Black Sun's Zenith

Sorcery

Put X -1/-1 counters on each creature. Shuffle Black Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

"Under the suns, Mirrodin kneels and begs us for perfection."
-Geth, Lord of the Vault

Bitter Revelation

Sorcery

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose 2 life.

"Here you lie then, Ugin. The corpses of worlds will join you in the tomb."
-Sorin Markov

Bitter Ordeal

Sorcery

Search target player's library for a card and exile it. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Gravestorm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each permanent put into a graveyard this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Bite of the Black Rose

Sorcery

Will of the council - Starting with you, each player votes for sickness or psychosis. If sickness gets more votes, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn. If psychosis gets more votes or the vote is tied, each opponent discards two cards.

Biorhythm

Sorcery

Each player's life total becomes the number of creatures he or she controls.

"I have seen life's purpose, and now it is my own."
-Kamahl, druid acolyte

Biomantic Mastery

Sorcery

( can be paid with either or .)

Draw a card for each creature target player controls, then draw a card for each creature another target player controls.

"Look beyond, to the vascular awareness that all life is a map to greater knowledge."
-Momir Vig, Biomancy, vol. I

Bifurcate

Sorcery

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

Bestial Menace

Sorcery

Put a 1/1 green Snake creature token, a 2/2 green Wolf creature token, and a 3/3 green Elephant creature token onto the battlefield.

"My battle cry reaches ears far keener than yours."
-Saidah, Joraga hunter

Beseech the Queen

Sorcery

( can be paid with any two mana or with . This card's converted mana cost is 6.)

Search your library for a card with converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of lands you control, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Those who hear her go mad with inspiration.

Benediction of Moons

Sorcery

You gain 1 life for each player.

Haunt (When this spell card is put into a graveyard after resolving, exile it haunting target creature.)

When the creature Benediction of Moons haunts dies, you gain 1 life for each player.

Bend or Break

Sorcery

Each player separates all nontoken lands he or she controls into two piles. For each player, one of his or her piles is chosen by one of his or her opponents of his or her choice. Destroy all lands in the chosen piles. Tap all lands in the other piles.

Befoul

Sorcery

Destroy target land or nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

The bog's touch means death to all but the darkest of hearts.

Beck (Beck/Call)

Sorcery

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield this turn, you may draw a card.

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

Beast Hunt

Sorcery

Reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all creature cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

"Surely we could tame something besides hurdas and pillarfield oxen!"
-Sheyda, Ondu gamekeeper

Beacon of Unrest

Sorcery

Put target artifact or creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. Shuffle Beacon of Unrest into its owner's library.

A vertical scream pierces the night air and echoes doom through the clouds.

Beacon of Tomorrows

Sorcery

Target player takes an extra turn after this one. Shuffle Beacon of Tomorrows into its owner's library.

To look into its light is to meet the gaze of history.

Beacon of Creation

Sorcery

Put a 1/1 green Insect creature token onto the battlefield for each Forest you control. Shuffle Beacon of Creation into its owner's library.

A chorus of life heralds the arrival of Mirrodin's final sun.

Battle Screech

Sorcery

Put two 1/1 white Bird creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield.

Flashback-Tap three untapped white creatures you control. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Bathe in Dragonfire

Sorcery

Bathe in Dragonfire deals 4 damage to target creature.

The scent of cooked flesh lingers in the charred landscape of Tarkir.

Barter in Blood

Sorcery

Each player sacrifices two creatures.

"We must all make sacrifices for the good of Innistrad."
-Sorin Markov

Barrin's Spite

Sorcery

Choose two target creatures controlled by the same player. Their controller chooses and sacrifices one of them. Return the other to its owner's hand.

"Only vengeance matters now."
-Barrin

Barrage of Boulders

Sorcery

Barrage of Boulders deals 1 damage to each creature you don't control.

Ferocious - If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, creatures can't block this turn.

Crude tactics can be effective nonetheless.

Banefire

Sorcery

Banefire deals X damage to target creature or player.

If X is 5 or more, Banefire can't be countered by spells or abilities and the damage can't be prevented.

For Sarkhan Vol, the dragon is the purest expression of life's savage splendor.

Bamboozle

Sorcery

Target player reveals the top four cards of his or her library. You choose two of those cards and put them into his or her graveyard. Put the rest on top of his or her library in any order.

Baleful Stare

Sorcery

Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You draw a card for each Mountain and red card in it.

"Though there is little to be learned from your dust and stones, I shall wring them dry nevertheless."

Balancing Act

Sorcery

Each player chooses a number of permanents he or she controls equal to the number of permanents controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Each player discards cards the same way.

Balance of Power

Sorcery

If target opponent has more cards in hand than you, draw cards equal to the difference.

"To empty your mind is to fill your grave."
-Lat-Nam teaching

Balance

Sorcery

Each player chooses a number of lands he or she controls equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Baki's Curse

Sorcery

Baki's Curse deals 2 damage to each creature for each Aura attached to that creature.

"Those who fling spells too quickly should have reason to regret it."
-Baki, Wizard Attendant

Æther Tide

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Æther Tide, discard X creature cards.

Return X target creatures to their owners' hands.

The tide of magic brought them here. Now it would take them home.

Æther Snap

Sorcery

Remove all counters from all permanents and exile all tokens.

"May you wake to find you were only ever a dream."
-Mephidross curse

Æther Mutation

Sorcery

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Put X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is that creature's converted mana cost.

Æther Gale

Sorcery

Return six target nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

The militia formed up in the central plaza awaiting the onslaught, but the giants never quite made it.

Awe for the Guilds

Sorcery

Monocolored creatures can't block this turn.

When the guilds cooperate, the guildless celebrate their peaceful society. When the guilds clash, the guildless just try to keep out of the way.

Avalanche

Sorcery

Destroy X target snow lands.

"The pass was completely blocked by the avalanche; we're forced to turn back. Nevertheless, we've gone farther and seen more than any before us."
-Disa the Restless, journal entry

Austere Command

Sorcery

Choose two - Destroy all artifacts; or destroy all enchantments; or destroy all creatures with converted mana cost 3 or less; or destroy all creatures with converted mana cost 4 or greater.

Assault Strobe

Sorcery

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

When breaking someone's face once just isn't enough.

Assault (Assault/Battery)

Sorcery

Assault deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

Assassinate

Sorcery

Destroy target tapped creature.

"This is how wars are won-not with armies of soldiers but with a single knife blade, artfully placed."
-Yurin, royal assassin

Assassin's Strike

Sorcery

Destroy target creature. Its controller discards a card.

When Selesnya missionaries moved into the Shanav Quarter, they faced scorn, ridicule, and ultimately martyrdom.