Sea Kings' Blessing

Instant

Any number of target creatures become blue until end of turn.

Avoid Fate

Instant

Counter target instant or Aura spell that targets a permanent you control.

Glyph of Reincarnation

Instant

Cast Glyph of Reincarnation only after combat.

Destroy all creatures that were blocked by target Wall this turn. They can't be regenerated. For each creature that died this way, put a creature card from the graveyard of the player who controlled that creature the last time it became blocked by that Wall onto the battlefield under its owner's control.

Rust

Instant

Counter target activated ability from an artifact source. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

"How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/ To rust unburnished, not to shine in use,/ As though to breathe were life!" -Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Ulysses"

Subdue

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target creature this turn. That creature gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is its converted mana cost.

Sylvan Paradise

Instant

Any number of target creatures become green until end of turn.

Active Volcano

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target blue permanent; or return target Island to its owner's hand.

Dwarven Song

Instant

Any number of target creatures become red until end of turn.

Feint

Instant

Tap all creatures blocking target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by that creature and each creature blocking it.

Glyph of Destruction

Instant

Target blocking Wall you control gets +10/+0 until end of combat. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to it this turn. Destroy it at the beginning of the next end step.

Glyph of Life

Instant

Until end of turn, whenever an attacking creature deals damage to target Wall creature, you gain that much life.

Any wall can be battered down, but at what cost?

Great Defender

Instant

Target creature gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is its converted mana cost.

Heaven's Gate

Instant

Any number of target creatures become white until end of turn.

Indestructible Aura

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

Theodar strode the battle lines, snatching swords with his bare hands and casting them aside until all cowered before him.

Remove Enchantments

Instant

Return to your hand all enchantments you both own and control, all Auras you own attached to permanents you control, and all Auras you own attached to attacking creatures your opponents control. Then destroy all other enchantments you control, all other Auras attached to permanents you control, and all other Auras attached to attacking creatures your opponents control.

Riptide

Instant

Tap all blue creatures.

Festival

Instant

Cast Festival only during an opponent's upkeep.

Creatures can't attack this turn.

Only after the townsfolk had drawn us into their merry celebration did we discover that their holiday rituals held a deeper purpose.

High Tide

Instant

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds to his or her mana pool (in addition to the mana the land produces).

"When the very tides turn against you, it's time to consider retirement."
-General Khurzog

Burnt Offering

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Burnt Offering, sacrifice a creature.

Add X mana in any combination of and/or to your mana pool, where X is the sacrificed creature's converted mana cost.

"My foes serve me twice: in dying, and in death."
-Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer

Demonic Consultation

Instant

Name a card. Exile the top six cards of your library, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal the named card. Put that card into your hand and exile all other cards revealed this way.

Gravebind

Instant

Target creature can't be regenerated this turn.

Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

One foot in the grave,
firmly planted.

Songs of the Damned

Instant

Add to your mana pool for each creature card in your graveyard.

Not wind, but the breath of the dead.

Clairvoyance

Instant

Look at target player's hand.

Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"As we followed the ice wall, we had the distinct feeling of being watched. Many of the party wanted to turn back."
-Disa the Restless, journal entry

Ray of Erasure

Instant

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

Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"What is real can be unreal."
-Gerda Äagesdotter,
Archmage of the Unseen

Winter's Chill

Instant

Cast Winter's Chill only during combat before blockers are declared.

X can't be greater than the number of snow lands you control.

Choose X target attacking creatures. For each of those creatures, its controller may pay or . If that player doesn't, destroy that creature at end of combat. If that player pays only , prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this combat.

Word of Undoing

Instant

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

"It was in Urza's journals that I finally found the secret at the core of the summonings."
-Journal, author unknown

Warning

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking creature this turn.

"The folk of the Karplusan Mountains are impossible to ambush."
-Lovisa Coldeyes,
Balduvian Chieftain

Chain Stasis

Instant

You may tap or untap target creature. Then that creature's controller may pay . If the player does, he or she may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

"Here we go again."
-Kakra, Sea Troll

Misinformation

Instant

Put up to three target cards from an opponent's graveyard on top of his or her library in any order.

"When you cannot rely on your sources, trust your own senses. When you cannot trust those, you must follow your instincts." -Lovisa Coldeyes, Balduvian Chieftain

Undergrowth

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Undergrowth, you may pay .

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. If its additional cost was paid, Undergrowth doesn't affect combat damage that would be dealt by red creatures.

"It is the work of sorcery. Burn it!" -Taaveti of Kelsinko, Elvish Hunter

Death Spark

Instant

Death Spark deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if Death Spark is in your graveyard with a creature card directly above it, you may pay . If you do, return Death Spark to your hand.

Reinforcements

Instant

Put up to three target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library.

"Let them send their legions! I will show them that my truth is stronger than their swords."
-General Varchild

Thermal Flux

Instant

Choose one - Target nonsnow permanent becomes snow until end of turn; or target snow permanent isn't snow until end of turn.

Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Balduvian Rage

Instant

Target attacking creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"Let your heartbeat be the thunder in the valley. Let your swords be the lightning on the peaks."
-Lothar Lovisason, Balduvian chieftain

Skred

Instant

Skred deals damage to target creature equal to the number of snow permanents you control.

"This close to Rimewind Keep, no avalanche is nature's doing."
-Ukoten, centaur chieftain

Ebony Charm

Instant

Choose one - Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life; or exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard; or target creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Soulshriek

Instant

Target creature you control gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

"The flesh is a casket for the soul."
-Shauku, Endbringer

Prismatic Lace

Instant

Target permanent becomes the color or colors of your choice. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Sapphire Charm

Instant

Choose one - Target player draws a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep; or target creature gains flying until end of turn; or target creature an opponent controls phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during his or her next untap step.)

Seedling Charm

Instant

Choose one - Return target Aura attached to a creature to its owner's hand; or regenerate target green creature; or target creature gains trample until end of turn.

Chaos Charm

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target Wall; or Chaos Charm deals 1 damage to target creature; or target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Telim'Tor's Edict

Instant

Exile target permanent you own or control.

Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"Execution awaits the dissenter."
-Kasib ibn Naji, Letters

Ivory Charm

Instant

Choose one - All creatures get -2/-0 until end of turn; or tap target creature; or prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

Funeral Charm

Instant

Choose one - Target player discards a card; or target creature gets +2/-1 until end of turn; or target creature gains swampwalk until end of turn.

Vision Charm

Instant

Choose one - Target player puts the top four cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard; or choose a land type and a basic land type, and each land of the first chosen type becomes the second chosen type until end of turn; or target artifact phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during his or her next untap step.)

Emerald Charm

Instant

Choose one - Untap target permanent; or destroy target non-Aura enchantment; or target creature loses flying until end of turn.

Hearth Charm

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target artifact creature; or attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn; or target creature with power 2 or less is unblockable this turn.

Rock Slide

Instant

Rock Slide deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target attacking or blocking creatures without flying.

"Good ol' rock. Nothing beats rock."
-Rhirhok, goblin archer

Hope Charm

Instant

Choose one - Target creature gains first strike until end of turn; or target player gains 2 life; or destroy target Aura.

Tithe

Instant

Search your library for a Plains card. If target opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for an additional Plains card. Reveal those cards and put them into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Abjure

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Abjure, sacrifice a blue permanent.

Counter target spell.

Mirri's hackles rose as Ertai continued expounding his virtues. "If that arrogant brat doesn't shut up soon," she growled to herself, "I'm going to have to kill him."

Disrupt

Instant

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays .

Draw a card.

Oh, I'm sorry-did I break your concentration?

Blossoming Wreath

Instant

You gain life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

"I place this wreath for you, my kin. Even in death, you give me strength to avenge you."
-Mirri of the Weatherlight

Choking Vines

Instant

Cast Choking Vines only during the declare blockers step.

X target attacking creatures become blocked. Choking Vines deals 1 damage to each of those creatures. (This spell works on unblockable creatures.)

Desperate Gambit

Instant

Choose a source you control and flip a coin. If you win the flip, the next time that source would deal damage this turn, it deals double that damage instead. If you lose the flip, the next time it would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.

Firestorm

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Firestorm, discard X cards.

Firestorm deals X damage to each of X target creatures and/or players.

"Glok loved storms! He'd sit an' watch an' laugh through the whole thing. I miss him."
-Squee, goblin cabin hand

Argivian Find

Instant

Return target artifact or enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

"We often bury our pasts, and then someone comes along and digs them up."
-Gerrard of the Weatherlight

Ertai's Meddling

Instant

X can't be 0.

Target spell's controller exiles it with X delay counters on it.

At the beginning of each of that player's upkeeps, if that card is exiled, remove a delay counter from it. If the card has no delay counters on it, he or she puts it onto the stack as a copy of the original spell.

Shadow Rift

Instant

Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Draw a card.

Whim of Volrath

Instant

Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn. (For example, you may change "nonred creature" to "nongreen creature" or "plainswalk" to "swampwalk.")

Whispers of the Muse

Instant

Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

Draw a card.

"I followed her song only to find it was a dirge."
-Crovax

Elvish Fury

Instant

Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

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

Searing Touch

Instant

Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

Searing Touch deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Anoint

Instant

Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

Worthy Cause

Instant

Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

As an additional cost to cast Worthy Cause, sacrifice a creature.

You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Leap

Instant

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Draw a card.

Mirri leapt quickly and silently. The guard died likewise.

Mask of the Mimic

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Mask of the Mimic, sacrifice a creature.

Search your library for a card with the same name as target nontoken creature and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

Mind Games

Instant

Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

Tap target artifact, creature, or land.

Crossbow Ambush

Instant

Creatures you control gain reach until end of turn. (They can block creatures with flying.)

There is no drake that flies faster than a crossbow bolt.
-Vec saying

Change of Heart

Instant

Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

Target creature can't attack this turn.

Scapegoat

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Scapegoat, sacrifice a creature.

Return any number of target creatures you control to their owner's hand.

"Enjoy your deception, Vuel," Gerrard said as Volrath's features melted from the dead shapeshifter. "I'll count this one as practice."

Reaping the Rewards

Instant

Buyback-Sacrifice a land. (You may sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

You gain 2 life.

Culling the Weak

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Culling the Weak, sacrifice a creature.

Add to your mana pool.

"The blood of the weak shall be the ink with which we scribe great Yawgmoth's glorious name."
-Stronghold architect, journal

Scare Tactics

Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Fear rules those weak enough to accept it."
-Greven il-Vec

Fighting Chance

Instant

For each blocking creature, flip a coin. If you win the flip, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by that creature this turn.

A stroke of luck can smite an army.

Annul

Instant

Counter target artifact or enchantment spell.

The most effective way to destroy a spell is to ensure it was never cast in the first place.

Curfew

Instant

Each player returns a creature he or she controls to its owner's hand.

". . . But I'm not tired!"

Rain of Filth

Instant

Until end of turn, lands you control gain "Sacrifice this land: Add to your mana pool."

"When I say it rained, it was not small drops, but a thick, greasy drool pouring from the heavens."
-Urza, journal

Brand

Instant

Gain control of all permanents you own. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"By this glyph I affirm your role."
-Urza, to Karn

Outmaneuver

Instant

X target blocked creatures assign their combat damage this turn as though they weren't blocked.

"Push one goblin into sight, an' run a lot. That's tactics."
-Jula, goblin raider

Shower of Sparks

Instant

Shower of Sparks deals 1 damage to target creature and 1 damage to target player.

The viashino had learned how to operate the rig through trial and error-mostly error.

Burst of Energy

Instant

Untap target permanent.

"I stand ready to die for our world. Who will stand with me?"
-Radiant, archangel

Iron Will

Instant

Target creature gets +0/+4 until end of turn.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Intervene

Instant

Counter target spell that targets a creature.

"At first I simply observed. But I found that without investment in others, life serves no purpose."
-Karn, silver golem

About Face

Instant

Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

The overconfident are the most vulnerable.

Last-Ditch Effort

Instant

Sacrifice any number of creatures. Last-Ditch Effort deals that much damage to target creature or player.

"If you're gonna lose, at least make sure they don't win as much."
-Jula, goblin raider

Crop Rotation

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Crop Rotation, sacrifice a land.

Search your library for a land card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

"Hmm . . . maybe lotuses this year."

Silk Net

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)

Sometimes it's possible to pull a meal out of thin air.

Scent of Jasmine

Instant

Reveal any number of white cards in your hand. You gain 2 life for each card revealed this way.

Rescue

Instant

Return target permanent you control to its owner's hand.

"Urza, I've discovered more promising students than you and my husband have, combined. And I haven't lost a single one."
-Rayne, Academy Chancellor

Magnify

Instant

All creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

The seed torches' pollen gives off light, but the elves find it heightens their senses as well.

Scent of Ivy

Instant

Reveal any number of green cards in your hand. Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards revealed this way.

Moment of Silence

Instant

Target player skips his or her next combat phase this turn.

The silence commemorates not those who've died, but those about to.

Off Balance

Instant

Target creature can't attack or block this turn.

A heavy weapon deals plenty of damage-but it does have to hit.

Infiltrate

Instant

Target creature is unblockable this turn.

Getting in was the easy part. Getting out proved to be more difficult.

Animate Land

Instant

Until end of turn, target land becomes a 3/3 creature that's still a land.

Irony is getting walked on by the earth instead of the other way around.

Excise

Instant

Exile target attacking creature unless its controller pays .

"Creation is no great feat. Anything you make, I can unmake in a heartbeat."
-Alexi, zephyr mage

Inflame

Instant

Inflame deals 2 damage to each creature dealt damage this turn.

Wound, maim, kill: it's all the same to a Keldon.

Orim's Touch

Instant

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

Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. If Orim's Touch was kicked, prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to that creature or player this turn instead.

Opt

Instant

Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.

Draw a card.

"We need alternatives, Hanna," yelled Gerrard. "Now"