Tortoise Formation

Instant

Creatures you control gain shroud until end of turn. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)

At sea, the Jhessian fleet strikes swiftly and decisively. On land, facing the elite cavalry of Valeron, its marines must rely on more cautious strategies.

Totally Lost

Instant

Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.

Fblthp had always hated crowds.

Tower Defense

Instant

Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.

"The drakes are practice. We may one day need to bring down a sky swallower, or maybe even Rakdos himself."
-Korun Nar, Rubblebelt hunter

Tragic Slip

Instant

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Morbid - That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.

Linger on death's door and risk being invited in.

Traitor's Clutch

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+0, becomes black, and gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

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

Trap Essence

Instant

Counter target creature spell. Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature.

"Meat sustains the body. The spirit requires different sustenance."
-Arel the Whisperer

Trapmaker's Snare

Instant

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

"Trapmaking is an art. The trap is a corporeal riddle, a battle of wits between its creator and whatever it lures inside."

Traumatic Visions

Instant

Counter target spell.

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.)

Treacherous Urge

Instant

Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You may put a creature card from it onto the battlefield under your control. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Tread Upon

Instant

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

"Boasting impenetrable defenses only draws the most tenacious of attackers."
-Yikaro, Atarka warrior

Trial (Trial/Error)

Instant

Return all creatures blocking or blocked by target creature to their owner's hand.

Tribute to Hunger

Instant

Target opponent sacrifices a creature. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

Marella was delighted. The ball had attracted so many suitors for her daughter, including that handsome stranger. She wondered where the two were now . . . .

Tribute to the Wild

Instant

Each opponent sacrifices an artifact or enchantment.

"You may enter, but leave those lifeless things of your world behind."
-Modruni, maro-sorcerer

Trickbind

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.)

Counter target activated or triggered ability. If a permanent's ability is countered this way, activated abilities of that permanent can't be activated this turn. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Triton Tactics

Instant

Up to two target creatures each get +0/+3 until end of turn. Untap those creatures. At this turn's next end of combat, tap each creature that was blocked by one of those creatures this turn and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Trostani's Judgment

Instant

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

"Some cannot be saved as they are, but all can serve the Worldsoul."
-Trostani

Trumpet Blast

Instant

Attacking creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn.

Keldon warriors don't need signals to tell them when to attack. They need signals to tell them when to stop.

Truth or Tale

Instant

Reveal the top five cards of your library and separate them into two piles. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put a card from the chosen pile into your hand, then put all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.

Turn (Turn/Burn)

Instant

Target creature loses all abilities and becomes a 0/1 red Weird until end of turn.

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

Turn Against

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

"No, don't! Nal, it's me-"

Turn Aside

Instant

Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.

"It's not my job to ask our leaders about their experiments at the Knowledge Pool. It's my job to make sure they can continue performing them."

Turn the Tables

Instant

All combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn is dealt to target attacking creature instead.

"Your arrogance is my best weapon."

Turn the Tide

Instant

Creatures your opponents control get -2/-0 until end of turn.

"Let their mindless armies come and face the might of genius."
-Varil, Neurok partisan

Turn to Dust

Instant

Destroy target Equipment. Add to your mana pool.

Turn to Frog

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and becomes a blue Frog with base power and toughness 1/1.

"Ribbit."

Turn to Mist

Instant

Exile target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

"Did you expect me to dodge? How quaint."
-Olka, mistmeadow witch

Twiddle

Instant

You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land.

Twin Bolt

Instant

Twin Bolt deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two target creatures and/or players.

Kolaghan archers are trained in Dakla, the way of the bow. They utilize their dragonlord's lightning to strike their target, no matter how small, how fast, or how far away.

Twincast

Instant

Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Imitation is the most dangerous form of flattery.

Twinstrike

Instant

Twinstrike deals 2 damage to each of two target creatures.

Hellbent - Destroy those creatures instead if you have no cards in hand.

They're dying left and right.

Twisted Image

Instant

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

Draw a card.

"True strength is in the mind, for the body is too malleable a form."
-Politus, vedalken emisar

Twitch

Instant

You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land.

Draw a card.

"The flow is diverted. Your path is clear. What are you waiting for-the cave to bid you welcome?"
-Maizah Shere, Tazeem lullmage

Ulcerate

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. You lose 3 life.

"If it were merely lethal, that would be sufficient. The art, however, is in maximizing the suffering it causes."
-Liliana Vess

Ultimate Price

Instant

Destroy target monocolored creature.

"Let him be an example to others who would default on their debts to us."
-"The Cozen," Orzhov assassin

Uncanny Speed

Instant

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

"To survive, we must embrace the savagery we knew in our race's infancy."
-Edgar Markov

Unchecked Growth

Instant - Arcane

Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn. If it's a Spirit, it gains trample until end of turn.

"That energy was once granted to growing things. Now the kami keep it for themselves, releasing it in sudden floods that overwhelm flesh and foliage alike."
-Sakiko, Mother of Summer

Undying Evil

Instant

Target creature gains undying until end of turn. (When it dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

"Is it true the evil that people do follows them into death? Let's find out."
-Liliana Vess

Unexpectedly Absent

Instant

Put target nonland permanent into its owner's library just beneath the top X cards of that library.

Once you've been dragged down the currents of time, you'll never quite trust your own permanence again.

Unforge

Instant

Destroy target Equipment. If that Equipment was attached to a creature, Unforge deals 2 damage to that creature.

Compared to the fire of the forge, the strength of steel is nothing.

Unified Will

Instant

Counter target spell if you control more creatures than that spell's controller.

"We're glad to be of service-to be an audience to your failure."
-Maizah Shere, Tazeem lullmage