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White Sun's ZenithInstantPut X 2/2 white Cat creature tokens onto the battlefield. Shuffle White Sun's Zenith into its owner's library. After the Battle of Liet Field, the white sun crested above Taj-Nar, bringing hope to all who survived the carnage. |
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Blue Sun's ZenithInstantTarget player draws X cards. Shuffle Blue Sun's Zenith into its owner's library. "The Origin Query will wait. We must ensure we survive to return to it." |
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Rally the ForcesInstantAttacking creatures get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn. "Drive them back! Make their underworld into their grave!" |
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Pistus StrikeInstantDestroy target creature with flying. Its controller gets a poison counter. "Even a nuisance such as the pistus fly has a purpose in our new world." |
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Dispense JusticeInstantTarget player sacrifices an attacking creature. The Accorders never strike first, but they always strike back. |
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Fulgent DistractionInstantChoose two target creatures. Tap those creatures, then unattach all Equipment from them. "Channeling the white-hot power of all five suns creates a pretty good diversion." |
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Halt OrderInstantCounter target artifact spell. An artificer's least favorite mind-missive may be "I regret to inform you that the funding for your project has been cut." |
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Steady ProgressInstantProliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.) "More of that strange oil . . . It's probably nothing." |
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Stoic RebuttalInstantMetalcraft - Stoic Rebuttal costs Obsessed with the pursuit of knowledge above all else, vedalken can appear to be cold and emotionless. |
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Repel the DarknessInstantTap up to two target creatures. A boon to those who cannot see in the dark. A bane to those who live in it. |
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RegressInstantReturn target permanent to its owner's hand. "Never look too deep, where the waters turn dark. What the sea has hidden there may not stay down forever." |
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Induce DespairInstantAs an additional cost to cast Induce Despair, reveal a creature card from your hand. All the angel saw was her doom. |
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Last KissInstantLast Kiss deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life. "Romanticize it, glamorize it, call it what you will. To me, it will always be carnal, bloody murder." |
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StaggershockInstantStaggershock deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
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Realms UnchartedInstantSearch your library for four land cards with different names and reveal them. An opponent chooses two of those cards. Put the chosen cards into your graveyard and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
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Æther TradewindsInstantReturn target permanent you control and target permanent you don't control to their owners' hands. "The wind smells of misfortune. Check your knots." |
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Spell ContortionInstantMultikicker
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TwitchInstantYou may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land. "The flow is diverted. Your path is clear. What are you waiting for-the cave to bid you welcome?" |
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Tomb HexInstantTarget creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
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Bold DefenseInstantKicker
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Narrow EscapeInstantReturn target permanent you control to its owner's hand. You gain 4 life. "A good explorer has to be as slippery as a gomazoa, as tough as a scute bug, and luckier than a ten-fingered trapfinder." |
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Pitfall TrapInstant - TrapIf exactly one creature is attacking, you may pay Each spike is poisoned-the trapmaker's idea of mercy. |
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Hideous EndInstantDestroy target nonblack creature. Its controller loses 2 life. "A little dark magic won't stop me. The worse the curse, the better the prize." |
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HarrowInstantAs an additional cost to cast Harrow, sacrifice a land. The Roil redraws the world as it passes, leaving only the hedrons unchanged. |
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Soul ManipulationInstantChoose one or both - Counter target creature spell; and/or return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. "Birth and death are both reversible." |
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Violent OutburstInstantCascade (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.)
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Double NegativeInstantCounter up to two target spells. They feared each other for their differences but were absolutely terrified at their similarities. |
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Intimidation BoltInstantIntimidation Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature. Other creatures can't attack this turn. For hours afterward, all they could see was the grisly silhouette of their master, screaming. |
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Flurry of WingsInstantPut X 1/1 white Bird Soldier creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield, where X is the number of attacking creatures. "We are born soldiers. The call to battle is a homecoming." |
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Tempest of LightInstantDestroy all enchantments. "Let everything return to its true nature, so that destiny may take its course." |
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Seismic StrikeInstantSeismic Strike deals damage to target creature equal to the number of Mountains you control. "Life up here is simple. Adapt to the ways of the mountains and they will reward you. Fight them and they will end you." |
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Lapse of CertaintyInstantCounter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard. Without a connection of mind and body, magic is just an idea stuck in the head, a word on the tip of a tongue. |
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Drag DownInstantDomain - Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each basic land type among lands you control. The barbarians of Jund believe the bottomless tar pits extend forever into other, darker worlds. |
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Dark TemperInstantDark Temper deals 2 damage to target creature. If you control a black permanent, destroy the creature instead. When you've got the temperament of a dragon, every argument is one you'll win. |
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Volcanic FalloutInstantVolcanic Fallout can't be countered. "How can we outrun the sky?" |
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Filigree FractureInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. If that permanent was blue or black, draw a card. The sphinx tyrannized Bant until a rhox mage tested the hardiness of her shiny parts. |
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Dream FractureInstantCounter target spell. Its controller draws a card. "Creation is a paradox. It hatches from its opposite." |
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Oona's GraceInstantTarget player draws a card. Oona grants her favored subjects a dream from her own guarded heart. |
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Puncture BlastInstantWither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.) Gnarltrunk didn't remember having quite that many knotholes. |
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UnmakeInstantExile target creature. A gwyllion's favorite trap is the vanity mirror. A bewitched piece of glass traps the looker's soul and does away with the body. |
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Unnerving AssaultInstantCreatures your opponents control get -1/-0 until end of turn if The scales of battle rarely balance. |
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Fire at WillInstantFire at Will deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target attacking or blocking creatures. "Make these shots count. The more foes we drop now, the fewer we'll have trying to kill us later." |
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MoonholdInstantTarget player can't play land cards this turn if
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SnakeformInstantTarget creature loses all abilities and becomes a 1/1 green Snake until end of turn. Losing his possessions distressed him, but the lack of limbs was strangely liberating. |
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Consign to DreamInstantReturn target permanent to its owner's hand. If that permanent is red or green, put it on top of its owner's library instead. "Dreams are fleeting. Reality even more so." |
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Mercy KillingInstantTarget creature's controller sacrifices it, then puts X 1/1 green and white Elf Warrior creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is that creature's power. "We will give you the peace you seek, though you may not yet know you seek it." |
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Luminescent RainInstantChoose a creature type. You gain 2 life for each permanent you control of that type. Storms in Lorwyn don't patter on village rooftops, but rather drench the clachan in rays of amber light. |
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Eyeblight's EndingTribal Instant - ElfDestroy target non-Elf creature. "Those without beauty are Lorwyn's greatest tumor. The winnowers have an unpleasant duty, but a necessary one." |
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Footbottom FeastInstantPut any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library. The scent of rot and vinegar fills the marsh, inviting boggarts from every warren to reunite and feast. |
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Lace with MoongloveInstantTarget creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy that creature.) "Which is more filled with poison: the flower of the moonglove or the minds of elves?" |
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Reviving DoseInstantYou gain 3 life. Samite healers never mix their pungent elixir with sweetener or tea. The threat of a second dose is enough to get most warriors back on their feet. |
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Warrior's HonorInstantCreatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. "The day will come when the righteous warrior faces a battle she cannot win. She will greet that day as she has any other." |
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DelugeInstantTap all creatures without flying. "From the sea came all life, and to the sea it will return. The sooner the better." |
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AfflictInstantTarget creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. When one of the Patriarch's champions displeased him, he would only shake his finger. That was enough. |
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ShuntInstantChange the target of target spell with a single target. Aranghil held her fury in her heart, hard and bright as a ruby. With its razor edge, she rewrote the laws of battle. |
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SmashInstantDestroy target artifact. Ravnica's laws protect not its citizens but its industry. Aging equipment is destroyed rather than restored, to bring more money into the factories' coffers. |
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InspiritInstantUntap target creature. It gets +2/+4 until end of turn. "The hour of your redemption is here. . . . Rally to me. . . . rise and strike. Strike at every favorable opportunity. For your homes and hearths, strike!" |
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Reverse DamageInstantThe next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way. "My enemy's hatred is his weakness. My enemy's anger is my strength." |
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Dark BanishingInstantDestroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. "Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say ‘death,' |
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ExecuteInstantDestroy target white creature. It can't be regenerated. "Any fool who would die for honor is better off dead." |
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SlayInstantDestroy target green creature. It can't be regenerated. The elves had the edge in guile, skill, and valor. But in the end, only sheer numbers mattered. |
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Seething SongInstantAdd "The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm." |
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Early HarvestInstantTarget player untaps all basic lands he or she controls. "Earth's increase, foison plenty, |
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Natural AffinityInstantAll lands become 2/2 creatures until end of turn. They're still lands. As long as the dryads are a part of the forest, the forest is a part of the army. |
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CatalogInstantDraw two cards, then discard a card. Though those who study are as many as the hairs on an ox, those who succeed are as rare as unicorns' horns. |
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HibernationInstantReturn all green permanents to their owners' hands. The deep sleep of winter is not always restful. |
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Krovikan RotInstantDestroy target creature with power 2 or less.
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Lightning StormInstantLightning Storm deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is 3 plus the number of charge counters on it.
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Blinding BeamInstantChoose one - Tap two target creatures; or creatures don't untap during target player's next untap step.
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Second SunriseInstantEach player returns to the battlefield all artifact, creature, enchantment, and land cards in his or her graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn. The bright tunnel sometimes leads back to life. |
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OverrideInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays "The Knowledge Pool has all the answers-especially ‘No.'" |
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Thirst for KnowledgeInstantDraw 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. |
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Grim ReminderInstantSearch your library for a nonland card and reveal it. Each opponent who cast a card this turn with the same name as that card loses 6 life. Then shuffle your library.
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Wail of the NimInstantChoose one - Regenerate each creature you control; or Wail of the Nim deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
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Incite WarInstantChoose one - Creatures target player controls attack this turn if able; or creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn.
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Metal FatigueInstantTap all artifacts. The Auriok have fought the metal hordes for so long now that knowing how to cripple them has become an instinct. |
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Pulse of the FieldsInstantYou gain 4 life. Then if an opponent has more life than you, return Pulse of the Fields to its owner's hand. Before religion or civilization, there was order. |
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MachinateInstantLook at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of artifacts you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. As long as there are questions to be asked, the vedalken will ask them. |
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Magnetic FluxInstantArtifact creatures you control gain flying until end of turn. After the researcher's astonishing success, his assistants spent six hours finding a way to return the specimens safely to the ground. |
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Pulse of the GridInstantDraw two cards, then discard a card. Then if an opponent has more cards in hand than you, return Pulse of the Grid to its owner's hand. Before labs or lectures, there was insight. |
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Second SightInstantChoose one - Look at the top five cards of target opponent's library, then put them back in any order; or look at the top five cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
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VexInstantCounter target spell. That spell's controller may draw a card. "The druids would be better off if they spent more time in the lab and less time watching trees grow." |
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Barbed LightningInstantChoose one - Barbed Lightning deals 3 damage to target creature; or Barbed Lightning deals 3 damage to target player. Every creature on Mirrodin is a lightning rod. |
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Pulse of the ForgeInstantPulse of the Forge deals 4 damage to target player. Then if that player has more life than you, return Pulse of the Forge to its owner's hand. Before wars or weapons, there was anger. |
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UnforgeInstantDestroy 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. |
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Armed ResponseInstantArmed Response deals damage to target attacking creature equal to the number of Equipment you control. Raksha watched as the goblins continued to pour onto the Razor Fields. "They just don't know when to stop, do they?" |
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VanquishInstantDestroy target blocking creature. "All beings have an inner light. Let me show you yours." |
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Ferocious ChargeInstantTarget creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
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Hold the LineInstantBlocking creatures get +7/+7 until end of turn. "Forgive me, Master Kami, but in the interest of my people I must halt your advance." |
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HinderInstantCounter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put that card on the top or bottom of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard. "Do not react to force in kind. Turn it aside. Direct it to where it can do no harm." |
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Lifted by CloudsInstant - ArcaneTarget creature gains flying until end of turn.
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Sift Through SandsInstant - ArcaneDraw two cards, then discard a card.
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ThoughtbindInstantCounter 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." |
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Rend FleshInstant - ArcaneDestroy target non-Spirit creature. "The Reito Massacre was a testament to the kami's unstoppable power. The human defenders might as well have been moths battling a forest fire." |
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Rend SpiritInstantDestroy target Spirit. "The battle at Ganzan Pass was a testament to human endurance. The untrained and frightened group escaped three legions of kami, leaving more than their share of slain foes in their wake." |
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Hanabi BlastInstantHanabi Blast deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Return Hanabi Blast to its owner's hand, then discard a card at random. The most powerful of akki fire spells were developed at the cost of blood, toil, tears, sweat, and usually a nose or two. |
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Strange InversionInstant - ArcaneSwitch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
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Yamabushi's FlameInstantYamabushi's Flame deals 3 damage to target creature or player. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
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Toils of Night and DayInstant - ArcaneYou may tap or untap target permanent, then you may tap or untap another target permanent. "The war sent Kamigawa into turmoil. Here it was spring and there winter. For some, time stood still, while for others, moments flashed past like minnows in a pond." |
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Horobi's WhisperInstant - ArcaneIf you control a Swamp, destroy target nonblack creature.
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