Spell Snare

Instant

Counter target spell with converted mana cost 2.

Every culture has its unlucky numbers. In a city where you're either alone, in a crowd, or being stabbed in the back, two is the worst number of all.

Weight of Spires

Instant

Weight of Spires deals damage to target creature equal to the number of nonbasic lands that creature's controller controls.

"Finally, a good use for an Azorius courthouse."
-Ghut Rak, Gruul guildmage

Angel's Grace

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.)

You can't lose the game this turn and your opponents can't win the game this turn. Until end of turn, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.

Pull from Eternity

Instant

Put target face-up exiled card into its owner's graveyard.

It is best to conquer dragons before they hatch.
-Femeref adage

Clockspinning

Instant

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

Choose a counter on target permanent or suspended card. Remove that counter from that permanent or card or put another of those counters on it.

Moonlace

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes colorless.

Once a vision of constancy in the sky, the moon had long been hidden from view by the haze that chokes the heavens. The very sight of it had become a sign that change was in the air.

Spell Burst

Instant

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

Counter target spell with converted mana cost X.

The brutish mage's version of thinking.

Lightning Axe

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Lightning Axe, discard a card or pay .

Lightning Axe deals 5 damage to target creature.

"A gargoyle's meat can be carved with an ordinary cleaver, but for its petrous hide . . ."
-Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar,
The Underworld Cookbook

Might of Old Krosa

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If you cast this spell during your main phase, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn instead.

Sometimes even humble forest creatures were gifted with mighty emanations from the past.

Molder

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment with converted mana cost X. It can't be regenerated. You gain X life.

"The forests have succumbed to ruin, but the spirit of Krosa remains alive and vital in these devouring spores."
-Zyd, Kamahlite druid

Sprout

Instant

Put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield.

Centuries of temporal strife had stripped Dominaria of its natural defenses, but nature fought back with armies constructed of little more than grime and sunlight.

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.)

Rebuff the Wicked

Instant

Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.

"I cannot teach you their brand of magic, but I can teach you how to defend against it."
-Tavalus, priest of Korlis

Mana Tithe

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

"Those who seek to upset the balance must be taxed for such ambitions."
-Verithain, mesa high priest

Pongify

Instant

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller puts a 3/3 green Ape creature token onto the battlefield.

Some spellcrafting mistakes go on to become spells of their own.

Venarian Glimmer

Instant

Target player reveals his or her hand. You choose a nonland card with converted mana cost X or less from it. That player discards that card.

Dream of nothing, and wake to a dream come true.

Piracy Charm

Instant

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

Extirpate

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.)

Choose target card in a graveyard other than a basic land card. Search its owner's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Midnight Charm

Instant

Choose one - Midnight Charm deals 1 damage to target creature and you gain 1 life; or target creature gains first strike until end of turn; or tap target creature.

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.

Dead (Dead/Gone)

Instant

Dead deals 2 damage to target creature.

Brute Force

Instant

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

Blood, bone, and sinew are magnified, as is the rage that drives them. The brain, however, remains unchanged-a little bean, swinging by a strand in a cavernous, raving head.

Healing Leaves

Instant

Choose one - Target player gains 3 life; or prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

The elves of Llanowar don't trust in alchemy. They rely instead on pure herbs harvested from the forest's sacred heart.

Scout's Warning

Instant

The next creature card you play this turn can be played as though it had flash.

Draw a card.

"There is no tactic I enjoy more than ambushing the ambushers."

Nix

Instant

Counter target spell if no mana was spent to cast it.

"There is no shortcut to work done true and well. The Creators learned this to their sorrow, the first time they made the world."
-Githri the Prisoner

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

Darkness

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

"If I must die, I will encounter darkness as a bride,/ And hug it in my arms." -William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

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.

Avoid Fate

Instant

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

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

Rapid Hybridization

Instant

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller puts a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token onto the battlefield.

"We've merged your life essence with that of several creatures at once. You're welcome."
-Speaker Trifon

Burst of Strength

Instant

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and untap it.

"Our fight is not about territory or revenge. It is about freedom, plain and simple."
-Ruric Thar, Ghor-Clan chieftain

Killing Glare

Instant

Destroy target creature with power X or less.

A casual glance into a dark corner may be your last.

Shielded Passage

Instant

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

Izzet delved into the depths of Ravnica's past, and Selesnya followed without fear.

Bioshift

Instant

Move any number of +1/+1 counters from target creature onto another target creature with the same controller.

"It's all right if you change your mind. There's always a chance we can rearrange parts later."
-Zija, Simic mutationist

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

Weapon Surge

Instant

Target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains first strike 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.")

Mending Touch

Instant

Regenerate target creature.

"The gift of life must be freely given. Anything less would diminish us all."
-Arin, Selesnya healer

Mutant's Prey

Instant

Target creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Every street corner is a hunting ground, every citizen potential prey.

Blazing Salvo

Instant

Blazing Salvo deals 3 damage to target creature unless that creature's controller has Blazing Salvo deal 5 damage to him or her.

Barbarians equate courage with the ability to endure pain.