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.

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.

Titan's Strength

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+1 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.)

Titan's Presence

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Titan's Presence, reveal a colorless creature card from your hand.

Exile target creature if its power is less than or equal to the revealed card's power.

Dust and memory are all that remain in Ulamog's wake.

Timecrafting

Instant

Choose one - Remove X time counters from target permanent or suspended card; or put X time counters on target permanent with a time counter on it or suspended card.

Oddly, an unstable time stream makes wizards want to tinker with it even more.

Time Stop

Instant

End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities on the stack, including this card. The player whose turn it is discards down to his or her maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)

Time and Tide

Instant

Simultaneously, all phased-out creatures phase in and all creatures with phasing phase out.

"Time may heal all wounds, but what heals time?"
-Teferi

Tidal Wave

Instant

Put a 5/5 blue Wall creature token with defender onto the battlefield. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

When mountains ride the sea, waves live upon the fields.

Tidal Bore

Instant

You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay Tidal Bore's mana cost.

You may tap or untap target creature.

The dry riverbed became a raging torrent, and the Cho-Arrim claimed their prize.

Thwart

Instant

You may return three Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay Thwart's mana cost.

Counter target spell.

Thunderous Wrath

Instant

Thunderous Wrath deals 5 damage to target creature or player.

Miracle (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Thunderheads

Instant

Replicate (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost.)

Put a 3/3 blue Weird creature token with defender and flying onto the battlefield. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

The clouds grew thick, and then they grew teeth.

Thunderclap

Instant

You may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay Thunderclap's mana cost.

Thunderclap deals 3 damage to target creature.

Thunderbolt

Instant

Choose one - Thunderbolt deals 3 damage to target player; or Thunderbolt deals 4 damage to target creature with flying.

"My next aerial design will use less metal."
-Hadaken, alchemist of Nephalia

Thunder Strike

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Lightning reflexes, thunderous might.

Through the Breach

Instant - Arcane

You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Splice onto Arcane (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Throttle

Instant

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

"The best servants are made from those who died without a scratch."
-Sidisi, khan of the Sultai

Thrill of the Hunt

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+2 until end of turn.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Three Wishes

Instant

Exile the top three cards of your library face down. You may look at those cards for as long as they remain exiled. Until your next turn, you may play those cards. At the beginning of your next upkeep, put any of those cards you didn't play into your graveyard.

Thoughtweft Gambit

Instant

Tap all creatures your opponents control and untap all creatures you control.

The kithkin mind-bond is even tighter in Shadowmoor, reinforcing the unity of their community to the point of xenophobia.

Thoughtlace

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Thoughtflare

Instant

Draw four cards, then discard two cards.

"If this is thinking, I don't know what I was doing before."

Thoughtbind

Instant

Counter target spell with converted mana cost 4 or less.

"As the rest of the mortal world waged war, Lady Azami and her students invaded tomes of knowledge. Their search yielded spells critical in the fight."
-Observations of the Kami War

Thought Scour

Instant

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

Draw a card.

"As you inject the viscus vitae into the brain stem, don't let the spastic moaning bother you. It will soon become music to your ears."
-Stitcher Geralf

Thirst for Knowledge

Instant

Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an artifact card.

Lymph, the fluid essence of blinkmoths, is prized by wizards for the rush of intellect it provides.

Think Twice

Instant

Draw a card.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"Either I know just the spell I need, or I'm about to."

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.

Thermal Blast

Instant

Thermal Blast deals 3 damage to target creature.

Threshold - Thermal Blast deals 5 damage to that creature instead if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Thassa's Rebuff

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays , where X is your devotion to blue. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

To resist Thassa is to deny the rising tide.

Test of Faith

Instant

Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn, and put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each 1 damage prevented this way.

Those who survive the test bear a mark of power anyone can recognize.

Terror

Instant

Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Terrifying Presence

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by creatures other than target creature this turn.

Elmut had slaughtered vampires, slain werewolves, and destroyed hordes of zombies. Sadly, he never got over his fear of spiders.

Terminate

Instant

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

"I've seen death before. My mother succumbing to illness, my comrades bleeding on the battlefield . . . But I'd never seen anything as dreadful as that."
-Taani, berserker of Etlan

Terashi's Verdict

Instant - Arcane

Destroy target attacking creature with power 3 or less.

It was as though the sky opened its eyes and found what it saw displeasing.

Tendrils of Corruption

Instant

Tendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

Darkness doesn't always send its minions to do its dirty work.

Temur Charm

Instant

Choose one -

• Target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn. It fights target creature you don't control.

• Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

• Creatures with power 3 or less can't block this turn.

Temur Battle Rage

Instant

Target creature gains double strike until end of turn. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

Ferocious - That creature also gains trample until end of turn if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

Temporary Insanity

Instant

Untap target creature with power less than the number of cards in your graveyard and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn.

Tempest of Light

Instant

Destroy all enchantments.

"Let everything return to its true nature, so that destiny may take its course."

Temper

Instant

Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.

"I don't need a plan, just a goal. The rest will follow on its own."
-Gerrard

Telling Time

Instant

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand, one on top of your library, and one on the bottom of your library.

Mastery is achieved when "telling time" becomes "telling time what to do."

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

Teleport

Instant

Cast Teleport only during the declare attackers step.

Target creature is unblockable this turn.

Telekinesis

Instant

Tap target creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by that creature this turn. It doesn't untap during its controller's next two untap steps.

Tel-Jilad Justice

Instant

Destroy target artifact.

Scry 2. (To 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.)

Tel-Jilad Defiance

Instant

Target creature gains protection from artifacts until end of turn.

Draw a card.

The Viridian elves had purged their culture of the trolls' traitorous influence. In times of strife, however, the ancestral memories returned.

Teferi's Response

Instant

Counter target spell or ability an opponent controls that targets a land you control. If a permanent's ability is countered this way, destroy that permanent.

Draw two cards.

Tears of Valakut

Instant

Tears of Valakut can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Tears of Valakut deals 5 damage to target creature with flying.

When Kozilek destroyed Sea Gate, distant Valakut could not contain its grief.

Tears of Rage

Instant

Cast Tears of Rage only during the declare attackers step.

Attacking creatures you control get +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of attacking creatures. Sacrifice those creatures at the beginning of the next end step.

Tear (Wear/Tear)

Instant

Destroy target enchantment.

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

Tar Snare

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-2 until end of turn.

The amorphous, magically animated residue known as the Fathom Sludge lurks in the Hagra Cistern, attacking its prey with pseudopods and dragging it down to be digested.

Tanglesap

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures without trample.

"The blood of the forest is beholden to no one."
-Nissa Revane

Tangle

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Each attacking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Gaea battles rampant death with abundant life.

Tandem Tactics

Instant

Up to two target creatures each get +1/+2 until end of turn. You gain 2 life.

In times of infestation and war, Zendikar favors the blades that strike in unison.

Take Up Arms

Instant

Put three 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens onto the battlefield.

"Many scales make the skin of a dragon."
-Abzan wisdom

Tainted Strike

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains infect until end of turn. (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

"Welcome to perfection."
-Sheoldred, Whispering One

Tainted Pact

Instant

Exile the top card of your library. You may put that card into your hand unless it has the same name as another card exiled this way. Repeat this process until you put a card into your hand or you exile two cards with the same name, whichever comes first.

Tail Slash

Instant

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.

"Kneel before a dragon and you will be spared when it turns to leave."
-Yikaro, Atarka warrior

Syncopate

Instant

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

"Patience, mage. Killing you now would be too easy."

Symbiosis

Instant

Two target creatures each get +2/+2 until end of turn.

Although the elves of Argoth always considered them a nuisance, the pixies made fine allies during the war against the machines.

Sylvan Paradise

Instant

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

Sylvan Might

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sylvan Bounty

Instant

Target player gains 8 life.

Basic landcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.)

Some who scouted new lands chose to stay.

Swords to Plowshares

Instant

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Swift Silence

Instant

Counter all other spells. Draw a card for each spell countered this way.

"This world may not know peace, but in my presence you will know quiet."
-Augustin IV

Swift Maneuver

Instant

Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

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

Darien's call to Yavimaya would have fallen red to the snow had it not been for the agility of the aesthir.

Swift Kick

Instant

Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. It fights target creature you don't control.

Shintan sensed the malice in his opponent, but he did not strike until the orc's muscles tensed in preparation to throw the first punch.

Swift Justice

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike and lifelink.

"Having conviction is more important than being righteous."
-Aurelia

Swerve

Instant

Change the target of target spell with a single target.

"We can't beat the necromancers in numbers or raw power. We must beat them with ingenuity and timing."
-Rannon, Vithian holdout

Swell of Growth

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

"Nissa is not the only one with a deep connection to Zendikar's primal elements."-Kiora

Swell of Courage

Instant

Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.

Reinforce X- (, Discard this card: Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature.)

"Tideshaping is more than creating a few
new puddles."

Sweep Away

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand. If that creature is attacking, you may put it on top of its owner's library instead.

The Roil takes many forms. It also takes many victims.

Sway of Illusion

Instant

Any number of target creatures become the color of your choice until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"I suggest you take a closer look."
-Tidal visionary

Swat

Instant

Destroy target creature with power 2 or less.

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

Swan Song

Instant

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller puts a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

"The most enlightened mages create beauty from violence."
-Medomai the Ageless

Surprise Deployment

Instant

Cast Surprise Deployment only during combat.

You may put a nonwhite creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. At the beginning of the next end step, return that creature to your hand. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

Surging Flame

Instant

Ripple 4 (When you cast this spell, you may reveal the top four cards of your library. You may cast any revealed cards with the same name as this spell without paying their mana costs. Put the rest on the bottom of your library.)

Surging Flame deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

Surging Æther

Instant

Ripple 4 (When you cast this spell, you may reveal the top four cards of your library. You may cast any revealed cards with the same name as this spell without paying their mana costs. Put the rest on the bottom of your library.)

Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Surgical Extraction

Instant

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Choose target card in a graveyard other than a basic land card. Search its owner'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.

Surge of Zeal

Instant

Radiance - Target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it gain haste until end of turn.

"If only my poxes were as infectious as their zealotry."
-Savra

Surge of Strength

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Surge of Strength, discard a red or green card.

Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that creature's converted mana cost.

Surge of Righteousness

Instant

Destroy target black or red creature that's attacking or blocking. You gain 2 life.

Though she stood alone, she struck with the force of an army.

Sure Strike

Instant

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

To survive imminent doom, it sometimes takes a foolhardy soul who acts first and fears later.

Supplant Form

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand. You put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of that creature.

"Ice can be shaped to any form, even the whisper of a memory."
-Mytha, Temur shaman

Sunfire Balm

Instant

Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

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

When you cycle Sunfire Balm, you may prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

Sundering Vitae

Instant

Convoke (Each creature you tap while casting this spell reduces its cost by or by one mana of that creature's color.)

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Centuries of wind, rain, and roots compressed into an instant of destruction: such is the power of Selesnya.

Sundering Growth

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment, then populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

"One day every pillar will be a tree and every hall a glade."
-Trostani

Sunder

Instant

Return all lands to their owners' hands.

The flow of time was disrupted; like a flooding river it rose from its banks. Tolaria was drowned in an instant that stretched toward infinity.

Sun's Bounty

Instant

You gain 4 life.

Recover (When a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)

"Heidar has forced the sun into hiding, but it has not forgotten us."

Summoning Trap

Instant - Trap

If a creature spell you cast this turn was countered by a spell or ability an opponent controlled, you may pay rather than pay Summoning Trap's mana cost.

Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Summoner's Pact

Instant

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

At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay . If you don't, you lose the game.

Summoner's Bane

Instant

Counter target creature spell. Put a 2/2 blue Illusion creature token onto the battlefield.

"I don't need to have the perfect plan. My foe just has to have an imperfect one."
-Jace Beleren

Sultai Charm

Instant

Choose one -

• Destroy target monocolored creature.

• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

• Draw two cards, then discard a card.

"Strike," the fumes hiss. "Raise an empire with your ambition."

Sulfurous Blast

Instant

Sulfurous Blast deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. If you cast this spell during your main phase, Sulfurous Blast deals 3 damage to each creature and each player instead.

The Keldons used the toxic vents in the cracked earth to bolster their home's defenses.

Suffocation

Instant

Cast Suffocation only if you were dealt damage this turn by a red instant or sorcery spell.

Suffocation deals 4 damage to the controller of the last red instant or sorcery spell that dealt damage to you this turn.

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

Suffocating Blast

Instant

Counter target spell and Suffocating Blast deals 3 damage to target creature.

Suffer the Past

Instant

Exile X target cards from target player's graveyard. For each card exiled this way, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Ulamog's tentacles, their touch like burning ice, rummaged through his soul and stung his memories one by one.

Sudden Strength

Instant

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

Draw a card.

The Mirari's magic transformed the Krosan Forest-and its inhabitants.

Sudden Storm

Instant

Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

No matter how big and strong you are, the sea is bigger and stronger.

Sudden Spoiling

Instant

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)

Until end of turn, creatures target player controls lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 0/2.