Solidarity

Instant

Creatures you control get +0/+5 until end of turn.

"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
-Benjamin Franklin

Solfatara

Instant

Target player can't play land cards this turn.

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

"A burst of hot air tossed the moon into the air, and the moon liked it up there so much it never needed the ground again."
-Azeworai, "Glitter Moon"

Solar Blast

Instant

Solar Blast deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle Solar Blast, you may have it deal 1 damage to target creature or player.

Snuff Out

Instant

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay Snuff Out's mana cost.

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

Squee watched his Kyren cousins fall with a mixture of sympathy and relief.

Snare the Skies

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)

A hunter's precision and a durkvine's strength are a potent combination.

Snapback

Instant

You may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay Snapback's mana cost.

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

"If it returns years hence, our knowledge of how to combat it will be that much greater."
-Andorel, Tolarian sentinel

Snap

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Good riddance.

Snakeform

Instant

Target creature loses all abilities and becomes a 1/1 green Snake until end of turn.

Draw a card.

Losing his possessions distressed him, but the lack of limbs was strangely liberating.

Snag

Instant

You may discard a Forest card rather than pay Snag's mana cost.

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by unblocked creatures this turn.

Smother

Instant

Destroy target creature with converted mana cost 3 or less. It can't be regenerated.

"Before I hire new recruits, I test how long they can hold their breath. You'd be surprised how often it comes up."
-Zahr Gada, Halimar expedition leader

Smite the Monstrous

Instant

Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.

Though the old holy wards and roadside shrines have begun to fail, faith in Avacyn still holds true power.

Smite

Instant

Destroy target blocked creature.

"The mighty rely solely on their strength. They are shocked when we do the same."
-Tars Olan, kor world-gift

Smelt

Instant

Destroy target artifact.

"Looks like that wasn't darksteel after all."
-Koth of the Hammer

Smash to Smithereens

Instant

Destroy target artifact. Smash to Smithereens deals 3 damage to that artifact's controller.

The giant Tarvik dreamed that trinkets and machines caused all the world's woe. When he awoke from his troubled sleep, he took the name Tarvik Relicsmasher.

Smash

Instant

Destroy target artifact.

Draw a card.

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.

Slingbow Trap

Instant - Trap

If a black creature with flying is attacking, you may pay rather than pay Slingbow Trap's mana cost.

Destroy target attacking creature with flying.

The Tajuru elves devised ways to let the forest defend itself.

Slice in Twain

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Draw a card.

"The hypocrisy of these elves is thicker than steel-destroying ‘unnatural metal' with their own enchanted swords."
-Kara Vrist, Neurok agent

Sleight of Mind

Instant

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Slay

Instant

Destroy target green creature. It can't be regenerated.

Draw a card.

The elves had the edge in guile, skill, and valor. But in the end, only sheer numbers mattered.

Slaughter Pact

Instant

Destroy target nonblack creature.

At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay . If you don't, you lose the game.

Death is only the beginning of the end.

Slaughter Cry

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

It's rather embarrassing to end up with your head mounted over his hearth.

Slaughter

Instant

Buyback-Pay 4 life. (You may pay 4 life in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

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

Skyshroud Blessing

Instant

Lands gain shroud until end of turn. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)

Draw a card.

"Behold," said Freyalise to Eladamri. "Your Skyshroud home has followed you to Dominaria."

Skullcrack

Instant

Players can't gain life this turn. Damage can't be prevented this turn. Skullcrack deals 3 damage to target player.

The lawmage's argument was clever and well reasoned, but Blunk's response proved irrefutable.

Skred

Instant

Skred deals damage to target creature equal to the number of snow permanents you control.

"This close to Rimewind Keep, no avalanche is nature's doing."
-Ukoten, centaur chieftain

Skillful Lunge

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

"Valor is a currency of the living that serves us well."
-Cosper Lowe of the Silbern Guard

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.

Skeletal Scrying

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Skeletal Scrying, exile X cards from your graveyard.

You draw X cards and you lose X life.

Sivvi's Valor

Instant

If you control a Plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay Sivvi's Valor's mana cost.

All damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn is dealt to you instead.

Sivvi's Ruse

Instant

If an opponent controls a Mountain and you control a Plains, you may cast Sivvi's Ruse without paying its mana cost.

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

Sirocco

Instant

Target player reveals his or her hand. For each blue instant card revealed this way, that player discards that card unless he or she pays 4 life.

"Blow, fiery wind, / strip illusion from the eye. / Blow, fiery wind of truth."
-Femeref chant

Siren's Call

Instant

Cast Siren's Call only during an opponent's turn, before attackers are declared.

Creatures the active player controls attack this turn if able.

At the beginning of the next end step, destroy all non-Wall creatures that player controls that didn't attack this turn. Ignore this effect for each creature the player didn't control continuously since the beginning of the turn.

Singe

Instant

Singe deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature becomes black until end of turn.

Burnt flesh. Blackened soul.

Simulacrum

Instant

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Simoon

Instant

Simoon deals 1 damage to each creature target opponent controls.

"The black-and-white sacred monkey holds her children to her, and waits."
-"Love Song of Night and Day"

Simic Charm

Instant

Choose one - Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn; or permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn; or return target creature to its owner's hand.

"We measure our progress in heartbeats."
-Prime Speaker Zegana

Silumgar's Scorn

Instant

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

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . If you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast Silumgar's Scorn, counter that spell instead.

Silumgar's Command

Instant

Choose two -

• Counter target noncreature spell.

• Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

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

• Destroy target planeswalker.

Silk Net

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)

Sometimes it's possible to pull a meal out of thin air.

Silhouette

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn by spells or abilities that target it.

Silence the Believers

Instant

Strive - Silence the Believers costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Exile any number of target creatures and all Auras attached to them.

Silence

Instant

Your opponents can't cast spells this turn. (Spells cast before this resolves are unaffected.)

"Take a quiet moment to reflect on your sins."
-Cleph, Order of Redeemed Souls

Signal the Clans

Instant

Search your library for three creature cards and reveal them. If you reveal three cards with different names, choose one of them at random and put that card into your hand. Shuffle the rest into your library.

Gruul clanfolk obey few rules, but all feel bound to answer the call of the horn.

Sigil Blessing

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature you control gets +3/+3 and other creatures you control get +1/+1.

"For unwavering commitment and unflinching strength, the Order of the White Orchid confers its sigil. Rise, knight-captain, and do your duty."

Sift Through Sands

Instant - Arcane

Draw two cards, then discard a card.

If you've cast a spell named Peer Through Depths and a spell named Reach Through Mists this turn, you may search your library for a card named The Unspeakable, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.

Sideswipe

Instant

You may change any targets of target Arcane spell.

Hisoka's wizards struggled for years to master the art of redirection that came so naturally to the shamans of Ganzan Pass.

Sickening Shoal

Instant - Arcane

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

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

Sick and Tired

Instant

Two target creatures each get -1/-1 until end of turn.

The Phyrexians' only interest in organic life is discerning its weakness.

Shunt

Instant

Change 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.

Shriveling Rot

Instant

Choose one - Until end of turn, whenever a creature is dealt damage, destroy it; or until end of turn, whenever a creature dies, that creature's controller loses life equal to its toughness.

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

Shrink

Instant

Target creature gets -5/-0 until end of turn.

"May you decrease like coal upon the hearth . . . Evaporate like water in a pail, Become as little as a linseed-grain . . . And so diminish that you come to nothing."
-Anglo-Saxon curse

Shriek of Dread

Instant

Target creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

When Crosis roared, the battle ended and the slaughter began.

Shredding Winds

Instant

Shredding Winds deals 7 damage to target creature with flying.

"Enemies of the wood! Your presence here is a slap in Nylea's face. Do not be surprised if she slaps back."
-Telphe, druid of Nylea

Shred Memory

Instant

Exile up to four target cards from a single graveyard.

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.)

Shrapnel Blast

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Shrapnel Blast, sacrifice an artifact.

Shrapnel Blast deals 5 damage to target creature or player.

Showstopper

Instant

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain "When this creature dies, it deals 2 damage to target creature an opponent controls."

The audience quickly realized a few things: it wasn't a magic trick, there wasn't candy in there, and they'd need new clothes.

Shower of Sparks

Instant

Shower of Sparks deals 1 damage to target creature and 1 damage to target player.

The viashino had learned how to operate the rig through trial and error-mostly error.

Show of Valor

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+4 until end of turn.

"Duty, honor, and valor are either in your heart or they are not. You will never know for certain until you are tested."
-Ajani Goldmane

Shoving Match

Instant

Until end of turn, all creatures gain ": Tap target creature."

Rishadan barkeeps know something the Mercadians have yet to learn: if you keep pushing, someone will eventually push back.

Shock

Instant

Shock deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

"The beauty of it is they never see it coming. Ever."
-Razzix, sparkmage

Shining Shoal

Instant - Arcane

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

The next X damage that a source of your choice would deal to you and/or creatures you control this turn is dealt to target creature or player instead.

Shimmering Mirage

Instant

Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"Oh, is that all you need? Why didn't you just say so?"
-Reef shaman

Shifting Borders

Instant - Arcane

Exchange control of two target lands.

Splice onto Arcane (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Shieldmate's Blessing

Instant

Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

"Even land dwellers may call for Emeria's grace in times of need."
-Emeria's Creed

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.

Shield Wall

Instant

Creatures you control get +0/+2 until end of turn.

The strongest walls are made not of stone or steel but of the focused strength of warriors.

Sheltering Word

Instant

Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. (A creature with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities opponents control.)

Shelter

Instant

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

Draw a card.

Good strategists seize opportunities. Great strategists make their own.

Shattering Pulse

Instant

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

Destroy target artifact.

Shattering Blow

Instant

Exile target artifact.

"Aurelia seems too eager to solve her problems by delivering them to oblivion."
-Prime Speaker Zegana

Shatter

Instant

Destroy target artifact.

"I am an artist, a builder, a creator . . . I create the biggest explosions around."
-Krol, goblin furnace-priest

Shard Volley

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Shard Volley, sacrifice a land.

Shard Volley deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

"Let the mountain's teeth pierce our oppressors."

Shape the Sands

Instant

Target creature gets +0/+5 and gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)

"Dragons in flight seldom expect company."
-Kadri, Dromoka warrior

Shaman's Trance

Instant

Until end of turn, other players can't play cards from their graveyards, and you may play cards from other players' graveyards as though they were in your graveyard.

Shallow Grave

Instant

Return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

Good help is hard to dig up.

Shadowfeed

Instant

Exile target card from a graveyard. You gain 3 life.

"The future is a snake, devouring your life backwards through time. And when you die, believe me, it doesn't stop feeding."
-Sedris, the Traitor King

Shadowbane

Instant

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you and/or creatures you control this turn, prevent that damage. If damage from a black source is prevented this way, you gain that much life.

Light creates shadow; light destroys shadow. Such is the transience of darkness.

Shadow Rift

Instant

Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Draw a card.

Shadow of Doubt

Instant

( can be paid with either or .)

Players can't search libraries this turn.

Draw a card.

"Your ignorance is my bliss."
-Szadek

Shade's Breath

Instant

Until end of turn, each creature you control becomes a black Shade and gains ": This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn."

The grim business of the Coliseum casts long shadows.

Setessan Tactics

Instant

Strive - Setessan Tactics costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Until end of turn, any number of target creatures each get +1/+1 and gain ": This creature fights another target creature."

Serve (Protect/Serve)

Instant

Target creature gets -6/-0 until end of turn.

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

Serpent's Gift

Instant

Target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Venom is nature's way of redressing the imbalance between weak and mighty.

Serene Sunset

Instant

Prevent all combat damage X target creatures would deal this turn.

The armies paused, silent, as the warriors reflected on the sunsets of their youth.

Serene Offering

Instant

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

"A sacrifice made in peace is worth a dozen made in panic."
-Orim, Samite healer

Serene Heart

Instant

Destroy all Auras.

"If magic is your crutch, cast it aside and learn to walk without it."
-Teferi

Selesnya Charm

Instant

Choose one - Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn; or exile target creature with power 5 or greater; or put a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance onto the battlefield.

Seize the Soul

Instant

Destroy target nonwhite, nonblack creature. Put a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

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

When the creature Seize the Soul haunts dies, destroy target nonwhite, nonblack creature. Put a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Seize the Initiative

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains first strike until end of turn.

The time between spotting a leonin shikari and feeling its claws is just time enough to draw your last breath.

Seismic Strike

Instant

Seismic 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."
-Kezim, prodigal pyromancer

Seismic Shudder

Instant

Seismic Shudder deals 1 damage to each creature without flying.

"The land here seems go out of its way to kill you."
-Chandra Nalaar

Seething Song

Instant

Add to your mana pool.

"The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm."
-Charles Colton

Seedtime

Instant

Cast Seedtime only during your turn.

Take an extra turn after this one if an opponent cast a blue spell this turn.

The hippo grows wings to fight the condor.
-Nantuko teaching

Seeds of Strength

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Beneath the beauty of light and seed is the might of Vitu-Ghazi.

Seedling Charm

Instant

Choose one - Return target Aura attached to a creature to its owner's hand; or regenerate target green creature; or target creature gains trample until end of turn.

Seed Spark

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. If was spent to cast Seed Spark, put two 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield.

"If you ask me, those root-lovers value mindless dogma over progress."
-Trivaz, Izzet mage

Secure the Wastes

Instant

Put X 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens onto the battlefield.

"The Shifting Wastes provide our clan eternal protection. It is our duty to return the favor."
-Kadri, Dromoka warrior

Second Thoughts

Instant

Exile target attacking creature.

Draw a card.

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

Second Sunrise

Instant

Each 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.

Second Sight

Instant

Choose 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.

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