Diabolic Edict

Instant

Target player sacrifices a creature.

Greven il-Vec lifted Vhati off his feet. "The fall will give you time to think on your failure."

Dig Through Time

Instant

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Diminish

Instant

Target creature becomes 1/1 until end of turn.

"‘That was a narrow escape!' said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in existence."
-Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Dimir Charm

Instant

Choose one - Counter target sorcery spell; or destroy target creature with power 2 or less; or look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put one back and the rest into that player's graveyard.

"Dangerous to recognize. Deadly not to."
-Lazav

Disarm

Instant

Unattach all Equipment from target creature.

"Be thankful I left you your clothes."

Discombobulate

Instant

Counter target spell. Look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

"I said ‘pick his brain,' not ‘tear off his head.'"
-Riptide Project researcher

Disdainful Stroke

Instant

Counter target spell with converted mana cost 4 or greater.

"You are beneath contempt. Your lineage will be forgotten."

Disembowel

Instant

Destroy target creature with converted mana cost X.

"We thought we found the victim's clothes lumped in the street. As it turned out, it was the victim, insides sucked out-just a sack of skin and robes."
-Agrus Kos

Disempower

Instant

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

"Mangara is gone. Who among you doubts that I have taken his power?"
-Kaervek

Disenchant

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Disfigure

Instant

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

"Brave scar or unfortunate tale? It all depends on your pain threshold."

Disharmony

Instant

Cast Disharmony only during combat before blockers are declared.

Untap target attacking creature and remove it from combat. Gain control of that creature until end of turn.

Dismal Failure

Instant

Counter target spell. Its controller discards a card.

"Two magi could trade spells all day and never crown a victor. The real battle is not one of power but of will. If your confidence breaks, so too shall you."
-Venser

Dismantling Blow

Instant

Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

If Dismantling Blow was kicked, draw two cards.

Dismember

Instant

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

"You serve Phyrexia. Your pieces would better serve Phyrexia elsewhere."
-Azax-Azog, the Demon Thane

Dismiss

Instant

Counter target spell.

Draw a card.

"There is nothing you can do that I cannot simply deny."
-Ertai, wizard adept

Disorient

Instant

Target creature gets -7/-0 until end of turn.

"If it has a brain, even a primitive one, we can most surely scramble it."
-Garild, merfolk mage

Dispatch

Instant

Tap target creature.

Metalcraft - If you control three or more artifacts, exile that creature.

Venser wondered if it could still be called a teleportation spell if the destination is oblivion.

Dispel

Instant

Counter target instant spell.

"Civilization will subsume us unless we overwhelm it instead."
-Speaker Zegana

Dispense Justice

Instant

Target player sacrifices an attacking creature.

Metalcraft - That player sacrifices two attacking creatures instead if you control three or more artifacts.

The Accorders never strike first, but they always strike back.

Dispersal Shield

Instant

Counter target spell if its converted mana cost is less than or equal to the highest converted mana cost among permanents you control.

"Maybe next time."

Disperse

Instant

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Most casualties of the power struggle between vedalken and Neurok didn't die on the field of battle; they merely disappeared.

Display of Dominance

Instant

Choose one -

• Destroy target blue or black noncreature permanent.

• Permanents you control can't be the targets of blue or black spells your opponents control this turn.

Disrupt

Instant

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays .

Draw a card.

Oh, I'm sorry-did I break your concentration?

Disrupting Shoal

Instant - Arcane

You may exile a blue card with converted mana cost X from your hand rather than pay Disrupting Shoal's mana cost.

Counter target spell if its converted mana cost is X.

Dissipate

Instant

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

"This abomination never belonged in our world. I'm merely setting it free."
-Dierk, geistmage

Dissolve

Instant

Counter target spell. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

"You thought only the gods could stop you?"

Divergent Growth

Instant

Until end of turn, lands you control gain ": Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."

Nature has forgotten its own rules.

Divert

Instant

Change the target of target spell with a single target unless that spell's controller pays .

"What's the fun of being a wizard if you can't mess with people's heads?"

Divine Deflection

Instant

Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to you and/or permanents you control this turn. If damage is prevented this way, Divine Deflection deals that much damage to target creature or player.

Divine Offering

Instant

Destroy target artifact. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost.

"The Phyrexians are vulnerable. Do not despair. We will prevail!"
-Juryan, rebel leader

Divine Retribution

Instant

Divine Retribution deals damage to target attacking creature equal to the number of attacking creatures.

"To the undiscerning eye, justice and vengeance can look the same."
-Rashida Scalebane

Divine Verdict

Instant

Destroy target attacking or blocking creature.

"Guilty."

Dizzy Spell

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn.

Transmute (, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same converted mana cost as this card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Dogpile

Instant

Dogpile deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of attacking creatures you control.

There is no shelter from this storm, its rain of fists, or the thunderous cackles of bloodlust.

Dominaria's Judgment

Instant

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain protection from white if you control a Plains, from blue if you control an Island, from black if you control a Swamp, from red if you control a Mountain, and from green if you control a Forest.

Dominate

Instant

Gain control of target creature with converted mana cost X or less. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

"I've come to reclaim what is mine. And you, Greven, are mine."
-Volrath

Domineering Will

Instant

Target player gains control of up to three target nonattacking creatures until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They block this turn if able.

Doom Blade

Instant

Destroy target nonblack creature.

Double Cleave

Instant

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

"When in doubt, kill 'em twice."

Double Negative

Instant

Counter up to two target spells.

They feared each other for their differences but were absolutely terrified at their similarities.

Douse in Gloom

Instant

Douse in Gloom deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.

Orzhov prisoners are steeped in a blackened brew that robs their souls of strength. Patriarchs drink that brew to extend their own lives.

Downhill Charge

Instant

You may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay Downhill Charge's mana cost.

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of Mountains you control.

Downpour

Instant

Tap up to three target creatures.

"The sky holds vast oceans. They are at your fingertips if you know how to call them."
-Talrand, sky summoner

Downsize

Instant

Target creature you don't control gets -4/-0 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.")

Draconic Roar

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Draconic Roar, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand.

Draconic Roar deals 3 damage to target creature. If you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast Draconic Roar, Draconic Roar deals 3 damage to that creature's controller.

Drag Down

Instant

Domain - 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.

Dragonlord's Prerogative

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Dragonlord's Prerogative, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand.

If you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast Dragonlord's Prerogative, Dragonlord's Prerogative can't be countered.

Draw four cards.

Dragonrage

Instant

Add to your mana pool for each attacking creature you control. Until end of turn, attacking creatures you control gain ": This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."

"Dragons in the skies of Tarkir-for the first time, it feels like my home."
-Sarkhan Vol

Dragonscale Boon

Instant

Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature and untap it.

"When we were lost and weary, the ainok showed us how to survive. They have earned the right to call themselves Abzan, and to wear the Scale."
-Anafenza, khan of the Abzan

Dragonshift

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature you control becomes a 4/4 blue and red Dragon, loses all abilities, and gains flying.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Dramatic Entrance

Instant

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

Some things aren't worth waiting for.

Dramatic Rescue

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand. You gain 2 life.

"I never thought I'd be so glad to see two tons of beak and claws bearing down on me at the speed of an arrow."
-Mirela, Azorius hussar

Dream Fracture

Instant

Counter target spell. Its controller draws a card.

Draw a card.

"Creation is a paradox. It hatches from its opposite."
-Olka, Mistmeadow witch

Dream Salvage

Instant

Draw cards equal to the number of cards target opponent discarded this turn.

Awylla tried hard to forget the horrors she had seen, but someone else had developed a keen interest in them.

Dream Twist

Instant

Target player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

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

Dream's Grip

Instant

Choose one - Tap target permanent; or untap target permanent.

Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Dredge

Instant

Sacrifice a creature or land.

Draw a card.

"I'd strip away the world to see what's under it, but I'd never just leave it to these Phyrexian parasites and their false god."
-Urborg witch

Dromar's Charm

Instant

Choose one - You gain 5 life; or counter target spell; or target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

Dromoka's Command

Instant

Choose two -

• Prevent all damage target instant or sorcery spell would deal this turn.

• Target player sacrifices an enchantment.

• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

• Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.

Dromoka's Gift

Instant

Bolster 4. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put four +1/+1 counters on it.)

The simplest gift from a dragon can be a revered accolade for a human warrior.

Druid's Deliverance

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. Populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

"So many oppose us, but we are the reed that bends without breaking."

Dryad's Caress

Instant

You gain 1 life for each creature on the battlefield. If was spent to cast Dryad's Caress, untap all creatures you control.

"I awoke to the face of beauty, my body fully healed. In that moment I knew my destiny was the Conclave's to shape."
-Rogad, Selesnya initiate

Due Respect

Instant

Permanents enter the battlefield tapped this turn.

Draw a card.

"A display of humility is required of those who still possess such frailties."
-Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Dust of Moments

Instant

Choose one - Remove two time counters from each permanent and each suspended card; or put two time counters on each permanent with a time counter on it and each suspended card.

Dwarven Catapult

Instant

Dwarven Catapult deals X damage divided evenly, rounded down, among all creatures target opponent controls.

"Often greatly outnumbered in battle, dwarves relied on catapults as one means of damaging a large army."
-Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV

Dwarven Song

Instant

Any number of target creatures become red until end of turn.

Dynacharge

Instant

Target creature you control gets +2/+0 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.")

Nothing evens the odds like a little lightning.

Early Frost

Instant

Tap up to three target lands.

Under its mists, the earth sleeps.

Early Harvest

Instant

Target player untaps all basic lands he or she controls.

"Earth's increase, foison plenty,
Barns and garners never empty:
Vines with clust'ring bunches growing;
Plants with goodly burden bowing."
-William Shakespeare, The Tempest

Earthbrawn

Instant

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

Reinforce 1- (, Discard this card: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.)

Gremil finally felt in touch with nature-and felt a need to share the experience with others.

Eaten by Spiders

Instant

Destroy target creature with flying and all Equipment attached to that creature.

After sampling many victims, the spider developed a preference for the undead and their accoutrements.

Ebony Charm

Instant

Choose one - Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life; or exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard; or target creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Echoing Calm

Instant

Destroy target enchantment and all other enchantments with the same name as that enchantment.

A single light unleashes a hail of cleansing.

Echoing Courage

Instant

Target creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get +2/+2 until end of turn.

A single seed unleashes a flurry of growth.

Echoing Decay

Instant

Target creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get -2/-2 until end of turn.

A single fear unleashes a torrent of nightmares.

Echoing Truth

Instant

Return target nonland permanent and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent to their owners' hands.

A single lie unleashes a tide of disbelief.

Eladamri's Call

Instant

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

Tribal rivalries and petty disputes were laid aside at Eladamri's summons.

Electrickery

Instant

Electrickery deals 1 damage to target creature you don't control.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Electrolyze

Instant

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

Draw a card.

The Izzet learn something from every lesson they teach.

Electrostatic Bolt

Instant

Electrostatic Bolt deals 2 damage to target creature. If it's an artifact creature, Electrostatic Bolt deals 4 damage to it instead.

It's hard to avoid electric shock when the entire plane is metallic.

Elemental Uprising

Instant

Target land you control becomes a 4/4 Elemental creature with haste until end of turn. It's still a land. It must be blocked this turn if able.

"My heart and Zendikar's beat as one. Together we will endure."
-Nissa Revane

Elephant Ambush

Instant

Put a 3/3 green Elephant creature token onto the battlefield.

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

Elvish Fury

Instant

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

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Ember Shot

Instant

Ember Shot deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

Draw a card.

Dwarves bring poor coal to market, use good coal in their homes, and throw their best coal away.

Embolden

Instant

Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of target creatures and/or players, divided as you choose.

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

Emerald Charm

Instant

Choose one - Untap target permanent; or destroy target non-Aura enchantment; or target creature loses flying until end of turn.

Emerge Unscathed

Instant

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Empty the Pits

Instant

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

Put X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens onto the battlefield tapped.

The Sultai would rebuild the empire on the backs of the dead.

Enchantment Alteration

Instant

Attach target Aura attached to a creature or land to another permanent of that type.

Encircling Fissure

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures target opponent controls.

Awaken 2- (If you cast this spell for , also put two +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

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.

Enduring Victory

Instant

Destroy target attacking or blocking creature. Bolster 1. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

"My dragonlord is immortal. Most dragons are not."
-Kadri, Dromoka warrior

Energy Arc

Instant

Untap any number of target creatures. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by those creatures this turn.

"Relent, and you may transcend your situation."
-Gerda Äagesdotter,
Archmage of the Unseen

Enervate

Instant

Tap target artifact, creature, or land.

Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"Worlds turn in crucial moments of decision. Make your choice."
-Gustha Ebbasdotter,
Kjeldoran royal mage

Engulfing Flames

Instant

Engulfing Flames deals 1 damage to target creature. It can't be regenerated this turn.

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

Enhanced Awareness

Instant

Draw three cards, then discard a card.

"Study the topography of your enemies, and you will have a map to victory."
-Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest

Enlightened Tutor

Instant

Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card and reveal that card. Shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it.

"I do not teach. I simply reveal."
-Daudi, Femeref tutor

Enrage

Instant

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

The barbarians call it "touching the soul of the dragon."

Ensnare

Instant

You may return two Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay Ensnare's mana cost.

Tap all creatures.

Rootwater has become as dangerous to its denizens as to its enemies.