell.

Basic landcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.)

Endure

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and permanents you control this turn.

The Aurora had lessened the kithkins' kindness, deepened their paranoia, and dulled their sense of pain.

Chaotic Backlash

Instant

Chaotic Backlash deals damage to target player equal to twice the number of white and/or blue permanents he or she controls.

The concept of thoughtweft fascinates the Nighthearth cult. Imagine, bringing agony to an entire people by torturing just one.

Counterbore

Instant

Counter target spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that spell and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Dramatic Entrance

Instant

You may put a green creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Some things aren't worth waiting for.

Fracturing Gust

Instant

Destroy all artifacts and enchantments. You gain 2 life for each permanent destroyed this way.

Elvish dawnhands test a relic's worthiness before collecting it for the safehold. If it can't stand up to a stiff breeze, it's left behind.

Swell of Courage

Instant

Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.

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

"Tideshaping is more than creating a few
new puddles."

Evacuation

Instant

Return all creatures to their owners' hands.

"Once I supply the breeze, you'll see your warriors for the smoke they truly are."
-Alexi, zephyr mage

Beacon of Destruction

Instant

Beacon of Destruction deals 5 damage to target creature or player. Shuffle Beacon of Destruction into its owner's library.

The Great Furnace's blessing is a spectacular sight, but the best view comes at a high cost.

Fissure

Instant

Destroy target creature or land. It can't be regenerated.

"Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?"
-Plato

Broken Visage

Instant

Destroy target nonartifact attacking creature. It can't be regenerated. Put a black Spirit creature token with that creature's power and toughness onto the battlefield. Sacrifice the token at the beginning of the next end step.

Desertion

Instant

Counter target spell. If an artifact or creature spell is countered this way, put that card onto the battlefield under your control instead of into its owner's graveyard.

First the insult, then the injury.

Necrologia

Instant

Cast Necrologia only during your end step.

As an additional cost to cast Necrologia, pay X life.

Draw X cards.

Fire and Brimstone

Instant

Fire and Brimstone deals 4 damage to target player who declared an attacking creature this turn and 4 damage to you.

Melee

Instant

Cast Melee only during your turn and only during combat before blockers are declared.

You choose which creatures block this combat and how those creatures block.

Whenever a creature attacks and isn't blocked this combat, untap it and remove it from combat.

Contagion

Instant

You may pay 1 life and exile a black card from your hand rather than pay Contagion's mana cost.

Distribute two -2/-1 counters among one or two target creatures.

Force of Will

Instant

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay Force of Will's mana cost.

Counter target spell.

Bounty of the Hunt

Instant

You may exile a green card from your hand rather than pay Bounty of the Hunt's mana cost.

Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures. For each +1/+1 counter you put on a creature this way, remove a +1/+1 counter from that creature at the beginning of the next cleanup step.

Omen of Fire

Instant

Return all Islands to their owners' hands.

Each player sacrifices a Plains or a white permanent for each white permanent he or she controls.

"Let Balduvia burn to warm Kjeldor's hearth!"
-General Varchild

Scars of the Veteran

Instant

You may exile a white card from your hand rather than pay Scars of the Veteran's mana cost.

Prevent the next 7 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. At the beginning of the next end step, put a +0/+1 counter on that creature for each 1 damage prevented this way.

Cinder Cloud

Instant

Destroy target creature. If a white creature dies this way, Cinder Cloud deals damage to that creature's controller equal to the creature's power.

Jabari's Influence

Instant

Cast Jabari's Influence only after combat.

Gain control of target nonartifact, nonblack creature that attacked you this turn and put a -1/-0 counter on it.

"Common soldiers can't understand what a sidar knows: the enemy can be a resource."
-Sidar Jabari

Reflect Damage

Instant

The 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.
-Femeref children's taunt

Miraculous Recovery

Instant

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a +1/+1 counter on it.

"You stop breathing for just a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions."
-Zarkuu, necrosavant

Lava Storm

Instant

Lava Storm deals 2 damage to each attacking creature or Lava Storm deals 2 damage to each blocking creature.

They say lava conquers all.

Hatred

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Hatred, pay X life.

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

"I will flay the skin from your flesh and the flesh from your bones and scrape your bones dry. And still you will not have suffered enough."
-Greven il-Vec, to Gerrard

Sunder

Instant

Return all lands to their owners' hands.

The flow of time was disrupted; like a flooding river it rose from its banks. Tolaria was drowned in an instant that stretched toward infinity.

Gush

Instant

You may return two Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay Gush's mana cost.

Draw two cards.

Don't trust your secrets to the sea.

Misdirection

Instant

You may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay Misdirection's mana cost.

Change the target of target spell with a single target.

Brawl

Instant

Until end of turn, all creatures gain ": This creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature."

Anything can happen when patience is scarce and wine is abundant.

Submerge

Instant

If an opponent controls a Forest and you control an Island, you may cast Submerge without paying its mana cost.

Put target creature on top of its owner's library.

Dark Triumph

Instant

If you control a Swamp, you may sacrifice a creature rather than pay Dark Triumph's mana cost.

Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

All that's left is the coronation.

Annihilate

Instant

Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Draw a card.

"Whatever Yawgmoth marks, dies. There is no escape."
-Tsabo Tavoc, Phyrexian general

Prophetic Bolt

Instant

Prophetic Bolt deals 4 damage to target creature or player. Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Waste Away

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Waste Away, discard a card.

Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

Chainer's insanity touched nearly every living thing-including viruses.

Radiate

Instant

Choose target instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single permanent or player. Copy that spell for each other permanent or player the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those permanents and players.

Cruel Revival

Instant

Destroy target non-Zombie creature. It can't be regenerated. Return up to one target Zombie card from your graveyard to your hand.

Few Cabal fighters fear death. They fear what follows it.

Pinpoint Avalanche

Instant

Pinpoint Avalanche deals 4 damage to target creature. The damage can't be prevented.

"Some solve problems by thinking and talking. Others use rocks."
-Toggo, goblin weaponsmith

Accelerated Mutation

Instant

Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the highest converted mana cost among permanents you control.

Its food just got a lot smaller and its stomach a lot bigger.

Soul Nova

Instant

Exile target attacking creature and all Equipment attached to it.

Within seconds, the nim was consumed in blinding sunfire. Afterwards, only a puddle of molten iron remained.

Forge Armor

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Forge Armor, sacrifice an artifact.

Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is the sacrificed artifact's converted mana cost.

Stir the Pride

Instant

Choose one - Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn; or until end of turn, creatures you control gain "Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life."

Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Turn the Tables

Instant

All combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn is dealt to target attacking creature instead.

"Your arrogance is my best weapon."

Savage Beating

Instant

Cast Savage Beating only during your turn and only during combat.

Choose one - Creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn; or untap all creatures you control and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Stand Together

Instant

Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature and two +1/+1 counters on another target creature.

Strange times make for strange allies.

Feedback Bolt

Instant

Feedback Bolt deals damage to target player equal to the number of artifacts you control.

The path of least resistance is often through your enemies.

Rain of Rust

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target artifact; or destroy target land.

Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

On Mirrodin, mages who call upon the power of rust are shunned by their people and often turn mercenary to survive.

Devouring Rage

Instant - Arcane

As an additional cost to cast Devouring Rage, you may sacrifice any number of Spirits.

Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. For each Spirit sacrificed this way, that creature gets an additional +3/+0 until end of turn.

Through the Breach

Instant - Arcane

You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Splice onto Arcane (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Strength of Cedars

Instant - Arcane

Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of lands you control.

"No sooner had the beast collapsed under the blows of Takeno's sword than the earth rippled and the creature rose again to face him."
-Battle of Akagi River: A Survivor's Tale

Call for Blood

Instant - Arcane

As an additional cost to cast Call for Blood, sacrifice a creature.

Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

Charge Across the Araba

Instant - Arcane

Sweep - Return any number of Plains you control to their owner's hand. Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn for each Plains returned this way.

Death of a Thousand Stings

Instant - Arcane

Target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have more cards in hand than each opponent, you may return Death of a Thousand Stings from your graveyard to your hand.

Moonlight Bargain

Instant

Look at the top five cards of your library. For each card, put that card into your graveyard unless you pay 2 life. Then put the rest into your hand.

At every fifth full moon, the Moon Market convenes to peddle Ravnica's most forbidden wares.

Cleansing Beam

Instant

Radiance - Cleansing Beam deals 2 damage to target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it.

"Justice is toothless without punishment. Righteousness cannot succeed without the suffering of the guilty."
-Razia

Scatter the Seeds

Instant

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

Put three 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield.

From the seeds of faith, great forests grow.

Brace for Impact

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target multicolored creature this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.

Flesh can be tempered by spellcraft and forged ever stronger by the hammers of foes.

Swift Silence

Instant

Counter all other spells. Draw a card for each spell countered this way.

"This world may not know peace, but in my presence you will know quiet."
-Augustin IV

Twinstrike

Instant

Twinstrike deals 2 damage to each of two target creatures.

Hellbent - Destroy those creatures instead if you have no cards in hand.

They're dying left and right.