Dismiss

Instant

Counter target spell.

Draw a card.

"There is nothing you can do that I cannot simply deny."
-Ertai, wizard adept

Dismember

Instant

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

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

"You serve Phyrexia. Your pieces would better serve Phyrexia elsewhere."
-Azax-Azog, the Demon Thane

Disfigure

Instant

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

"Brave scar or unfortunate tale? It all depends on your pain threshold."

Disdainful Stroke

Instant

Counter target spell with converted mana cost 4 or greater.

"You are beneath contempt. Your lineage will be forgotten."

Dimir Charm

Instant

Choose one - Counter target sorcery spell; or destroy target creature with power 2 or less; or look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put one back and the rest into that player's graveyard.

"Dangerous to recognize. Deadly not to."
-Lazav

Diminish

Instant

Target creature becomes 1/1 until end of turn.

"‘That was a narrow escape!' said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in existence."
-Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Dig Through Time

Instant

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

Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Devouring Light

Instant

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)

Exile target attacking or blocking creature.

Into the light the good are welcomed, and with the light the evil are banished.

Devour Flesh

Instant

Target player sacrifices a creature, then gains life equal to that creature's toughness.

His twisted mind concluded that if he was what he ate, and he wanted to stay human, . . .

Destructive Revelry

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Destructive Revelry deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller.

"Stoke a fire hot enough and you'll never run out of things to burn."
-Xenagos, the Reveler

Desperate Ritual

Instant - Arcane

Add to your mana pool.

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.)

Desperate Ravings

Instant

Draw two cards, then discard a card at random.

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

Her mind was quite gone, yet she spoke nothing but truth.

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.

Deprive

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Deprive, return a land you control to its owner's hand.

Counter target spell.

"That would have brought shame to you as a mage. Tell you what-I'll keep your secret."
-Noyan Dar, Tazeem lullmage

Demystify

Instant

Destroy target enchantment.

Behind every mage is a trail of shattered lies.

Deicide

Instant

Exile target enchantment. If the exiled card is a God card, search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that card and exile them, then that player shuffles his or her library.

"It is done."
-Elspeth

Deflecting Palm

Instant

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. If damage is prevented this way, Deflecting Palm deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Defiant Strike

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"Stand where the whole battle can see you. Strike so they'll never forget."
-Anafenza, khan of the Abzan

Defend the Hearth

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to players this turn.

The defenders said not a word. Their shields, spears, and stances were warning enough.

Death Wind

Instant

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

Leukin stared at the smoldering angel feathers. "Run!" he screamed to his patrol. "We don't stand a chance!"

Death Rattle

Instant

Delve (You may exile any number of cards from your graveyard as you cast this spell. It costs less to cast for each card exiled this way.)

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

Death Denied

Instant - Arcane

Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Takenuma was filled with a chorus of moans, shrieks, and wails. Some came from the living, some from the dying, and some, most horribly, from the dead.

Dazzling Reflection

Instant

You gain life equal to target creature's power. The next time that creature would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.

"The light of a felidar's horns can give even an Eldrazi pause."
-Zarra, lullmage

Dauntless Onslaught

Instant

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

"The people of Akros must learn from our leonin adversaries. If we match their staunch ferocity with our superior faith, we cannot fail."
-Cymede, queen of Akros

Dark Temper

Instant

Dark Temper deals 2 damage to target creature. If you control a black permanent, destroy the creature instead.

When you've got the temperament of a dragon, every argument is one you'll win.

Dark Ritual

Instant

Add to your mana pool.

Dark Betrayal

Instant

Destroy target black creature.

"You're just like me: ruthless, cunning, and ambitious. Obviously you're a threat."
-Basarios the Blade

Dangerous Wager

Instant

Discard your hand, then draw two cards.

"C'mon friend, take a turn tossing the knucklebones. What've you got to lose?"
-Tobias, trader of Erdwal

Dance of the Skywise

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature you control becomes a blue Dragon Illusion with base power and toughness 4/4, loses all abilities, and gains flying.

The Ojutai believe in the Great Wheel: those who best serve the dragonlord are destined to be reborn as dragons.

Dampen Thought

Instant - Arcane

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

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.)

Cyclonic Rift

Instant

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.

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

The Izzet specialize in unnatural disaster.

Cutthroat Maneuver

Instant

Up to two target creatures each get +1/+1 and gain lifelink until end of turn.

"Our ambition drives us forward. Together we will claim what is ours, no matter who holds it."

Cursebreak

Instant

Destroy target enchantment. You gain 2 life.

No longer the village pariah. No longer taunted and shamed. Sigrun was finally free.

Cunning Strike

Instant

Cunning Strike deals 2 damage to target creature and 2 damage to target player.

Draw a card.

"The opponent who blocks the path, becomes the path."
-Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest

Cryptic Command

Instant

Choose two - Counter target spell; or return target permanent to its owner's hand; or tap all creatures your opponents control; or draw a card.

Crypt Incursion

Instant

Exile all creature cards from target player's graveyard. You gain 3 life for each card exiled this way.

The Golgari maze-runner Varolz hungers to prove his fortitude in battle, and his trail of victims feeds other hungers.

Crypsis

Instant

Target creature you control gains protection from creatures your opponents control until end of turn. Untap it.

Tritons borrow the camouflage of their oceanic prey to become predators on land.

Crushing Vines

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target creature with flying; or destroy target artifact.

"Your veil's curse won't stop me, deathmage. I have taken down countless night hunters and this dark plane is not big enough for you to hide."
-Garruk Wildspeaker, to Liliana Vess

Crush

Instant

Destroy target noncreature artifact.

A golem's hands know no tenderness.

Cruel Feeding

Instant

Strive - Cruel Feeding costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Any number of target creatures each get +1/+0 and gain lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)