Sandstorm

Instant

Sandstorm deals 1 damage to each attacking creature.

Even the landscape turned against Sarsour, first rising up and pelting him, then rearranging itself so he could no longer find his way.

High Tide

Instant

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds to his or her mana pool (in addition to the mana the land produces).

"When the very tides turn against you, it's time to consider retirement."
-General Khurzog

Spore Cloud

Instant

Tap all blocking creatures. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Each attacking creature and each blocking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Blood of the Martyr

Instant

Until end of turn, if damage would be dealt to any creature, you may have that damage dealt to you instead.

The willow knows what the storm does not: that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.

Festival

Instant

Cast Festival only during an opponent's upkeep.

Creatures can't attack this turn.

Only after the townsfolk had drawn us into their merry celebration did we discover that their holiday rituals held a deeper purpose.

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.

Holy Light

Instant

Nonwhite creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.

"Bathed in hallowed light, the infidels looked upon the impurities of their souls and despaired." -The Book of Tal

Riptide

Instant

Tap all blue creatures.

Active Volcano

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target blue permanent; or return target Island to its owner's hand.

Avoid Fate

Instant

Counter target instant or Aura spell that targets a permanent you control.

Backdraft

Instant

Choose a player who cast one or more sorcery spells this turn. Backdraft deals damage to that player equal to half the damage dealt by one of those sorcery spells this turn, rounded down.

Darkness

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

"If I must die, I will encounter darkness as a bride,/ And hug it in my arms." -William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

Disharmony

Instant

Cast Disharmony only during combat before blockers are declared.

Untap target attacking creature and remove it from combat. Gain control of that creature until end of turn.

Dwarven Song

Instant

Any number of target creatures become red until end of turn.

Enchantment Alteration

Instant

Attach target Aura attached to a creature or land to another permanent of that type.

Feint

Instant

Tap all creatures blocking target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by that creature and each creature blocking it.

Flash Flood

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target red permanent; or return target Mountain to its owner's hand.

Many people say that no power can bring the mountains low. Many people are fools.

Glyph of Delusion

Instant

Put X glyph counters on target creature that target Wall blocked this turn, where X is the power of that blocked creature. The creature gains "This creature doesn't untap during your untap step if it has a glyph counter on it" and "At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a glyph counter from this creature."

Glyph of Destruction

Instant

Target blocking Wall you control gets +10/+0 until end of combat. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to it this turn. Destroy it at the beginning of the next end step.

Glyph of Doom

Instant

At end of combat, destroy all creatures that were blocked by target Wall this turn.

"He knows he has a short span of life, that the day will come when he must pass through the wall of oblivion . . ." -William Faulkner

Glyph of Life

Instant

Until end of turn, whenever an attacking creature deals damage to target Wall creature, you gain that much life.

Any wall can be battered down, but at what cost?

Glyph of Reincarnation

Instant

Cast Glyph of Reincarnation only after combat.

Destroy all creatures that were blocked by target Wall this turn. They can't be regenerated. For each creature that died this way, put a creature card from the graveyard of the player who controlled that creature the last time it became blocked by that Wall onto the battlefield under its owner's control.

Great Defender

Instant

Target creature gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is its converted mana cost.

Heaven's Gate

Instant

Any number of target creatures become white until end of turn.

Hell Swarm

Instant

All creatures get -1/-0 until end of turn.

The brightness of day turned in an instant to dusk as the swarm descended upon the battlefield.

Indestructible Aura

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

Theodar strode the battle lines, snatching swords with his bare hands and casting them aside until all cowered before him.

Mana Drain

Instant

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add to your mana pool, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.

Rapid Fire

Instant

Cast Rapid Fire only before blockers are declared.

Target creature gains first strike until end of turn. If it doesn't have rampage, that creature gains rampage 2 until end of turn. (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Reincarnation

Instant

Choose target creature. When that creature dies this turn, return a creature card from its owner's graveyard to the battlefield under the control of that creature's owner.

Remove Enchantments

Instant

Return to your hand all enchantments you both own and control, all Auras you own attached to permanents you control, and all Auras you own attached to attacking creatures your opponents control. Then destroy all other enchantments you control, all other Auras attached to permanents you control, and all other Auras attached to attacking creatures your opponents control.

Reset

Instant

Cast Reset only during an opponent's turn after his or her upkeep step.

Untap all lands you control.

Reverberation

Instant

All damage that would be dealt this turn by target sorcery spell is dealt to that spell's controller instead.

Rust

Instant

Counter target activated ability from an artifact source. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

"How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/ To rust unburnished, not to shine in use,/ As though to breathe were life!" -Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Ulysses"

Sea Kings' Blessing

Instant

Any number of target creatures become blue until end of turn.

Silhouette

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn by spells or abilities that target it.

Storm Seeker

Instant

Storm Seeker deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.

Subdue

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target creature this turn. That creature gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is its converted mana cost.

Sylvan Paradise

Instant

Any number of target creatures become green until end of turn.

Telekinesis

Instant

Tap target creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by that creature this turn. It doesn't untap during its controller's next two untap steps.

Teleport

Instant

Cast Teleport only during the declare attackers step.

Target creature is unblockable this turn.

Touch of Darkness

Instant

Any number of target creatures become black until end of turn.

"Black spirits and white, red spirits and gray,/ Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may." -Thomas Middleton, The Witch

Transmutation

Instant

Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

"You know what I was,/ You see what I am: change me, change me!"
-Randall

Crumble

Instant

Destroy target artifact. It can't be regenerated. That artifact's controller gains life equal to its converted mana cost.

The spirits of Argoth grant new life to those who repent the folly of enslaving their labors to devices.

Eye for an Eye

Instant

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Reverse Polarity

Instant

You gain X life, where X is twice the damage dealt to you so far this turn by artifacts.

Artifact Blast

Instant

Counter target artifact spell.

The first line of defense against Urza and Mishra, the Artifact Blast achieved widespread fame until an unlucky mage discovered it was useless on the devices the brothers had already created.

Army of Allah

Instant

Attacking creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn.

On the day of victory no one is tired. -Arab proverb

Ancestral Recall

Instant

Target player draws three cards.

Berserk

Instant

Cast Berserk only before the combat damage step.

Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy that creature if it attacked this turn.

Blaze of Glory

Instant

Cast Blaze of Glory only during combat before blockers are declared.

Target creature defending player controls can block any number of creatures this turn. It blocks each attacking creature this turn if able.

Blue Elemental Blast

Instant

Choose one - Counter target red spell; or destroy target red permanent.

Camouflage

Instant

Cast Camouflage only during your declare attackers step.

This turn, instead of declaring blockers, each defending player chooses any number of creatures he or she controls and divides them into a number of piles equal to the number of attacking creatures for whom that player is the defending player. Creatures he or she controls that can block additional creatures may likewise be put into additional piles. Assign each pile to a different one of those attacking creatures at random. Each creature in a pile that can block the creature that pile is assigned to does so. (Piles can be empty.)

Chaoslace

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes red. (Its mana symbols remain unchanged.)

Counterspell

Instant

Counter target spell.

Dark Ritual

Instant

Add to your mana pool.

Death Ward

Instant

Regenerate target creature.

Deathlace

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes black. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Disenchant

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

False Orders

Instant

Cast False Orders only during the declare blockers step.

Remove target creature defending player controls from combat. Creatures it was blocking that had become blocked by only that creature this combat become unblocked. You may have it block an attacking creature of your choice.

Fork

Instant

Copy target instant or sorcery spell, except that the copy is red. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Guardian Angel

Instant

Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. Until end of turn, you may pay any time you could cast an instant. If you do, prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to that creature or player this turn.

Healing Salve

Instant

Choose one - Target player gains 3 life; or prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

Howl from Beyond

Instant

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

Lifelace

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes green. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Magical Hack

Instant

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one basic land type with another. (For example, you may change "swampwalk" to "plainswalk." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Mana Short

Instant

Tap all lands target player controls and empty his or her mana pool.

Natural Selection

Instant

Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle his or her library.

Power Sink

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . If he or she doesn't, that player taps all lands with mana abilities he or she controls and empties his or her mana pool.

Psionic Blast

Instant

Psionic Blast deals 4 damage to target creature or player and 2 damage to you.

Purelace

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes white. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Red Elemental Blast

Instant

Choose one - Counter target blue spell; or destroy target blue permanent.

Sacrifice

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Sacrifice, sacrifice a creature.

Add to your mana pool an amount of equal to the sacrificed creature's converted mana cost.

Simulacrum

Instant

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Siren's Call

Instant

Cast Siren's Call only during an opponent's turn, before attackers are declared.

Creatures the active player controls attack this turn if able.

At the beginning of the next end step, destroy all non-Wall creatures that player controls that didn't attack this turn. Ignore this effect for each creature the player didn't control continuously since the beginning of the turn.

Sleight of Mind

Instant

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Spell Blast

Instant

Counter target spell with converted mana cost X. (For example, if that spell's mana cost is , X is 5.)

Swords to Plowshares

Instant

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Thoughtlace

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Tunnel

Instant

Destroy target Wall. It can't be regenerated.

Twiddle

Instant

You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land.

Word of Command

Instant

Look at target opponent's hand and choose a card from it. You control that player until Word of Command finishes resolving. The player plays that card if able. While doing so, the player can activate mana abilities only if they're from lands he or she controls and only if mana they produce is spent to activate other mana abilities of lands he or she controls and/or play that card. If the chosen card is cast as a spell, you control the player while that spell is resolving.