Kor ChantInstantAll damage that would be dealt this turn to target creature you control by a source of your choice is dealt to another target creature instead. The true treasure no thief can touch. |
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Kozilek's ReturnInstantDevoid (This card has no color.)
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Krosan GripInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) "Give up these unnatural weapons, these scrolls. Heart and mind and fist are enough." |
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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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Lash of the WhipInstantTarget creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn. "No matter who their fickle hearts worship, all mortals belong to one god in the end." |
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Lash OutInstantLash Out deals 3 damage to target creature. Clash with an opponent. If you win, Lash Out deals 3 damage to that creature's controller. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of his or her library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if his or her card had a higher converted mana cost.)
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Last BreathInstantExile target creature with power 2 or less. Its controller gains 4 life. "Tsk. You'd think those nasty merrows would know how to hold their breath." |
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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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Launch PartyInstantAs an additional cost to cast Launch Party, sacrifice a creature. Life's too short to not do the things you love. |
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Lavaball TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent had two or more lands enter the battlefield under his or her control this turn, you may pay rather than pay Lavaball Trap's mana cost.
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Lay BareInstantCounter target spell. Look at its controller's hand. "It's good to learn from your failures, but I prefer to learn from the failures of others." |
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Lead by ExampleInstantSupport 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.) Gideon and Nissa carved a path through the Eldrazi swarm, and their Zendikari allies charged into the fray behind them. |
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Leaf ArrowInstantLeaf Arrow deals 3 damage to target creature with flying. "Those who think the trees shall remain bystanders throughout this conflict shall be sorely mistaken." |
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Leap of FaithInstantTarget creature gains flying until end of turn. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to that creature this turn. The finest maneuvers take place in three dimensions. |
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Learn from the PastInstantTarget player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library. "I've been told my whole life that the great Ojutai holds all knowledge, but I wonder what our forebears knew." |
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Leeching BiteInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Another target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. A substantial portion of Vorinclex's forces became fuel for the rest. |
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Lethargy TrapInstant - TrapIf three or more creatures are attacking, you may pay rather than pay Lethargy Trap's mana cost. Suddenly, Zurdi didn't care about treasure, glory, food . . . or the drakes circling above. |
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Lightning BoltInstantLightning Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
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Lightning HelixInstantLightning Helix deals 3 damage to target creature or player and you gain 3 life. Though less well-known than its army of soldiers, the Boros Legion's mage-priests are as respected by the innocent as they are hated by the ghosts of the guilty. |
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Lightning StrikeInstantLightning Strike deals 3 damage to target creature or player. "The hand of Keranos can be seen in every rumbling storm cloud. Best not to stand where he points." |
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Lightning VolleyInstantUntil end of turn, creatures you control gain ": This creature deals 1 damage to target creature or player." "We are the motes of rain that join to make the thundercloud. The power of the storm god surges through us!" |
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Lim-Dûl's VaultInstantLook at the top five cards of your library. As many times as you choose, you may pay 1 life, put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order, then look at the top five cards of your library. Then shuffle your library and put the last cards you looked at this way on top of it in any order.
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Lithomancer's FocusInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to that creature this turn by colorless sources. "Even in the hands of amateurs, Nahiri's hedrons can harm the Eldrazi."-Ugin |
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Living DestinyInstantAs an additional cost to cast Living Destiny, reveal a creature card from your hand. "That our enemies are great only brings us greater hope." |
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Logic KnotInstantDelve (You may exile any number of cards from your graveyard as you cast this spell. It costs less to cast for each card exiled this way.)
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Loss (Profit/Loss)InstantCreatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.
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Lost in a LabyrinthInstantTarget creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) Even those who leave the labyrinth never escape it, forever dreaming of their time trapped within. |
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Lost in the MistInstantCounter 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. |
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Magma JetInstantMagma Jet deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)
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Magma SprayInstantMagma Spray deals 2 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead. "Jund is a wounded world. Beware its searing blood spilling out onto the surface." |
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MagmaquakeInstantMagmaquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each planeswalker. "Where will you run when I punish you with the very ground you flee on?" |
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Make a StandInstantCreatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.) For a moment they stood tall, all fear forgotten. |
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Malicious AfflictionInstantMorbid - When you cast Malicious Affliction, if a creature died this turn, you may copy Malicious Affliction and may choose a new target for the copy. "Such an affliction appears to seek out the pure." |
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Mana LeakInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy. |
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ManamorphoseInstantAdd two mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool. For a moment, objects of pure mana glimmered in the wonderstruck boggart's hands. In the next moment, they were in his mouth, as he chewed contentedly. |
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Mardu CharmInstantChoose one -
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Marrow ShardsInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "We are a single entity. Dissenters must be sutured into the Orthodoxy." |
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Martial GloryInstantTarget creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. "Yes, Boros tactics are unparalleled. But when your comrades are dying around you, inner strength must carry the day."
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Massive RaidInstantMassive Raid deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of creatures you control. "The Boros lack vision. Give them a convenient scapegoat and they'll be blind to the true threats."
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Master WarcraftInstantCast Master Warcraft only before attackers are declared.
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Master's CallInstantPut two 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature tokens onto the battlefield. The need to obey was inscribed on every plate in their bodies. |
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Meditation PuzzleInstantConvoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.) Find your center, and you will find your way. |
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Memory's JourneyInstantTarget player shuffles up to three target cards from his or her graveyard into his or her library.
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Mending TouchInstantRegenerate target creature. "The gift of life must be freely given. Anything less would diminish us all." |
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Mental MisstepInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "Your first mistake was thinking I would let you live long enough to make a second." |
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Midnight HauntingInstantPut two 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield. The path back to the world of the living is murky and bewildering. A geist may not even realize that it's terrifying its own loved ones. |
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Might of AlaraInstantDomain - Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each basic land type among lands you control. The combined strength of all five planes spawned creations none had seen before. |
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Might of OaksInstantTarget creature gets +7/+7 until end of turn. May your weapon be no sword forged. May your armor be no metal wrought. |
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Might of the MassesInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature you control. The Joraga elves never need ask a troll to leave their territory. They merely grant it their combined strength, and it can't resist embarking on a merry rampage. |
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Mighty LeapInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn. "The southern fortress taken by invaders? Heh, sure . . . when elephants fly." |
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Mindbreak TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, you may pay rather than pay Mindbreak Trap's mana cost. "Life is a maze. This is one of its dead ends." |
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MindstaticInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . "It's always satisfying to stymie the best efforts of a rival, but the reactions of the Gruul are particularly amusing." |
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MindswipeInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . Mindswipe deals X damage to that spell's controller. "The past and the unwritten are frozen. To understand their meaning requires heat." |
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Mirran MettleInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. "Our land will not yield to Phyrexian corruption!" |
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MisdirectionInstantYou may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay Misdirection's mana cost.
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Mizzium SkinInstantTarget creature you control gets +0/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn.
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Molten FrameInstantDestroy target artifact creature. The metal filigree in his body glowed red-hot, and his flesh soon followed. |
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Moment of HeroismInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 and gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.) "My faith is stronger than fang, claw, or mindless hunger." |
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Momentous FallInstantAs an additional cost to cast Momentous Fall, sacrifice a creature. It wasn't long until the elves had developed a use for every part of the Eldrazi. |
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MoonmistInstantTransform all Humans. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures other than Werewolves and Wolves. (Only double-faced cards can be transformed.)
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Mortal's ArdorInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.) "Such deeds should be common fare for such as us." |
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Mortal's ResolveInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) The Fates tried to cut her string but found the thread had turned to iron. |
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MortifyInstantDestroy target creature or enchantment.
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MurderInstantDestroy target creature.
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Murderous CutInstantDelve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .) The blades of a Sultai assassin stab like the fangs of a dragon. |
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Murmurs from BeyondInstant - ArcaneReveal the top three cards of your library. An opponent chooses one of them. Put that card into your graveyard and the rest into your hand. Like pools of fog that hid treacherous rocks from sailors' eyes, so too were the hands of the kami. |
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Mutagenic GrowthInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "Sympathy is for weaklings. Whoever survives, wins." |
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Mutant's PreyInstantTarget creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) Every street corner is a hunting ground, every citizen potential prey. |
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Mysteries of the DeepInstantDraw two cards. "The Roil is destructive, but not random. It's Zendikar's way of revealing secrets." |
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Mystic GenesisInstantCounter target spell. Put an X/X green Ooze creature token onto the battlefield, where X is that spell's converted mana cost. "The Simic can grow anything out of a puddle of sludge. I just hope they never join forces with the Golgari."
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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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Natural ConnectionInstantSearch your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library. "Zendikar will not surrender, and neither can we." |
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Natural EndInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 3 life. The haunted blade shattered, and the geist drifted gratefully to the Blessed Sleep. |
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Natural StateInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment with converted mana cost 3 or less. "Killing the Eldrazi is not enough. We must erase all memory of them from this world." |
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NaturalizeInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. "When your cities and trinkets crumble, only nature will remain." |
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Nature's ClaimInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life. "On this plane, the use of magic can provoke a ferocious reprisal from nature. Whoever the Eldrazi were, their relics left Zendikar forever enraged." |
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Nature's PanoplyInstantStrive - Nature's Panoply costs more to cast for each target beyond the first. Nature protects its own. |
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Naya CharmInstantChoose one - Naya Charm deals 3 damage to target creature; or return target card from a graveyard to its owner's hand; or tap all creatures target player controls. Deep in nature's core lies a potential unsullied by greed or civilization. |
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NecrobiteInstantTarget creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. Regenerate it. (The next time that creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat. Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) An undead snake doesn't bite in self-defense. It hungers as any zombie, never sated. |
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Needlebite TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent gained life this turn, you may pay rather than pay Needlebite Trap's mana cost. The traps around the vampire city of Malakir hint at the thirst of its inhabitants. |
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NegateInstantCounter target noncreature spell. Masters of the arcane savor a delicious irony. Their study of deep and complex arcana leads to such a simple end: the ability to say merely yes or no. |
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Nemesis TrapInstant - TrapIf a white creature is attacking, you may pay rather than pay Nemesis Trap's mana cost.
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Neutralizing BlastInstantCounter target multicolored spell. "To defeat your enemies, you must remove their ability to make war against you." |
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Nightmarish EndInstantTarget creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand. "To think some believe it peaceful to die in one's sleep." |
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Noxious RevivalInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "Dead or alive, my creations are stronger than Jin-Gitaxias's septic minions." |
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NullifyInstantCounter target creature or Aura spell. "Those who incur Thassa's anger will be swallowed whole by her waves, or torn asunder by her bident." |
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OblationInstantThe owner of target nonland permanent shuffles it into his or her library, then draws two cards. "A richer people could give more but they could never give as much." |
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Offering to AshaInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . You gain 4 life. "His body belongs to Bant now. His soul? I honestly don't know. I expect it belongs to the angels." |
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Ojutai's BreathInstantTap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
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Ojutai's CommandInstantChoose two -
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OpportunityInstantTarget player draws four cards. Little things like morals shouldn't hinder one's ambition. |
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Orcish CannonadeInstantOrcish Cannonade deals 2 damage to target creature or player and 3 damage to you. "Crispy! Scarback! Load another volcano-ball." |
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Orim's ThunderInstantKicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
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Orzhov CharmInstantChoose one - Return target creature you control and all Auras you control attached to it to their owner's hand; or destroy target creature and you lose life equal to its toughness; or return target creature card with converted mana cost 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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Otherworldly JourneyInstant - ArcaneExile target creature. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it. "The landscape shimmered and I felt a chill breeze. When my vision cleared, I found myself alone among the corpses of my fallen friends." |
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OutnumberInstantOutnumber deals damage to target creature equal to the number of creatures you control. Everyone who could still lift a weapon had a part in retaking Sea Gate. |
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OutwitInstantCounter target spell that targets a player. The student asks how a spell is begun. The master ponders what ends it. |
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Overwhelming DenialInstantSurge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)
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Pact of NegationInstantCounter target spell. Those who expect betrayal at every turn are seldom disappointed. |
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Path to ExileInstantExile target creature. Its controller may search his or her library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle his or her library.
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