Psychic Spear

Sorcery

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

"The wizards of Takenuma Swamp faced the horrors of humanity every day. It's no wonder they fared so well against the kami."
-Observations of the Kami War

Reduce to Dreams

Sorcery

Return all artifacts and enchantments to their owners' hands.

"This world is a dream. We cling to our toys like children, but sooner or later we must learn to live without them."
-Sensei Hisoka

Ribbons of the Reikai

Sorcery - Arcane

Draw a card for each Spirit you control.

"If wisdom is a river, then we cup our hands, reach in, and drink from it in sips. The kami, however, are like fish, swimming, breathing, surrounded in its presence."
-Dosan the Falling Leaf

Sosuke's Summons

Sorcery

Put two 1/1 green Snake creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Whenever a nontoken Snake enters the battlefield under your control, you may return Sosuke's Summons from your graveyard to your hand.

Sowing Salt

Sorcery

Exile target nonbasic land. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that land and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Splinter

Sorcery

Exile target artifact. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that artifact and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Stir the Grave

Sorcery

Return target creature card with converted mana cost X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

"Your lungs may not draw breath, but while your hands can grip a sword, you will be useful to me."
-Nighteyes, nezumi necromancer

Sway of the Stars

Sorcery

Each player shuffles his or her hand, graveyard, and permanents he or she owns into his or her library, then draws seven cards. Each player's life total becomes 7.

Terashi's Grasp

Sorcery - Arcane

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost.

"The jeweler, the potter, the smith . . . They all imbue a bit of their souls into their creations. The kami destroy that crafted mortal shell and absorb the soul within."
-Noboru, master kitemaker

Three Tragedies

Sorcery - Arcane

Target player discards three cards.

"As the kami passed over the village of Mita, the inhabitants relived their three most grievous tragedies. Some cried. Some raged. Some were driven to madness. But the next morning, none possessed the will to fight."
-Observations of the Kami War

Twist Allegiance

Sorcery

You and target opponent each gain control of all creatures the other controls until end of turn. Untap those creatures. Those creatures gain haste until end of turn.

Uproot

Sorcery - Arcane

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

"We arrived at the battlefield too late. Again. Another error on your part, and you will have to answer to me personally."
-General Takeno, letter to the imperial mapmaker

Befoul

Sorcery

Destroy target land or nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

The bog's touch means death to all but the darkest of hearts.

Cleanfall

Sorcery - Arcane

Destroy all enchantments.

During the war, the rites of purification were still effective, but the kami, not the kitsune, chose what to cleanse.

Cranial Extraction

Sorcery - Arcane

Name a nonland card. Search target player's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with that name and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Cut the Tethers

Sorcery

For each Spirit, return it to its owner's hand unless that player pays .

"You cannot bar the path of gods. You can only divert their journey for a while."
-Sensei Hisoka

Dance of Shadows

Sorcery - Arcane

Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

"Only one man survived, barely sane. He got out two words before collapsing: shadows' shadows."

Devouring Greed

Sorcery - Arcane

As an additional cost to cast Devouring Greed, you may sacrifice any number of Spirits.

Target player loses 2 life plus 2 life for each Spirit sacrificed this way. You gain that much life.

Eerie Procession

Sorcery - Arcane

Search your library for an Arcane card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

"Though in years past speculation was not encouraged about the strange ways of kami, now we must understand their motivations, if such is even possible to the mortal mind."
-Lady Azami

Eye of Nowhere

Sorcery - Arcane

Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

"Once we prayed to the kaijin for safe voyage. Now we only pray that we can escape their gaze."
-Hayato, master sailor

Feast of Worms

Sorcery - Arcane

Destroy target land. If that land was legendary, its controller sacrifices another land.

"The dust beneath our feet was once part of a mighty civilization. Shall we too provide the path for a future generation?"
-Sensei Golden-Tail

Gale Force

Sorcery

Gale Force deals 5 damage to each creature with flying.

Everything the kami had done, they did with more force. Gentle breezes became typhoons, rolling rivers turned to crushing rapids, and gentle growth became overnight masses of thorns and vines.

Glimpse of Nature

Sorcery

Whenever you cast a creature spell this turn, draw a card.

Dosan sat in repose for many hours. He made no motion, no sound at all. And as he sat, nature revealed itself to him.

Joyous Respite

Sorcery - Arcane

You gain 1 life for each land you control.

"I have been gifted by the kami with long life. So far, they have not seen fit to withdraw their gift. There may yet be a way to stop the killing without more blood, human or kami, being spilled."
-Dosan the Falling Leaf

Kodama's Reach

Sorcery - Arcane

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, and put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

"The land grows only where the kami will it."
-Dosan the Falling Leaf

Lava Spike

Sorcery - Arcane

Lava Spike deals 3 damage to target player.

Some kami attacks during the war were rife with trickery, subterfuge, and subtlety, draining hope and pride from the mortal world. Other attacks were a lot more straightforward.

Mana Seism

Sorcery

Sacrifice any number of lands. Add to your mana pool for each land sacrificed this way.

"It is the nature of humanity not to worry about tomorrow, especially when there's a good chance they won't live to see the end of today."
-Kiku, Night's Flower

Mindblaze

Sorcery

Name a nonland card and choose a number greater than 0. Target player reveals his or her library. If that library contains exactly the chosen number of the named card, Mindblaze deals 8 damage to that player. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Petals of Insight

Sorcery - Arcane

Look at the top three cards of your library. You may put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order. If you do, return Petals of Insight to its owner's hand. Otherwise, draw three cards.

Reverse the Sands

Sorcery

Redistribute any number of players' life totals. (Each of those players gets one life total back.)

Worse than the years of aging was the burden of memory. The young monk lost his youth and gained a vicarious lifetime of hardship and woe.

Struggle for Sanity

Sorcery

Target opponent reveals his or her hand. That player exiles a card from it, then you exile a card from it. Repeat this process until all cards in that hand have been exiled. That player returns the cards he or she exiled this way to his or her hand and puts the rest into his or her graveyard.

Swallowing Plague

Sorcery - Arcane

Swallowing Plague deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life.

"We are recalling all forces from the Takenuma Swamp. We lose men daily to kami attacks, and it seems our defeats only encourage them further."
-General Takeno, letter to Lord Konda

Terashi's Cry

Sorcery - Arcane

Tap up to three target creatures.

"The sun kami is terrible to behold. When its temper flares, best seek shade and pray for forgiveness."
-Sensei Golden-Tail

Time of Need

Sorcery

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

"When the kumo attacked the monks' sacred shrine, a mournful toll for help echoed through the forest. Thus began the Battle of Silk, which would last six years."
-Great Battles of Kamigawa

Unearthly Blizzard

Sorcery - Arcane

Up to three target creatures can't block this turn.

"We are trapped. The mountains and blinding kami storms have made us hopelessly lost. We are starving. In the name of all things sacred, please, send help . . . ."
-Lost Battalion, final message to General Takeno

Waking Nightmare

Sorcery - Arcane

Target player discards two cards.

"Once each year, the oni and other evil spirits paraded through villages to disturb mortals' sleep. During the war, this parade became a nightly event."
-Observations of the Kami War

Yamabushi's Storm

Sorcery

Yamabushi's Storm deals 1 damage to each creature. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.

Acquire

Sorcery

Search target opponent's library for an artifact card and put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Sometimes "innovation" means "stealing another's secret before anyone else can."

All Suns' Dawn

Sorcery

For each color, return up to one target card of that color from your graveyard to your hand. Exile All Suns' Dawn.

Beacon of Creation

Sorcery

Put a 1/1 green Insect creature token onto the battlefield for each Forest you control. Shuffle Beacon of Creation into its owner's library.

A chorus of life heralds the arrival of Mirrodin's final sun.