Crimson Wisps

Instant

Target creature becomes red and gains haste until end of turn.

Draw a card.

The whispers are incomprehensible, yet cinders always hear a message of urgency.

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.

Puncture Bolt

Instant

Puncture Bolt deals 1 damage to target creature. Put a -1/-1 counter on that creature.

Cinder pyromancers measure their success by counting their enemies' smoking holes.

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.

Dramatic Entrance

Instant

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

Some things aren't worth waiting for.

Gloomwidow's Feast

Instant

Destroy target creature with flying. If that creature was blue or black, put a 1/2 green Spider creature token with reach onto the battlefield. (It can block creatures with flying.)

Each night, gloomwidows cull fresh prey for their ravenous hatchlings.

Viridescent Wisps

Instant

Target creature becomes green and gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Draw a card.

In the wisps that night, the once timid boggart saw all the terrible, bloody things he was capable of. And it was glorious.

Æthertow

Instant

Put target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library.

Conspire (As you cast this spell, you may tap two untapped creatures you control that share a color with it. When you do, copy it and you may choose a new target for the copy.)

Mirrorweave

Instant

Each other creature becomes a copy of target nonlegendary creature until end of turn.

"Those who are different are untrustworthy, unpredictable. Put your safety in the hands of your own kind."
-Bowen, Barrenton guardcaptain

Repel Intruders

Instant

Put two 1/1 white Kithkin Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield if was spent to cast Repel Intruders. Counter up to one target creature spell if was spent to cast Repel Intruders. (Do both if was spent.)

Thoughtweft Gambit

Instant

Tap all creatures your opponents control and untap all creatures you control.

The kithkin mind-bond is even tighter in Shadowmoor, reinforcing the unity of their community to the point of xenophobia.

Turn to Mist

Instant

Exile target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

"Did you expect me to dodge? How quaint."
-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.

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

Memory Plunder

Instant

You may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost.

"Vengeance is the echo of the victim's own crime."
-Grensch, merrow cutthroat

Scar

Instant

Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

"What is a scar? A sign of courage in the face of danger? A mere trick of flesh? Or a constant reminder of agonizing pain, and the follies of war."
-Illulia of Nighthearth

Guttural Response

Instant

Counter target blue instant spell.

Wort had a raiding-bellow that could shatter steel, melt auras, and slice countermagic in half.

Manamorphose

Instant

Add two mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool.

Draw a card.

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.

Barkshell Blessing

Instant

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

Conspire (As you cast this spell, you may tap two untapped creatures you control that share a color with it. When you do, copy it and you may choose a new target for the copy.)

Fracturing Gust

Instant

Destroy all artifacts and enchantments. You gain 2 life for each permanent destroyed this way.

Elvish dawnhands test a relic's worthiness before collecting it for the safehold. If it can't stand up to a stiff breeze, it's left behind.

Mercy Killing

Instant

Target 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."

Reknit

Instant

Regenerate target permanent.

"An axe may break upon a ribbon if the ribbon's will is the stronger."
-Awylla, elvish safewright

Coordinated Barrage

Instant

Choose a creature type. Coordinated Barrage deals damage to target attacking or blocking creature equal to the number of permanents you control of the chosen type.

Forfend

Instant

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

"Suddenly there stood a fortress protecting the clachan, its walls hewn of valor and mortared with honor."
-Clachan Tales

Graceful Reprieve

Instant

When target creature dies this turn, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

"In my moment of death, I had a vision of the world, dark and unwelcoming. I wanted to hide in the deepest meander, but the light pulled me back."

Redeem the Lost

Instant

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Clash with an opponent. If you win, return Redeem the Lost to its owner's hand. (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.)

Swell of Courage

Instant

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

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

"Tideshaping is more than creating a few
new puddles."

Pack's Disdain

Instant

Choose a creature type. Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each permanent of the chosen type you control.

Like the sun to a flower, the adoring gaze of the tribe is sustenance to an elf. To be shunned is to wither.

Release the Ants

Instant

Release the Ants deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Clash with an opponent. If you win, return Release the Ants to its owner's hand. (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.)

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."

Deglamer

Instant

Choose target artifact or enchantment. Its owner shuffles it into his or her library.

The more pleasant an illusion's garb, the more indecent its form laid bare.

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.

Luminescent Rain

Instant

Choose 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.

Neck Snap

Instant

Destroy target attacking or blocking creature.

"We merrows need not be disadvantaged when fighting on land. We lack the vulnerability of those who breathe only through their throats."
-Minnarin, merrow reejerey

Broken Ambitions

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . Clash with an opponent. If you win, that spell's controller puts the top four cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. (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.)

Cryptic Command

Instant

Choose two - Counter target spell; or return target permanent to its owner's hand; or tap all creatures your opponents control; or draw a card.

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.

Whirlpool Whelm

Instant

Clash with an opponent, then return target creature to its owner's hand. If you win, you may put that creature on top of its owner's library instead. (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.)

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

Footbottom Feast

Instant

Put any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library.

Draw a card.

The scent of rot and vinegar fills the marsh, inviting boggarts from every warren to reunite and feast.

Makeshift Mannequin

Instant

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a mannequin counter on it. For as long as that creature has a mannequin counter on it, it has "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."

"This vulgar mimicry will end now."
-Desmera, perfect of Wren's Run

Lash Out

Instant

Lash 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.)

Needle Drop

Instant

Needle Drop deals 1 damage to target creature or player that was dealt damage this turn.

Draw a card.

"First it was plovers and mulldrifters. Now it's knitting needles the size of javelins."
-Calydd, kithkin farmer

Wild Ricochet

Instant

You may choose new targets for target instant or sorcery spell. Then copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

"I knew that trick long before your great-grandmother's great-grandmother was born."

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.)

Heal the Scars

Instant

Regenerate target creature. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

Elvish battle-magic has evolved two specialties: inflicting wounds that scar, and healing wounds without scarring. Politics determines the recipients of each.

Lace with Moonglove

Instant

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

Draw a card.

"Which is more filled with poison: the flower of the moonglove or the minds of elves?"
-Vessifrus, flamekin demagogue

Lammastide Weave

Instant

Name a card, then target player puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard. If that card is the named card, you gain life equal to its converted mana cost.

Draw a card.

"A ribbon torn will ward away dark dreams."

Spring Cleaning

Instant

Destroy target enchantment. Clash with an opponent. If you win, destroy all enchantments your opponents control. (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.)

Bandage

Instant

Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

Draw a card.

Life is measured in inches. To a healer, every one of those inches is precious.

Beacon of Immortality

Instant

Double target player's life total. Shuffle Beacon of Immortality into its owner's library.

The cave floods with light. A thousand rays shine forth and meld into one.

Hail of Arrows

Instant

Hail of Arrows deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target attacking creatures.

"Do not let a single shaft loose until my word. And when I give that word, do not leave a single shaft in Eiganjo."
-General Takeno

Holy Day

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

"Today there is feasting and peace across our land, but the war has not ended. Tuck away your bloodlust. You'll need it tomorrow."
-Karrim, Samite healer

Luminesce

Instant

Prevent all damage that black sources and red sources would deal this turn.

"The White Shield is not the burnished metal you lash to your forearm but the conviction that burns in your chest."
-Lucilde Fiksdotter,
leader of the Order of the White Shield

Reviving Dose

Instant

You gain 3 life.

Draw a card.

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.

Warrior's Honor

Instant

Creatures 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."
-Asmira, holy avenger

Boomerang

Instant

Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Early Jamuraan hunters devised a weapon that would return to its source. Tolarian Æthermancers developed a spell that skipped the weapon entirely.

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

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

Hurkyl's Recall

Instant

Return all artifacts target player owns to his or her hand.

Hurkyl's research at the College of Lat-Nam wasn't enough to stop the two brothers, but for centuries thereafter her spellcraft taught artificers restraint.

Mind Bend

Instant

Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another. (For example, you may change "nonblack creature" to "nongreen creature" or "forestwalk" to "islandwalk." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

"The world, I've come to realize, is a blank canvas on which to paint."
-Ixidor, reality sculptor

Plagiarize

Instant

Until end of turn, if target player would draw a card, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

Remove Soul

Instant

Counter target creature spell.

When your enemies are denied soldiers, they are denied victory.

Telling Time

Instant

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand, one on top of your library, and one on the bottom of your library.

Mastery is achieved when "telling time" becomes "telling time what to do."

Time Stop

Instant

End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities on the stack, including this card. The player whose turn it is discards down to his or her maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)

Terror

Instant

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

Beacon of Destruction

Instant

Beacon of Destruction deals 5 damage to target creature or player. Shuffle Beacon of Destruction into its owner's library.

The Great Furnace's blessing is a spectacular sight, but the best view comes at a high 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.

Guerrilla Tactics

Instant

Guerrilla Tactics deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Guerrilla Tactics, Guerrilla Tactics deals 4 damage to target creature or player.

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.

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.

Soulblast

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Soulblast, sacrifice all creatures you control.

Soulblast deals damage to target creature or player equal to the total power of the sacrificed creatures.

Stun

Instant

Target creature can't block this turn.

Draw a card.

"Fortunately, merfolk aren't used to opponents with feet."
-Gerrard of the Weatherlight

Sudden Impact

Instant

Sudden Impact deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.

"Some say it's better to think before you act. While those people are considering all the options, that's usually when I kill them."
-Dravus, lava mage

Aggressive Urge

Instant

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

Draw a card.

The power of the wild, concentrated in a single charge.

Chastise

Instant

Destroy target attacking creature. You gain life equal to its power.

"Why do we pray to the Ancestor? Because She listens."
-Mystic elder

Inspirit

Instant

Untap 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!"
-General Douglas MacArthur,
to the people of the Philippines

Mending Hands

Instant

Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

"I can staunch their blood, mend their flesh, and knit their bones. But I cannot restore their hope."
-Tender-Hand, kitsune healer

Reverse Damage

Instant

The 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."
-Remin, venerable monk

Dark Banishing

Instant

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

"Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say ‘death,'
For exile hath more terror in his look,
Much more than death."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

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.

Enrage

Instant

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

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

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

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

Natural Affinity

Instant

All 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.

Dark Ritual

Instant

Add to your mana pool.

Deathlace

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes black. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Howl from Beyond

Instant

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

Sacrifice

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Sacrifice, sacrifice a creature.

Add to your mana pool an amount of equal to the sacrificed creature's converted mana cost.

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.

Word of Command

Instant

Look at target opponent's hand and choose a card from it. You control that player until Word of Command finishes resolving. The player plays that card if able. While doing so, the player can activate mana abilities only if they're from lands he or she controls and only if mana they produce is spent to activate other mana abilities of lands he or she controls and/or play that card. If the chosen card is cast as a spell, you control the player while that spell is resolving.

Ancestral Recall

Instant

Target player draws three cards.

Blue Elemental Blast

Instant

Choose one - Counter target red spell; or destroy target red permanent.

Counterspell

Instant

Counter target spell.

Magical Hack

Instant

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one basic land type with another. (For example, you may change "swampwalk" to "plainswalk." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Mana Short

Instant

Tap all lands target player controls and empty his or her mana pool.

Power Sink

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . If he or she doesn't, that player taps all lands with mana abilities he or she controls and empties his or her mana pool.

Psionic Blast

Instant

Psionic Blast deals 4 damage to target creature or player and 2 damage to you.

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.

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.)