Infuse with the Elements

Instant

Converge - Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Infuse with the Elements. That creature gains trample until end of turn.

"Zendikar has given us the weapons to wage war on the appropriate scale."-Najiya, leader of the Tajuru

Brutal Expulsion

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Choose one or both -

• Return target spell or creature to its owner's hand.

• Brutal Expulsion deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that permanent would be put into a graveyard this turn, exile it instead.

Comparative Analysis

Instant

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

Target player draws two cards.

"Our time grows short. If we wish to vanquish the Eldrazi, we must unlock the hedrons' secrets."
-Jace Beleren

Overwhelming Denial

Instant

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

Overwhelming Denial can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Counter target spell.

Unity of Purpose

Instant

Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.)

Untap each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Faced with the novel problem of inspiring an army, Jace asked himself: "What would Gideon say?"

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

Vanishment

Instant

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

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

Aggravate

Instant

Aggravate deals 1 damage to each creature target player controls. Each creature dealt damage this way attacks this turn if able.

"Barbarians! They burned my favorite chair! We'll kill them all!"
-Anje Falkenrath

Chandra's Fury

Instant

Chandra's Fury deals 4 damage to target player and 1 damage to each creature that player controls.

"I asked if they wanted to do things the easy way. I meant easy for me."

Lost in the Mist

Instant

Counter target spell. Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

The secrets she carried could have saved many lives, but they quietly drowned with her.

Psychic Spiral

Instant

Shuffle all cards from your graveyard into your library. Target player puts that many cards from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

An elocutor forces criminals to confess to the laws they merely intended to break.

Fall of the Gavel

Instant

Counter target spell. You gain 5 life.

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

Thoughtflare

Instant

Draw four cards, then discard two cards.

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

Ad Nauseam

Instant

Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost. You may repeat this process any number of times.

When the task spilled over into undeath, he stopped calling it his life's work.

Skeletonize

Instant

Skeletonize deals 3 damage to target creature. When a creature dealt damage this way dies this turn, put a 1/1 black Skeleton creature token onto the battlefield with ": Regenerate this creature."

Fire burns away both flesh and freedom.

Second Thoughts

Instant

Exile target attacking creature.

Draw a card.

It suddenly dawned on Jorin that farming was quite a noble profession.

Fervent Denial

Instant

Counter target spell.

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

"Your tenacity is admirable. And futile."
-Emperor Aboshan

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.

Beast Attack

Instant

Put a 4/4 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield.

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

Act of Aggression

Instant

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

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

Banishment Decree

Instant

Put target artifact, creature, or enchantment on top of its owner's library.

"Unworthy of consecration."
-Axsh, lesser cenobite

Quicksilver Geyser

Instant

Return up to two target nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

"Phyrexians are tenacious. That's not the same thing as clever."
-Tezzeret

Consume the Meek

Instant

Destroy each creature with converted mana cost 3 or less. They can't be regenerated.

"Why does it destroy? It does, and to talk of reasons wastes time and breath."
-Nirthu, lone missionary

Mysteries of the Deep

Instant

Draw two cards.

Landfall - If you had a land enter the battlefield under your control this turn, draw three cards instead.

"The Roil is destructive, but not random. It's Zendikar's way of revealing secrets."
-Ilori, merfolk falconer

Arrow Volley Trap

Instant - Trap

If four or more creatures are attacking, you may pay rather than pay Arrow Volley Trap's mana cost.

Arrow Volley Trap deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of target attacking creatures.

Archive Trap

Instant - Trap

If an opponent searched his or her library this turn, you may pay rather than pay Archive Trap's mana cost.

Target opponent puts the top thirteen cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Whiplash Trap

Instant - Trap

If an opponent had two or more creatures enter the battlefield under his or her control this turn, you may pay rather than pay Whiplash Trap's mana cost.

Return two target creatures to their owners' hands.

Baloth Cage Trap

Instant - Trap

If an opponent had an artifact enter the battlefield under his or her control this turn, you may pay rather than pay Baloth Cage Trap's mana cost.

Put a 4/4 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield.

Relic Crush

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment and up to one other target artifact or enchantment.

There are many ruins, but there used to be many more.

Bituminous Blast

Instant

Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Bituminous Blast deals 4 damage to target creature.

Breath of Malfegor

Instant

Breath of Malfegor deals 5 damage to each opponent.

The blood of the demons quickened as their master rose over the battlefield. The blood of the angels also quickened: here was the chance to finally end the war started millennia ago.

Jace's Ingenuity

Instant

Draw three cards.

"Brute force can sometimes kick down a locked door, but knowledge is a skeleton key."

Gleam of Resistance

Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+2 until end of turn. Untap those creatures.

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.)

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.)

Endure

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and permanents you control this turn.

The Aurora had lessened the kithkins' kindness, deepened their paranoia, and dulled their sense of pain.

Chaotic Backlash

Instant

Chaotic Backlash deals damage to target player equal to twice the number of white and/or blue permanents he or she controls.

The concept of thoughtweft fascinates the Nighthearth cult. Imagine, bringing agony to an entire people by torturing just one.

Counterbore

Instant

Counter target spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that spell and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Dramatic Entrance

Instant

You may put a green creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Some things aren't worth waiting for.

Fracturing Gust

Instant

Destroy all artifacts and enchantments. You gain 2 life for each permanent destroyed this way.

Elvish dawnhands test a relic's worthiness before collecting it for the safehold. If it can't stand up to a stiff breeze, it's left behind.

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."