Entomb

Instant

Search your library for a card and put that card into your graveyard. Then shuffle your library.

A grave is the safest place to store ill-gotten treasures.

Envelop

Instant

Counter target sorcery spell.

"What you made will be unmade. What you learned will be unlearned. And when you're done, you will be undone."
-Ambassador Laquatus

Ephemeral Shields

Instant

Convoke (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.)

Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Equal Treatment

Instant

If any source would deal 1 or more damage to a creature or player this turn, it deals 2 damage to that creature or player instead.

Draw a card.

Erase

Instant

Exile target enchantment.

"Don't trust your eyes, for mages are skilled in deception. Trust only in your faith. It will wipe everything clean."
-Lila, Erunian priest

Errand of Duty

Instant

Put a 1/1 white Knight creature token with banding onto the battlefield. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

"Call every able sword to our side. Kjeldor will stand triumphant!"
-King Darien of Kjeldor

Erratic Mutation

Instant

Choose target creature. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. That creature gets +X/-X until end of turn, where X is that card's converted mana cost. Put all cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.

Ertai's Meddling

Instant

X can't be 0.

Target spell's controller exiles it with X delay counters on it.

At the beginning of each of that player's upkeeps, if that card is exiled, remove a delay counter from it. If the card has no delay counters on it, he or she puts it onto the stack as a copy of the original spell.

Ertai's Trickery

Instant

Counter target spell if it was kicked.

"Don't worry, Gerrard," said Ertai. "I'm sure the crew will come to your rescue as quickly as they came to mine."

Esper Charm

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target enchantment; or draw two cards; or target player discards two cards.

"Thoughts are commodities. Someone will pay a good price for them. Even ones as simplistic as yours . . ."
-Ennor, mentalist

Essence Backlash

Instant

Counter target creature spell. Essence Backlash deals damage equal to that spell's power to its controller.

"The other guilds will learn the hard way not to interfere with our investigations."
-Bori Andon, Izzet blastseeker

Essence Scatter

Instant

Counter target creature spell.

"What you attempt to pull from the Æther, I can spread onto the wind."
-Jace Beleren

Essence Vortex

Instant

Destroy target creature unless its controller pays life equal to its toughness. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

Masters who sacrifice for servants will receive the gift of loyalty.

Ether Well

Instant

Put target creature on top of its owner's library. If that creature is red, you may put it on the bottom of its owner's library instead.

"Whoa-my tail will never fit through that hole!"

Ethereal Ambush

Instant

Manifest the top two cards of your library. (To manifest a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

The energies of the Temur lands are readily unleashed upon intruders.

Ethereal Haze

Instant - Arcane

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

"Imagine a dove flying through smoke. Does the dove injure the smoke? Does the smoke impede the dove?"
-Teachings of Eight-and-a-Half-Tails

Evacuation

Instant

Return all creatures to their owners' hands.

"Once I supply the breeze, you'll see your warriors for the smoke they truly are."
-Alexi, zephyr mage

Evasive Action

Instant

Domain - Counter target spell unless its controller pays for each basic land type among lands you control.

Effective use of terrain is a lesson good commanders learn quickly.

Even the Odds

Instant

Cast Even the Odds only if you control fewer creatures than each opponent.

Put three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.

"They who fall singing the battle hymn of Benalia go not unavenged."
-Adom Capashen, Benalish commander

Evermind

Instant - Arcane

Illus. Matt Thompson

Evolution Charm

Instant

Choose one - Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library; or return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand; or target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Excise

Instant

Exile target attacking creature unless its controller pays .

"Creation is no great feat. Anything you make, I can unmake in a heartbeat."
-Alexi, zephyr mage

Exclude

Instant

Counter target creature spell.

Draw a card.

"I don't have time for you right now."
-Teferi

Execute

Instant

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

Draw a card.

"Any fool who would die for honor is better off dead."
-Cabal Patriarch

Executioner's Swing

Instant

Target creature that dealt damage this turn gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

"The contract specified an appendage for a missed payment. Read the fine print: the head is an appendage."

Exile

Instant

Exile target nonwhite attacking creature. You gain life equal to its toughness.

Expedite

Instant

Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"I run, and thunder follows."

Explosive Growth

Instant

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

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If Explosive Growth was kicked, that creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn instead.

Explosive Impact

Instant

Explosive Impact deals 5 damage to target creature or player.

"Such boorish noise is what passes for subtlety among the Boros."
-Vraska

Expunge

Instant

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

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

Extirpate

Instant

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)

Choose target card in a graveyard other than a basic land card. Search its owner's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Eye for an Eye

Instant

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Eye Gouge

Instant

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. If it's a Cyclops, destroy it.

One chance. One throw. One perfect hit.

Eyeblight's Ending

Tribal Instant - Elf

Destroy target non-Elf creature.

"Those without beauty are Lorwyn's greatest tumor. The winnowers have an unpleasant duty, but a necessary one."
-Eidren, perfect of Lys Alana

Eyes in the Skies

Instant

Put a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying onto the battlefield, then populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

"What root and branch cannot reach, our winged friends will attend to."
-Zunak, Selesnya strategist

Fact or Fiction

Instant

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

"Try to pretend like you understand what's important."

Fade from Memory

Instant

Exile target card from a graveyard.

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

Proper burial is a luxury Otarians can no longer afford.

Faith's Reward

Instant

Return to the battlefield all permanent cards in your graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn.

"I thought the wind was ushering me to my final destination, but it lifted me to my feet and I fought on."
-Idrus, war priest of Thune

Faith's Shield

Instant

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

Fateful hour - If you have 5 or less life, instead you and each permanent you control gain protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Fall of the Gavel

Instant

Counter target spell. You gain 5 life.

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

Fall of the Hammer

Instant

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.

It is unwise to insult the god of the forge. It is also unwise to stand near anyone else who has insulted him.

Fall of the Titans

Instant

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

Fall of the Titans deals X damage to each of up to two target creatures and/or players.

As Gideon kept the brood lineages at bay, Chandra incinerated the bound Eldrazi titans.

Falling Timber

Instant

Kicker-Sacrifice a land. (You may sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)

Prevent all combat damage target creature would deal this turn. If Falling Timber was kicked, prevent all combat damage another target creature would deal this turn.

False Cure

Instant

Until end of turn, whenever a player gains life, that player loses 2 life for each 1 life he or she gained.

"I do unto others as others have done unto me."
-Phage the Untouchable

False Memories

Instant

Put the top seven cards of your library into your graveyard. At the beginning of the next end step, exile seven cards from your graveyard.

"My enemies will forget everything but their anguish."
-Ambassador Laquatus

False Orders

Instant

Cast False Orders only during the declare blockers step.

Remove target creature defending player controls from combat. Creatures it was blocking that had become blocked by only that creature this combat become unblocked. You may have it block an attacking creature of your choice.

Falter

Instant

Creatures without flying can't block this turn.

Like a sleeping dragon, Shiv stirs and groans at times.

Familiar's Ruse

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Familiar's Ruse, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.

Counter target spell.

Because of their capricious nature, faeries can serve as living lenses for disruptive magic.

Fanatical Fever

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.

"Let go your fury, and hone your anger. Become the fist of Freyalise!"
-Kolbjörn, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order

Far (Far/Away)

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

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

Fatal Blow

Instant

Destroy target creature that was dealt damage this turn. It can't be regenerated.

"What is crueler? To let a wound of the heart fester, or to simply cut it out?"
-Crovax

Fatal Frenzy

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature you control gains trample and gets +X/+0, where X is its power. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

"I hope to have such a death-lying in triumph upon the broken bodies of those who slew me."
-Radha, Keldon warlord

Fatal Fumes

Instant

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

Travelers in the undercity dread the horrors and assassins of the Dimir, but nearly as many die from more mundane hazards.

Fate Forgotten

Instant

Exile target artifact or enchantment.

When Sarkhan saved Ugin in Tarkir's past, it changed Tarkir's future. The Sultai no longer exist, having been supplanted by the dragonlord Silumgar and his clan.

Fate Transfer

Instant

Move all counters from target creature onto another target creature.

"The cinders find strength in suffering, the elves in beauty. But if you make an elf suffer, he gets weaker. I wonder what happens if you make a cinder beautiful?"
-Hrugash, leech bonder

Fated Conflagration

Instant

Fated Conflagration deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If it's your turn, 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.)

Fated Infatuation

Instant

Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of target creature you control. If it's your turn, 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.)

Fated Intervention

Instant

Put two 3/3 green Centaur enchantment creature tokens onto the battlefield. If it's your turn, 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.)

Fated Retribution

Instant

Destroy all creatures and planeswalkers. If it's your turn, 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.)

Fated Return

Instant

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains indestructible. If it's your turn, 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.)

Fault Line

Instant

Fault Line deals X damage to each creature without flying and each player.

We live on the serpent's back.
-Viashino saying

Feast of Dreams

Instant

Destroy target enchanted creature or enchantment creature.

"We gave the gods the power to war against us. It is time we took that power back."

Feast or Famine

Instant

Choose one - Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield; or destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature and it can't be regenerated.

"We are not yet free of Lim-Dûl's terrors."
-Halvor Arensson, Kjeldoran Priest

Feat of Resistance

Instant

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Dragons are extinct on Tarkir, but Abzan magic still emulates their endurance.

Feed the Clan

Instant

You gain 5 life.

Ferocious - You gain 10 life instead if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

The Temur believe three things only are needed in life: a hot fire, a full belly, and a strong companion.

Feedback Bolt

Instant

Feedback Bolt deals damage to target player equal to the number of artifacts you control.

The path of least resistance is often through your enemies.

Feeding Frenzy

Instant

Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Zombies on the battlefield.

It wasn't as much a strategy as a dim instinct to drown their prey.

Feeling of Dread

Instant

Tap up to two target creatures.

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

People only say "I'm sure it was nothing" when they're sure it was something.

Feint

Instant

Tap all creatures blocking target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by that creature and each creature blocking it.

Fend Off

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target creature this turn.

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

The best defense is to not get hit.

Feral Instinct

Instant

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

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

"If a rhino's head is lower than its shoulders, trust me-it is not praying."
-Mwani, Mtenda herder

Ferocious Charge

Instant

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

Scry 2. (To 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.)

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

Festival

Instant

Cast Festival only during an opponent's upkeep.

Creatures can't attack this turn.

Only after the townsfolk had drawn us into their merry celebration did we discover that their holiday rituals held a deeper purpose.

Festival of the Guildpact

Instant

Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to you this turn.

Draw a card.

Everyone knows that violence at the Festival brings the worst of luck, so for at least one day a year arms are laid down in favor of brimming goblets.

Fever Charm

Instant

Choose one - Target creature gains haste until end of turn; or target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn; or Fever Charm deals 3 damage to target Wizard creature.

Fevered Strength

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

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

"The burst of strength brought on by this plague should not be mistaken for a sign of renewed health."
-Kolbjörn, High Honored Druid

Fiery Conclusion

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Fiery Conclusion, sacrifice a creature.

Fiery Conclusion deals 5 damage to target creature.

The Boros legionnaire saw a noble sacrifice, the Rakdos thug a blazing suicide, and the Izzet alchemist an experiment gone awry.

Fiery Fall

Instant

Fiery Fall deals 5 damage to target creature.

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.)

Jund feasts on the unprepared.

Fiery Temper

Instant

Fiery Temper deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

Madness (If you discard this card, you may cast it for its madness cost instead of putting it into your graveyard.)

Fight to the Death

Instant

Destroy all blocking creatures and all blocked creatures.

When a battlefield falls silent, it's rarely due to a cease-fire.

Fighting Chance

Instant

For each blocking creature, flip a coin. If you win the flip, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by that creature this turn.

A stroke of luck can smite an army.

Filigree Fracture

Instant

Destroy 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.

Final Fortune

Instant

Take an extra turn after this one. At the beginning of that turn's end step, you lose the game.

Want all, lose all.
-Zhalfirin aphorism

Fire (Fire/Ice)

Instant

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

Fire and Brimstone

Instant

Fire and Brimstone deals 4 damage to target player who declared an attacking creature this turn and 4 damage to you.

Fire at Will

Instant

Fire 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."

Fire Covenant

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Fire Covenant, pay X life.

Fire Covenant deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.

Fireblast

Instant

You may sacrifice two Mountains rather than pay Fireblast's mana cost.

Fireblast deals 4 damage to target creature or player.

Embermages aren't well known for their diplomatic skills.

Firemind's Foresight

Instant

Search your library for an instant card with converted mana cost 3, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then repeat this process for instant cards with converted mana costs 2 and 1. Then shuffle your library.

Fires of Undeath

Instant

Fires of Undeath deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

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

"I drink of those who are worthy of my palate. The rest I burn."

Firestorm

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Firestorm, discard X cards.

Firestorm deals X damage to each of X target creatures and/or players.

"Glok loved storms! He'd sit an' watch an' laugh through the whole thing. I miss him."
-Squee, goblin cabin hand

First Volley

Instant - Arcane

First Volley deals 1 damage to target creature and 1 damage to that creature's controller.

"We searched their bodies for signs of the blades that had killed them, but found nothing more than scorched flesh."
-Tender-Hand, kitsune healer

Fissure

Instant

Destroy target creature or land. It can't be regenerated.

"Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?"
-Plato

Fistful of Force

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Clash with an opponent. If you win, that creature gets an additional +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn. (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.)

Fists of the Anvil

Instant

Target creature gets +4/+0 until end of turn.

Gron's mind reeled with possibilities, most of which are best left unmentioned.

Flame Burst

Instant

Flame Burst deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is 2 plus the number of cards named Flame Burst in all graveyards.

As hot as a dwarf's rage.

Flame Javelin

Instant

( can be paid with any two mana or with . This card's converted mana cost is 6.)

Flame Javelin deals 4 damage to target creature or player.

Gyara Spearhurler would have been renowned for her deadly accuracy, if it weren't for her deadly accuracy.

Flames of the Blood Hand

Instant

Flames of the Blood Hand deals 4 damage to target player. The damage can't be prevented. If that player would gain life this turn, that player gains no life instead.

Many ogres extracted blood oaths from the oni they summoned. Others simply extracted blood.

Flaming Gambit

Instant

Flaming Gambit deals X damage to target player. That player may choose a creature he or she controls and have Flaming Gambit deal that damage to it instead.

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