Homing Lightning

Instant

Homing Lightning deals 4 damage to target creature and each other creature with the same name as that creature.

"I see countless worlds. What makes them think I can't find them in just one?"
-Ral Zarek

Hold at Bay

Instant

Prevent the next 7 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

It was Daeron's bravery that brought him to Odunos. But it was the magic of Meletis that brought him home.

Hindervines

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures with no +1/+1 counters on them.

"Woodlands and laws. Both grow faster than the Azorius's ability to manage them."
-Suniel the Woodwise

Heroes' Reunion

Instant

Target player gains 7 life.

They share no bloodline, but a bond greater than family unites them. Such are the gifts of the Worldsoul.

Hero's Downfall

Instant

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Destiny exalts a chosen few, but even heroes break.

Heat Ray

Instant

Heat Ray deals X damage to target creature.

"There was clearly a scream. I'm not sure if there was a mouth."
-Sachir, Akoum Expeditionary House

Gruul Charm

Instant

Choose one - Creatures without flying can't block this turn; or gain control of all permanents you own; or Gruul Charm deals 3 damage to each creature with flying.

"Not Gruul? Then die!"
-Borborygmos

Grisly Spectacle

Instant

Destroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller puts a number of cards equal to that creature's power from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

"Watch people flock to a murder scene. Then tell me we're not all a little sick in the head."
-Juri, proprietor of the Juri Revue

Grisly Salvage

Instant

Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature or land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.

To the Golgari, anything buried is treasure.

Griptide

Instant

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

"Beware the seagrafs just off the shore. These waters are filled with hungry geists looking for an easy meal."
-Captain Eberhart

Grip of the Roil

Instant

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

Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Draw a card.

Grip of Desolation

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Exile target creature and target land.

As the hand closed, there was first terror, then numbness, and finally nothingness.

Grim Return

Instant

Choose target creature card in a graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control.

The necromancer's touch strips away memory and loyalty, and only strength and malice remain.

Gridlock

Instant

Tap X target nonland permanents.

"One tiny peg pulled from a single wagon wheel, and an entire district grinds to a halt."
-Lazav

Grave Birthing

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Target opponent exiles a card from his or her graveyard. You put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

Draw a card.

Grasp of Darkness

Instant

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

On a world with five suns, night is compelled to become an aggressive force.

Golgari Charm

Instant

Choose one - All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn; or destroy target enchantment; or regenerate each creature you control.

"Let the rest of Ravnica sneer. One way or another, they all end up in the undercity."
-Jarad

Gods Willing

Instant

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Honor the gods of Theros, and they will return the favor.

Glimpse the Sun God

Instant

Tap X target creatures. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Better to be beneath Heliod's notice than beneath his heel.

Gift of Tusks

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and becomes a green Elephant with base power and toughness 3/3.

It's an experience you'll never forget.

Gideon's Reproach

Instant

Gideon's Reproach deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

"Suddenly, Gideon was there with us, clearing the way so that we could escape."-The War Diaries

Giant Growth

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The prohibition of unnecessary tossing of the citizenry by giants shall also extend to spontaneous giants."
-Isperia's Edict, provision VII.789.2

Gather Courage

Instant

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)

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

Gainsay

Instant

Counter target blue spell.

"I'd be happy to stop contradicting you, Urza, just as soon as you start being right."
-Bo Levar, planeswalker

Furious Resistance

Instant

Target blocking creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

"At least the Gateless rebels have ideals. Rakdos just mocks, defiles, and kills all we hold dear."
-Libuse, Boros sergeant

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.

Fortify

Instant

Choose one - Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn; or creatures you control get +0/+2 until end of turn.

"Where metal is tainted and wood is scarce, we are best armed by faith."
-Tavalus, acolyte of Korlis

Force Away

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Ferocious - If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Where an enemy once rode, not even a whisper remains.

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

Flying Crane Technique

Instant

Untap all creatures you control. They gain flying and double strike until end of turn.

There are many Jeskai styles: Riverwalk imitates flowing water, Dragonfist the ancient hellkites, and Flying Crane the wild aven of the high peaks.

Flesh to Dust

Instant

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

"Pain is temporary. So is life."
-Liliana Vess

Firemind's Foresight

Instant

Search your library for an instant card with converted mana cost 3, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then repeat this process for instant cards with converted mana costs 2 and 1. Then shuffle your library.

Feed the Clan

Instant

You gain 5 life.

Ferocious - You gain 10 life instead if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

The Temur believe three things only are needed in life: a hot fire, a full belly, and a strong companion.

Feat of Resistance

Instant

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Dragons are extinct on Tarkir, but Abzan magic still emulates their endurance.

Feast of Dreams

Instant

Destroy target enchanted creature or enchantment creature.

"We gave the gods the power to war against us. It is time we took that power back."

Fated Return

Instant

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains indestructible. If it's your turn, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Fated Retribution

Instant

Destroy all creatures and planeswalkers. If it's your turn, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Fated Intervention

Instant

Put two 3/3 green Centaur enchantment creature tokens onto the battlefield. If it's your turn, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Fated Infatuation

Instant

Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of target creature you control. If it's your turn, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Fated Conflagration

Instant

Fated Conflagration deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If it's your turn, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Fatal Fumes

Instant

Target creature gets -4/-2 until end of turn.

Travelers in the undercity dread the horrors and assassins of the Dimir, but nearly as many die from more mundane hazards.

Far (Far/Away)

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

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

Fall of the Titans

Instant

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

Fall of the Titans deals X damage to each of up to two target creatures and/or players.

As Gideon kept the brood lineages at bay, Chandra incinerated the bound Eldrazi titans.

Fall of the Hammer

Instant

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

It is unwise to insult the god of the forge. It is also unwise to stand near anyone else who has insulted him.

Fall of the Gavel

Instant

Counter target spell. You gain 5 life.

"My ruling is final. Order is upheld. Justice is done."

Eyes in the Skies

Instant

Put a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying onto the battlefield, then populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

"What root and branch cannot reach, our winged friends will attend to."
-Zunak, Selesnya strategist

Eye Gouge

Instant

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. If it's a Cyclops, destroy it.

One chance. One throw. One perfect hit.

Explosive Impact

Instant

Explosive Impact deals 5 damage to target creature or player.

"Such boorish noise is what passes for subtlety among the Boros."
-Vraska

Expedite

Instant

Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"I run, and thunder follows."

Executioner's Swing

Instant

Target creature that dealt damage this turn gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

"The contract specified an appendage for a missed payment. Read the fine print: the head is an appendage."

Essence Scatter

Instant

Counter target creature spell.

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

Essence Backlash

Instant

Counter target creature spell. Essence Backlash deals damage equal to that spell's power to its controller.

"The other guilds will learn the hard way not to interfere with our investigations."
-Bori Andon, Izzet blastseeker

Erase

Instant

Exile target enchantment.

"Don't trust your eyes, for mages are skilled in deception. Trust only in your faith. It will wipe everything clean."
-Lila, Erunian priest

Ephemeral Shields

Instant

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)

Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Encircling Fissure

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures target opponent controls.

Awaken 2- (If you cast this spell for , also put two +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Empty the Pits

Instant

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

Put X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens onto the battlefield tapped.

The Sultai would rebuild the empire on the backs of the dead.

Elemental Uprising

Instant

Target land you control becomes a 4/4 Elemental creature with haste until end of turn. It's still a land. It must be blocked this turn if able.

"My heart and Zendikar's beat as one. Together we will endure."
-Nissa Revane

Electrickery

Instant

Electrickery deals 1 damage to target creature you don't control.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Dynacharge

Instant

Target creature you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Nothing evens the odds like a little lightning.

Druid's Deliverance

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. Populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

"So many oppose us, but we are the reed that bends without breaking."

Dramatic Rescue

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand. You gain 2 life.

"I never thought I'd be so glad to see two tons of beak and claws bearing down on me at the speed of an arrow."
-Mirela, Azorius hussar

Dragonshift

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature you control becomes a 4/4 blue and red Dragon, loses all abilities, and gains flying.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Dragonscale Boon

Instant

Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature and untap it.

"When we were lost and weary, the ainok showed us how to survive. They have earned the right to call themselves Abzan, and to wear the Scale."
-Anafenza, khan of the Abzan

Downsize

Instant

Target creature you don't control gets -4/-0 until end of turn.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Doom Blade

Instant

Destroy target nonblack creature.

Divine Verdict

Instant

Destroy target attacking or blocking creature.

"Guilty."

Dissolve

Instant

Counter target spell. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

"You thought only the gods could stop you?"

Dissipate

Instant

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

"This abomination never belonged in our world. I'm merely setting it free."
-Dierk, geistmage

Disperse

Instant

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Most casualties of the power struggle between vedalken and Neurok didn't die on the field of battle; they merely disappeared.

Dispel

Instant

Counter target instant spell.

"Civilization will subsume us unless we overwhelm it instead."
-Speaker Zegana

Disdainful Stroke

Instant

Counter target spell with converted mana cost 4 or greater.

"You are beneath contempt. Your lineage will be forgotten."

Dimir Charm

Instant

Choose one - Counter target sorcery spell; or destroy target creature with power 2 or less; or look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put one back and the rest into that player's graveyard.

"Dangerous to recognize. Deadly not to."
-Lazav

Dig Through Time

Instant

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Devouring Light

Instant

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)

Exile target attacking or blocking creature.

Into the light the good are welcomed, and with the light the evil are banished.

Devour Flesh

Instant

Target player sacrifices a creature, then gains life equal to that creature's toughness.

His twisted mind concluded that if he was what he ate, and he wanted to stay human, . . .

Destructive Revelry

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Destructive Revelry deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller.

"Stoke a fire hot enough and you'll never run out of things to burn."
-Xenagos, the Reveler

Deicide

Instant

Exile target enchantment. If the exiled card is a God card, search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that card and exile them, then that player shuffles his or her library.

"It is done."
-Elspeth

Deflecting Palm

Instant

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. If damage is prevented this way, Deflecting Palm deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Defiant Strike

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"Stand where the whole battle can see you. Strike so they'll never forget."
-Anafenza, khan of the Abzan

Defend the Hearth

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to players this turn.

The defenders said not a word. Their shields, spears, and stances were warning enough.

Dazzling Reflection

Instant

You gain life equal to target creature's power. The next time that creature would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.

"The light of a felidar's horns can give even an Eldrazi pause."
-Zarra, lullmage

Dauntless Onslaught

Instant

Up to two target creatures each get +2/+2 until end of turn.

"The people of Akros must learn from our leonin adversaries. If we match their staunch ferocity with our superior faith, we cannot fail."
-Cymede, queen of Akros

Dark Betrayal

Instant

Destroy target black creature.

"You're just like me: ruthless, cunning, and ambitious. Obviously you're a threat."
-Basarios the Blade

Cyclonic Rift

Instant

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

The Izzet specialize in unnatural disaster.

Cutthroat Maneuver

Instant

Up to two target creatures each get +1/+1 and gain lifelink until end of turn.

"Our ambition drives us forward. Together we will claim what is ours, no matter who holds it."

Crypt Incursion

Instant

Exile all creature cards from target player's graveyard. You gain 3 life for each card exiled this way.

The Golgari maze-runner Varolz hungers to prove his fortitude in battle, and his trail of victims feeds other hungers.

Crypsis

Instant

Target creature you control gains protection from creatures your opponents control until end of turn. Untap it.

Tritons borrow the camouflage of their oceanic prey to become predators on land.

Cruel Feeding

Instant

Strive - Cruel Feeding costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Any number of target creatures each get +1/+0 and gain lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Crowd's Favor

Instant

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Crippling Chill

Instant

Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Draw a card.

One breath of the geist turns veins to rivers of ice and freezes hearts midbeat.

Cremate

Instant

Exile target card from a graveyard.

Draw a card.

"Without a body, the soul is helpless to fight the terms of our contracts."
-Somhaur, Orzhov pontiff

Crackling Doom

Instant

Crackling Doom deals 2 damage to each opponent. Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures he or she controls.

Do not fear the lightning. Fear the one it obeys.

Countermand

Instant

Counter target spell. Its controller puts the top four cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

The physical pain was nothing compared to the agony in his mind.

Counterflux

Instant

Counterflux can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Counter target spell you don't control.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Corpse Churn

Instant

Put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

"The distraction of your life has ended. Now your service begins."
-Kalitas, thrall of Ulamog

Coordinated Assault

Instant

Up to two target creatures each get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.

It's hard to shout "Shields up!" with a javelin in your chest.

Consuming Sinkhole

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Choose one -

• Exile target land creature.

• Consuming Sinkhole deals 4 damage to target player.

"What will not yield will be consumed."
-Ayli, high priest of the Eternal Pilgrims

Consign to Dust

Instant

Strive - Consign to Dust costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Destroy any number of target artifacts and/or enchantments.

Congregate

Instant

Target player gains 2 life for each creature on the battlefield.

"In the gathering there is strength for all who founder, renewal for all who languish, love for all who sing."
-Song of All, canto 642

Complete Disregard

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Exile target creature with power 3 or less.

"We returned to the field and found poor Len, every detail of his final moment perfectly cast in that awful dust."-Javad Nasrin, outrider captain