Black Sun's Zenith

Sorcery

Put X -1/-1 counters on each creature. Shuffle Black Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

"Under the suns, Mirrodin kneels and begs us for perfection."
-Geth, Lord of the Vault

Blasphemous Act

Sorcery

Blasphemous Act costs less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.

Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

"Holy places are no longer sanctuary from death, and death is no longer sanctuary from anything."
-Thalia, Knight-Cathar

Blast of Genius

Sorcery

Choose target creature or player. Draw three cards, then discard a card. Blast of Genius deals damage equal to the discarded card's converted mana cost to that creature or player.

Ral Zarek's brainstorms bring actual thunder and lightning.

Blessings of Nature

Sorcery

Distribute four +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures.

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

Blightning

Sorcery

Blightning deals 3 damage to target player. That player discards two cards.

While the smell of burning flesh is common in Grixis, the odor of smoldering brain matter is a rare treat.

Blinding Flare

Sorcery

Strive - Blinding Flare costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Any number of target creatures can't block this turn.

Blood (Flesh/Blood)

Sorcery

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

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

Blood Feud

Sorcery

Target creature fights another target creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Succession is a matter of blood, and by blood it is often decided.

Blood Tithe

Sorcery

Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

The Crimson Throne may be empty, but its coffers are full.

Blood Tribute

Sorcery

Kicker-Tap an untapped Vampire you control. (You may tap a Vampire you control in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)

Target opponent loses half his or her life, rounded up. If Blood Tribute was kicked, you gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Boiling Earth

Sorcery

Boiling Earth deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control.

Awaken 4- (If you cast this spell for , also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Bolt of Keranos

Sorcery

Bolt of Keranos deals 3 damage to target creature or player. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

The breakthroughs granted by Keranos, god of epiphany, can be surprisingly literal.

Bone Splinters

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Bone Splinters, sacrifice a creature.

Destroy target creature.

"Which do you deserve, the heft of a femur or the graceful sharpness of a forearm? Decisions, decisions . . ."
-Gisa the Mad

Bonfire of the Damned

Sorcery

Bonfire of the Damned deals X damage to target player and each creature he or she controls.

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

Borrowing 100,000 Arrows

Sorcery

Draw a card for each tapped creature target opponent controls.

Kongming and Lu Su tricked Wei troops into shooting over 100,000 arrows at them to later use against the Wei at Red Cliffs.

Boulder Salvo

Sorcery

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

Boulder Salvo deals 4 damage to target creature.

"If someone claims the sky is falling, I listen."
-Yon Basrel, Oran-Rief survivalist

Boundless Realms

Sorcery

Search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the number of lands you control, and put them onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.

"Planeswalking cannot be taught. Either you see the doors or you do not."
-Nissa Revane

Bountiful Harvest

Sorcery

You gain 1 life for each land you control.

"When we fail to see the beauty in every tree, we are no better than humans."
-Saelia, elvish scout

Brainbite

Sorcery

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

Draw a card.

An Esper mage will leave a hole in your memory with surgical precision. A Grixis mage sees no reason to be so kind.

Bramblecrush

Sorcery

Destroy target noncreature permanent.

"Civilization is fertilizer."
-Garruk Wildspeaker

Breaking (Breaking/Entering)

Sorcery

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

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

Breaking Point

Sorcery

Any player may have Breaking Point deal 6 damage to him or her. If no one does, destroy all creatures. Creatures destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

"Enough"

Breakthrough

Sorcery

Draw four cards, then choose X cards in your hand and discard the rest.

The ideas came flooding in so fast that they couldn't all be contained.

Breath of Darigaaz

Sorcery

Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)

Breath of Darigaaz deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player. If Breath of Darigaaz was kicked, it deals 4 damage to each creature without flying and each player instead.

Brilliant Plan

Sorcery

Draw three cards.

At Red Cliffs, Kongming and Zhou Yu each wrote his plan for defeating Wei on the palm of his hand. They laughed as they both revealed the same word, "Fire."

Brilliant Spectrum

Sorcery

Converge - Draw X cards, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Brilliant Spectrum. Then discard two cards.

There are more sights on Zendikar than the eyes can see.

Brilliant Ultimatum

Sorcery

Exile the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. You may play any number of cards from one of those piles without paying their mana costs.

Revealing the truth only deepened Tezzeret's curiosity for the secrets still buried.

Bring to Light

Sorcery

Converge - Search your library for a creature, instant, or sorcery card with converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of colors of mana spent to cast Bring to Light, exile that card, then shuffle your library. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost.

Brood Birthing

Sorcery

If you control an Eldrazi Spawn, put three 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens onto the battlefield. They have "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool." Otherwise, put one of those tokens onto the battlefield.

Browbeat

Sorcery

Any player may have Browbeat deal 5 damage to him or her. If no one does, target player draws three cards.

"Even the threat of power has power."
-Jeska, warrior adept

Bump in the Night

Sorcery

Target opponent loses 3 life.

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

It's not just the wind. It's not all in your head. And it's definitely something to worry about.

Buried Alive

Sorcery

Search your library for up to three creature cards and put them into your graveyard. Then shuffle your library.

The scrape of shovels and the tumble of cold dirt soon muffled their pleas.

Burn at the Stake

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Burn at the Stake, tap any number of untapped creatures you control.

Burn at the Stake deals damage to target creature or player equal to three times the number of creatures tapped this way.

Burning Inquiry

Sorcery

Each player draws three cards, then discards three cards at random.

Jariad burned the midnight oil, burned through scroll after scroll, and then burned down his laboratory.

Burst of Speed

Sorcery

Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn. (They can attack and even if they just came under your control.)

Great generals inspire by example. Goblin chieftains inspire by electrifying the barracks.

Cached Defenses

Sorcery

Bolster 3. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put three +1/+1 counters on it.)

The glittering scales in the Abzan vaults represent mighty deeds of the past and protection for generations to come.

Call (Beck/Call)

Sorcery

Put four 1/1 white Bird creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield.

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

Call of the Conclave

Sorcery

Put a 3/3 green Centaur creature token onto the battlefield.

Centaurs are sent to evangelize in Gruul territories where words of war speak louder than prayers of peace.

Call of the Nightwing

Sorcery

Put a 1/1 blue and black Horror creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Call the Gatewatch

Sorcery

Search your library for a planeswalker card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

"I've heard it said that a Planeswalker is someone who can always run from danger. But Gideon's right: we're also the ones who can choose to stay."
-Jace Beleren