Downpour

Instant

Tap up to three target creatures.

"The sky holds vast oceans. They are at your fingertips if you know how to call them."
-Talrand, sky summoner

Essence Scatter

Instant

Counter target creature spell.

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

Hydrosurge

Instant

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

"Thirsty?"
-Drunvalus, hydromancer

Negate

Instant

Counter target noncreature spell.

Masters of the arcane savor a delicious irony. Their study of deep and complex arcana leads to such a simple end: the ability to say merely yes or no.

Redirect

Instant

You may choose new targets for target spell.

"It's actually quite simple, but since you've only recently begun to walk upright, it may take some time to explain."
-Jace Beleren, to Garruk Wildspeaker

Rewind

Instant

Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands.

"The best denials are simply that: a beginning and end unchanged, a dream with no memory."

Unsummon

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Not to be. That is the answer.

Cower in Fear

Instant

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

"You will fully understand fear when you discover it is the final thing you put your faith in."
-Nicol Bolas

Murder

Instant

Destroy target creature.

Public Execution

Instant

Destroy target creature an opponent controls. Each other creature that player controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

Though the executioner did not speak, the villagers got the message.

Vile Rebirth

Instant

Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

"‘Here lies our beloved Gartu, the gentlest of all men.' Ooh, I love irony."
-Jadar, ghoulcaller of Nephalia

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."

Kindled Fury

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

"Rage is a dangerous weapon. Your enemies will try to use your anger against you. Use it against them first."
-Ajani Goldmane

Magmaquake

Instant

Magmaquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each planeswalker.

"Where will you run when I punish you with the very ground you flee on?"
-Nicol Bolas

Reverberate

Instant

Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

"Not bad, but I can think of a better use for that."

Searing Spear

Instant

Searing Spear deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

Sometimes you die a glorious death with your sword held high. Sometimes you're just target practice.

Smelt

Instant

Destroy target artifact.

"Looks like that wasn't darksteel after all."
-Koth of the Hammer

Trumpet Blast

Instant

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

Keldon warriors don't need signals to tell them when to attack. They need signals to tell them when to stop.

Volcanic Geyser

Instant

Volcanic Geyser deals X damage to target creature or player.

"The mountain's fire surges beneath your feet, demanding release. Can you not feel it?"

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

Naturalize

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"When your cities and trinkets crumble, only nature will remain."
-Garruk Wildspeaker

Plummet

Instant

Destroy target creature with flying.

"Let nothing own the skies but the wind."
-Dejara, Giltwood druid

Serpent's Gift

Instant

Target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Venom is nature's way of redressing the imbalance between weak and mighty.

Titanic Growth

Instant

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

The pup looked over the treetops, eyeing the man who just yesterday had kicked her. Suddenly, her hunger was infused with pure delight.

Celestial Purge

Instant

Exile target black or red permanent.

"A world without evil? Boring. Give me vile fiends to smite and banish any day."
-Sarlena, paladin of the Northern Verge

Demystify

Instant

Destroy target enchantment.

Behind every mage is a trail of shattered lies.

Guardians' Pledge

Instant

White creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.

A dozen fighting for each other are worth a thousand fighting for themselves.

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

Stave Off

Instant

Target creature gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything of that color.)

Cancel

Instant

Counter target spell.

Flashfreeze

Instant

Counter target red or green spell.

"Is cold merely the absence of heat, or a force unto itself? Would a display of its power help you decide?"
-Zubarek, Icewinder Magus

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.

Mana Leak

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy.

Turn to Frog

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and becomes a blue Frog with base power and toughness 1/1.

"Ribbit."

Visions of Beyond

Instant

Draw a card. If a graveyard has twenty or more cards in it, draw three cards instead.

"The past is the foundation for all that exists in the present. We merely reconstruct what our ancestors have already discovered."
-Sachimir, Sage of Memories

Doom Blade

Instant

Destroy target nonblack creature.

Sorin's Thirst

Instant

Sorin's Thirst deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.

"All your steel won't protect you if your will is weak."

Wring Flesh

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-1 until end of turn.

"Don't blame me. You're the one walking around with skin."
-Zul Ashur, lich lord

Chandra's Outrage

Instant

Chandra's Outrage deals 4 damage to target creature and 2 damage to that creature's controller.

Chandra never believed in using her "inside voice."

Combust

Instant

Combust can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Combust deals 5 damage to target white or blue creature. The damage can't be prevented.