Encircling Fissure

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures target opponent controls.

Awaken 2- (If you cast this spell for , also put two +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Ephemeral Shields

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.)

Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Erase

Instant

Exile target enchantment.

"Don't trust your eyes, for mages are skilled in deception. Trust only in your faith. It will wipe everything clean."
-Lila, Erunian priest

Essence Backlash

Instant

Counter target creature spell. Essence Backlash deals damage equal to that spell's power to its controller.

"The other guilds will learn the hard way not to interfere with our investigations."
-Bori Andon, Izzet blastseeker

Essence Scatter

Instant

Counter target creature spell.

"What you attempt to pull from the Æther, I can spread onto the wind."
-Jace Beleren

Executioner's Swing

Instant

Target creature that dealt damage this turn gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

"The contract specified an appendage for a missed payment. Read the fine print: the head is an appendage."

Expedite

Instant

Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"I run, and thunder follows."

Explosive Impact

Instant

Explosive Impact deals 5 damage to target creature or player.

"Such boorish noise is what passes for subtlety among the Boros."
-Vraska

Eye Gouge

Instant

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. If it's a Cyclops, destroy it.

One chance. One throw. One perfect hit.

Eyes in the Skies

Instant

Put a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying onto the battlefield, then populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

"What root and branch cannot reach, our winged friends will attend to."
-Zunak, Selesnya strategist

Fall of the Gavel

Instant

Counter target spell. You gain 5 life.

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

Fall of the Hammer

Instant

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.

It is unwise to insult the god of the forge. It is also unwise to stand near anyone else who has insulted him.

Fall of the Titans

Instant

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

Fall of the Titans deals X damage to each of up to two target creatures and/or players.

As Gideon kept the brood lineages at bay, Chandra incinerated the bound Eldrazi titans.

Far (Far/Away)

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

Fatal Fumes

Instant

Target creature gets -4/-2 until end of turn.

Travelers in the undercity dread the horrors and assassins of the Dimir, but nearly as many die from more mundane hazards.

Fated Conflagration

Instant

Fated Conflagration deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If it's your turn, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Fated Infatuation

Instant

Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of target creature you control. If it's your turn, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Fated Intervention

Instant

Put two 3/3 green Centaur enchantment creature tokens onto the battlefield. If it's your turn, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Fated Retribution

Instant

Destroy all creatures and planeswalkers. If it's your turn, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Fated Return

Instant

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains indestructible. If it's your turn, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Feast of Dreams

Instant

Destroy target enchanted creature or enchantment creature.

"We gave the gods the power to war against us. It is time we took that power back."

Feat of Resistance

Instant

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Dragons are extinct on Tarkir, but Abzan magic still emulates their endurance.

Feed the Clan

Instant

You gain 5 life.

Ferocious - You gain 10 life instead if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

The Temur believe three things only are needed in life: a hot fire, a full belly, and a strong companion.

Firemind's Foresight

Instant

Search your library for an instant card with converted mana cost 3, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then repeat this process for instant cards with converted mana costs 2 and 1. Then shuffle your library.

Flesh to Dust

Instant

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

"Pain is temporary. So is life."
-Liliana Vess

Flying Crane Technique

Instant

Untap all creatures you control. They gain flying and double strike until end of turn.

There are many Jeskai styles: Riverwalk imitates flowing water, Dragonfist the ancient hellkites, and Flying Crane the wild aven of the high peaks.

Fog

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

"I fear no army or beast, but only the morning fog. Our assault can survive everything else."
-Lord Hilneth

Force Away

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Ferocious - If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Where an enemy once rode, not even a whisper remains.

Fortify

Instant

Choose one - Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn; or creatures you control get +0/+2 until end of turn.

"Where metal is tainted and wood is scarce, we are best armed by faith."
-Tavalus, acolyte of Korlis

Frost Breath

Instant

Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step.

If you have to be stuck somewhere for a while, it's better to be stuck there with a friend.

Furious Resistance

Instant

Target blocking creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

"At least the Gateless rebels have ideals. Rakdos just mocks, defiles, and kills all we hold dear."
-Libuse, Boros sergeant

Gainsay

Instant

Counter target blue spell.

"I'd be happy to stop contradicting you, Urza, just as soon as you start being right."
-Bo Levar, planeswalker

Gather Courage

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.)

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

Giant Growth

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The prohibition of unnecessary tossing of the citizenry by giants shall also extend to spontaneous giants."
-Isperia's Edict, provision VII.789.2

Gideon's Reproach

Instant

Gideon's Reproach deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

"Suddenly, Gideon was there with us, clearing the way so that we could escape."-The War Diaries

Gift of Tusks

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and becomes a green Elephant with base power and toughness 3/3.

It's an experience you'll never forget.

Glimpse the Sun God

Instant

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

Better to be beneath Heliod's notice than beneath his heel.

Gods Willing

Instant

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Honor the gods of Theros, and they will return the favor.

Golgari Charm

Instant

Choose one - All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn; or destroy target enchantment; or regenerate each creature you control.

"Let the rest of Ravnica sneer. One way or another, they all end up in the undercity."
-Jarad

Grasp of Darkness

Instant

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

On a world with five suns, night is compelled to become an aggressive force.

Grave Birthing

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Target opponent exiles a card from his or her graveyard. You put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

Draw a card.

Gridlock

Instant

Tap X target nonland permanents.

"One tiny peg pulled from a single wagon wheel, and an entire district grinds to a halt."
-Lazav

Grim Return

Instant

Choose target creature card in a graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control.

The necromancer's touch strips away memory and loyalty, and only strength and malice remain.

Grip of Desolation

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Exile target creature and target land.

As the hand closed, there was first terror, then numbness, and finally nothingness.

Grip of the Roil

Instant

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

Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Draw a card.

Griptide

Instant

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

"Beware the seagrafs just off the shore. These waters are filled with hungry geists looking for an easy meal."
-Captain Eberhart

Grisly Salvage

Instant

Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature or land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.

To the Golgari, anything buried is treasure.

Grisly Spectacle

Instant

Destroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller puts a number of cards equal to that creature's power from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

"Watch people flock to a murder scene. Then tell me we're not all a little sick in the head."
-Juri, proprietor of the Juri Revue

Gruul Charm

Instant

Choose one - Creatures without flying can't block this turn; or gain control of all permanents you own; or Gruul Charm deals 3 damage to each creature with flying.

"Not Gruul? Then die!"
-Borborygmos

Heat Ray

Instant

Heat Ray deals X damage to target creature.

"There was clearly a scream. I'm not sure if there was a mouth."
-Sachir, Akoum Expeditionary House

Hero's Downfall

Instant

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Destiny exalts a chosen few, but even heroes break.

Heroes' Reunion

Instant

Target player gains 7 life.

They share no bloodline, but a bond greater than family unites them. Such are the gifts of the Worldsoul.

Hindervines

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures with no +1/+1 counters on them.

"Woodlands and laws. Both grow faster than the Azorius's ability to manage them."
-Suniel the Woodwise

Hold at Bay

Instant

Prevent the next 7 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

It was Daeron's bravery that brought him to Odunos. But it was the magic of Meletis that brought him home.

Homing Lightning

Instant

Homing Lightning deals 4 damage to target creature and each other creature with the same name as that creature.

"I see countless worlds. What makes them think I can't find them in just one?"
-Ral Zarek

Horribly Awry

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Counter target creature spell with converted mana cost 4 or less. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

"We are nothing but dust to them-our bodies, our actions, even our words."-Jori En, expedition leader

Hour of Need

Instant

Strive - Hour of Need costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Exile any number of target creatures. For each creature exiled this way, its controller puts a 4/4 blue Sphinx creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Hubris

Instant

Return target creature and all Auras attached to it to their owners' hands.

"You wish to learn of Nyx? Very well."
-Phenax, god of deception

Hunter's Ambush

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by nongreen creatures this turn.

First you lose your enemy's trail. Then you lose all sense of direction. Then you hear the growls . . .

Hydroform

Instant

Target land becomes a 3/3 Elemental creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land.

"While the sea may be our home, the sky is our destiny."
-Prime Speaker Zegana

Hydrosurge

Instant

Target creature gets -5/-0 until end of turn.

"Thirsty?"
-Drunvalus, hydromancer

Icy Blast

Instant

Tap X target creatures.

Ferocious - If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, those creatures don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.

"Do not think the sand or the sun will hold back the breath of winter."

Immolating Glare

Instant

Destroy target attacking creature.

"The sun can warm your skin or blister it, nurture your crops or wither them, light your path or blind you. She is a fickle friend, but a far worse enemy."
-Nazra of the Stone Havens

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

Inspiration

Instant

Target player draws two cards.

"Day 31: I finally succeeded in my time reversal experiment!
"Day 30: I might have a problem here."
-Journal of the Prime Izmagnus

Inspired Charge

Instant

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

"Impossible! How could they overwhelm us? We had barricades, war elephants, . . . and they were barely a tenth of our number!"
-General Avitora

Izzet Charm

Instant

Choose one - Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays ; or Izzet Charm deals 2 damage to target creature; or draw two cards, then discard two cards.

Jace's Ingenuity

Instant

Draw three cards.

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

Jeskai Charm

Instant

Choose one -

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

• Jeskai Charm deals 4 damage to target opponent.

• Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain lifelink until end of turn.

Kill Shot

Instant

Destroy target attacking creature.

Mardu archers are trained in Dakla, the way of the bow. They never miss their target, no matter how small, how fast, or how far away.

Killing Glare

Instant

Destroy target creature with power X or less.

A casual glance into a dark corner may be your last.

Kiora's Dismissal

Instant

Strive - Kiora's Dismissal costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Return any number of target enchantments to their owners' hands.

Kozilek's Return

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Kozilek's Return deals 2 damage to each creature.

Whenever you cast an Eldrazi creature spell with converted mana cost 7 or greater, you may exile Kozilek's Return from your graveyard. If you do, Kozilek's Return deals 5 damage to each creature.

Lash of the Whip

Instant

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

"No matter who their fickle hearts worship, all mortals belong to one god in the end."
-Iadorna, death priest of Erebos

Last Breath

Instant

Exile target creature with power 2 or less. Its controller gains 4 life.

"Tsk. You'd think those nasty merrows would know how to hold their breath."
-Olka, mistmeadow witch

Launch Party

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Launch Party, sacrifice a creature.

Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life.

Life's too short to not do the things you love.

Lead by Example

Instant

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

Gideon and Nissa carved a path through the Eldrazi swarm, and their Zendikari allies charged into the fray behind them.

Lightning Strike

Instant

Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

"The hand of Keranos can be seen in every rumbling storm cloud. Best not to stand where he points."
-Rakleia of Shrine Peak

Lightning Volley

Instant

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain ": This creature deals 1 damage to target creature or player."

"We are the motes of rain that join to make the thundercloud. The power of the storm god surges through us!"

Lithomancer's Focus

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to that creature this turn by colorless sources.

"Even in the hands of amateurs, Nahiri's hedrons can harm the Eldrazi."-Ugin

Loss (Profit/Loss)

Instant

Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.

Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

Lost in a Labyrinth

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Even those who leave the labyrinth never escape it, forever dreaming of their time trapped within.

Magma Jet

Instant

Magma Jet deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Magma Spray

Instant

Magma Spray deals 2 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

"Jund is a wounded world. Beware its searing blood spilling out onto the surface."
-Rakka Mar

Make a Stand

Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

For a moment they stood tall, all fear forgotten.

Mardu Charm

Instant

Choose one -

• Mardu Charm deals 4 damage to target creature.

• Put two 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens onto the battlefield. They gain first strike until end of turn.

• Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Martial Glory

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn.

Target creature gets +0/+3 until end of turn.

"Yes, Boros tactics are unparalleled. But when your comrades are dying around you, inner strength must carry the day."
-Gideon Jura, to Aurelia

Massive Raid

Instant

Massive Raid deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of creatures you control.

"The Boros lack vision. Give them a convenient scapegoat and they'll be blind to the true threats."
-Lazav

Meditation Puzzle

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.)

You gain 8 life.

Find your center, and you will find your way.

Mending Touch

Instant

Regenerate target creature.

"The gift of life must be freely given. Anything less would diminish us all."
-Arin, Selesnya healer

Mighty Leap

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn.

"The southern fortress taken by invaders? Heh, sure . . . when elephants fly."
-Brezard Skeinbow, captain of the guard

Mindstatic

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

"It's always satisfying to stymie the best efforts of a rival, but the reactions of the Gruul are particularly amusing."
-Bori Andon, Izzet blastseeker

Mindswipe

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . Mindswipe deals X damage to that spell's controller.

"The past and the unwritten are frozen. To understand their meaning requires heat."
-Arel the Whisperer

Mizzium Skin

Instant

Target creature you control gets +0/+1 and gains hexproof 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.")

Mortal's Ardor

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

"Such deeds should be common fare for such as us."
-Anax, king of Akros

Mortal's Resolve

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

The Fates tried to cut her string but found the thread had turned to iron.

Murderous Cut

Instant

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

Destroy target creature.

The blades of a Sultai assassin stab like the fangs of a dragon.

Mutant's Prey

Instant

Target creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Every street corner is a hunting ground, every citizen potential prey.

Mystic Genesis

Instant

Counter target spell. Put an X/X green Ooze creature token onto the battlefield, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.

"The Simic can grow anything out of a puddle of sludge. I just hope they never join forces with the Golgari."
-Teysa Karlov, Grand Envoy of Orzhov

Natural Connection

Instant

Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.

"Zendikar will not surrender, and neither can we."