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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Final Judgment

Sorcery

Exile all creatures.

"The clashing warriors turned to face O-Kagachi, the greatest kami, and their sigh of awe was their last breath."
-Great Battles of Kamigawa

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

Heed the Mists

Sorcery - Arcane

Put the top card of your library into your graveyard, then draw cards equal to that card's converted mana cost.

"Once, I looked to the mists for wisdom. Now I wish only for understanding."

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

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.

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

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

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

Crack the Earth

Sorcery - Arcane

Each player sacrifices a permanent.

"As the war progressed, the destruction the kami caused became more widespread and less predictable."
-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.

Enshrined Memories

Sorcery

Reveal the top X cards of your library. Put all creature cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

"The race is run in the mind before the first step is taken."
-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.

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

Enduring Ideal

Sorcery

Search your library for an enchantment card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

Epic (For the rest of the game, you can't cast spells. At the beginning of each of your upkeeps, copy this spell except for its epic ability.)

Presence of the Wise

Sorcery

You gain 2 life for each card in your hand.

"Humbly I bow. Silently I wait. Deeply I listen."

Eternal Dominion

Sorcery

Search target opponent's library for an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land card. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Epic (For the rest of the game, you can't cast spells. At the beginning of each of your upkeeps, copy this spell except for its epic ability. You may choose a new target for the copy.)

Ideas Unbound

Sorcery - Arcane

Draw three cards. Discard three cards at the beginning of the next end step.

The apprentice stared in puzzlement. "But Master, you finished writing those spells just yesterday. Don't you remember?" The jushi's heart froze.

Choice of Damnations

Sorcery - Arcane

Target opponent chooses a number. You may have that player lose that much life. If you don't, that player sacrifices all but that many permanents.

"Life is a series of choices between bad and worse."
-Toshiro Umezawa

Exile into Darkness

Sorcery

Target player sacrifices a creature with converted mana cost 3 or less.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have more cards in hand than each opponent, you may return Exile into Darkness from your graveyard to your hand.

Footsteps of the Goryo

Sorcery - Arcane

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

In the case of violent deaths, kami offered a chance for revenge if the deceased offered up its corpse as a host to the invading kami.

Kiku's Shadow

Sorcery

Target creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

"Me? No, I'm not going to kill you. I won't even lay a finger on you. I promise."
-Kiku, Night's Flower

Neverending Torment

Sorcery

Search target player's library for X cards, where X is the number of cards in your hand, and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Epic (For the rest of the game, you can't cast spells. At the beginning of each of your upkeeps, copy this spell except for its epic ability. You may choose a new target for the copy.)

Pain's Reward

Sorcery

Each player may bid life. You start the bidding with a bid of any number. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid and draws four cards.

Sink into Takenuma

Sorcery - Arcane

Sweep - Return any number of Swamps you control to their owner's hand. Target player discards a card for each Swamp returned this way.

Feral Lightning

Sorcery

Put three 3/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste onto the battlefield. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step.

They moved like apes, but a thousand times swifter, prying into every corner, leaving pawprints of ash.

Inner Fire

Sorcery

Add to your mana pool for each card in your hand.

"Heart of Sokenzan, I call to you! Lend me your fire."