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Forbidden AlchemyInstantLook at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
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Frightful DelusionInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays Whether he actually exists is in question, but the terror she feels is excruciatingly real. |
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GeistflameInstantGeistflame deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Innistrad pyromancers find their best raw materials in the fury of the dead. |
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Gnaw to the BoneInstantYou gain 2 life for each creature card in your graveyard.
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Harvest PyreInstantAs an additional cost to cast Harvest Pyre, exile X cards from your graveyard. Corpses destroyed by fire form the most destructive geists. |
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Hysterical BlindnessInstantCreatures your opponents control get -4/-0 until end of turn. "The panic is amusing, but the real fun comes when the spell passes and the villagers start looking for a scapegoat." |
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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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Memory's JourneyInstantTarget player shuffles up to three target cards from his or her graveyard into his or her library.
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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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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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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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Purify the GraveInstantExile target card from a graveyard. Some priests speak in whispers of the Helvault, a silver prison of unpurged evils. |
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Rally the PeasantsInstantCreatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. "If you must go out at night, bring a mob." |
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Ranger's GuileInstantTarget creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) In the remote corners of Kessig, protection is found in secret powers unknown to the Church of Avacyn. |
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RebukeInstantDestroy target attacking creature. "No one chooses to be stitched together into a skaab. If it could speak, it would beg for its own destruction." |
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Smite the MonstrousInstantDestroy 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. |
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Spare from EvilInstantCreatures you control gain protection from non-Human creatures until end of turn. "As long as we can utter a prayer or lift a weapon, we have the power to fight back." |
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Spidery GraspInstantUntap target creature. It gets +2/+4 and gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.) "Nobody's seen the Lady of Videns for years. Poor dear, no companions at all in that old castle." |
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Think TwiceInstantDraw a card. "Either I know just the spell I need, or I'm about to." |
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Tribute to HungerInstantTarget opponent sacrifices a creature. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. Marella was delighted. The ball had attracted so many suitors for her daughter, including that handsome stranger. She wondered where the two were now . . . . |
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Urgent ExorcismInstantDestroy target Spirit or enchantment. "To show geists pity is to prolong their agonies. Whether they know it or not, they seek the Blessed Sleep, and we are to give it to them." |
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Vampiric FuryInstantVampire creatures you control get +2/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn. Many peasants secretly admire vampires' glamour and elegance-until they witness a moment of pure bloodlust. |
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Victim of NightInstantDestroy target non-Vampire, non-Werewolf, non-Zombie creature. "Do not touch a drop. Not yet. I want to watch this so-called slayer's last crisis of faith." |
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Autumn's VeilInstantSpells you control can't be countered by blue or black spells this turn, and creatures you control can't be the targets of blue or black spells this turn. The rustling of leaves and a passing shadow are a dryad's only trace. |
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CancelInstantCounter target spell.
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Celestial PurgeInstantExile target black or red permanent. "A world without evil? Boring. Give me vile fiends to smite and banish any day." |
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Chandra's OutrageInstantChandra's Outrage deals 4 damage to target creature and 2 damage to that creature's controller. Chandra never believed in using her "inside voice." |
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CombustInstantCombust can't be countered by spells or abilities.
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DemystifyInstantDestroy target enchantment. Behind every mage is a trail of shattered lies. |
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Doom BladeInstantDestroy target nonblack creature.
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FlashfreezeInstantCounter target red or green spell. "Is cold merely the absence of heat, or a force unto itself? Would a display of its power help you decide?" |
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FlingInstantAs an additional cost to cast Fling, sacrifice a creature. About halfway to the target, Snukk vowed that he had been tricked for the last time. |
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Frost BreathInstantTap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step. If you have to be stuck somewhere for a while, it's better to be stuck there with a friend. |
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Guardians' PledgeInstantWhite creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn. A dozen fighting for each other are worth a thousand fighting for themselves. |
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Hunter's InsightInstantChoose target creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker this turn, draw that many cards. "The predator knows the true way of the world. Life is conflict. Only the strong survive." |
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IncinerateInstantIncinerate deals 3 damage to target creature or player. A creature dealt damage this way can't be regenerated this turn. "Spontaneous combustion is a myth. If you burst into flame, someone wanted you to." |
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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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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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ReclaimInstantPut target card from your graveyard on top of your library. The wise pay as much attention to what they throw away as to what they keep. |
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ShockInstantShock deals 2 damage to target creature or player. "The beauty of it is they never see it coming. Ever." |
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Slaughter CryInstantTarget 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. |
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Sorin's ThirstInstantSorin's Thirst deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life. "All your steel won't protect you if your will is weak." |
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Stave OffInstantTarget creature gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything of that color.)
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Turn to FrogInstantUntil end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and becomes a blue Frog with base power and toughness 1/1. "Ribbit." |
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Visions of BeyondInstantDraw a card. If a graveyard has twenty or more cards in it, draw three cards instead. "The past is the foundation for all that exists in the present. We merely reconstruct what our ancestors have already discovered." |
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Wring FleshInstantTarget creature gets -3/-1 until end of turn. "Don't blame me. You're the one walking around with skin." |
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Act of AggressionInstant(
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Apostle's BlessingInstant(
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Argent MutationInstantTarget permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn. "My world is corrupted beyond cleansing. I must prevent this from happening to other worlds." |
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ArtillerizeInstantAs an additional cost to cast Artillerize, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Phyrexian or Mirran, most goblins stick to the job they know best. |
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Beast WithinInstantDestroy target permanent. Its controller puts a 3/3 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield. "Kill the weak so they can't drag the strong down to their level. This is true compassion." |
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Corrupted ResolveInstantCounter target spell if its controller is poisoned. "Flesh is a sickness that infects Phyrexia." |
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DismemberInstant( "You serve Phyrexia. Your pieces would better serve Phyrexia elsewhere." |
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DispatchInstantTap target creature. Venser wondered if it could still be called a teleportation spell if the destination is oblivion. |
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Due RespectInstantPermanents enter the battlefield tapped this turn. "A display of humility is required of those who still possess such frailties." |
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Fresh MeatInstantPut a 3/3 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield for each creature put into your graveyard from the battlefield this turn. A scavenger's favorite appetizer is death. |
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Geth's VerdictInstantTarget player sacrifices a creature and loses 1 life. "Everyone should owe you something." |
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Glissa's ScornInstantDestroy target artifact. Its controller loses 1 life. "If it were fit to survive, it wouldn't have been so easily put down." |
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Grim AfflictionInstantPut a -1/-1 counter on target creature, then proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.) Even the small wounds let hope bleed out. |
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Gut ShotInstant( "Down here, we have a more pointed version of the scriptures." |
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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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Marrow ShardsInstant( "We are a single entity. Dissenters must be sutured into the Orthodoxy." |
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Mental MisstepInstant( "Your first mistake was thinking I would let you live long enough to make a second." |
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Mutagenic GrowthInstant( "Sympathy is for weaklings. Whoever survives, wins." |
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Noxious RevivalInstant( "Dead or alive, my creations are stronger than Jin-Gitaxias's septic minions." |
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Psychic BarrierInstantCounter target creature spell. Its controller loses 1 life. "I tolerate Phyrexians because the dragon requires it. But I have no patience for uninvited guests." |
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Surgical ExtractionInstant(
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Vapor SnagInstantReturn target creature to its owner's hand. Its controller loses 1 life. "This creature is inadequate. Send it to the splicers for innovation." |
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Volt ChargeInstantVolt Charge deals 3 damage to target creature or player. Proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)
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War ReportInstantYou gain life equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield plus the number of artifacts on the battlefield. Underling Ethu's 263rd report read simply "Yes, my lord. Overwhelmingly, my lord." This marked the end of the Mirran-Phyrexian War. |
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Banishment DecreeInstantPut target artifact, creature, or enchantment on top of its owner's library. "Unworthy of consecration." |
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Blue Sun's ZenithInstantTarget player draws X cards. Shuffle Blue Sun's Zenith into its owner's library. "The Origin Query will wait. We must ensure we survive to return to it." |
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Burn the ImpureInstantBurn the Impure deals 3 damage to target creature. If that creature has infect, Burn the Impure deals 3 damage to that creature's controller. Flame doesn't kneel to Phyrexia. |
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Choking FumesInstantPut a -1/-1 counter on each attacking creature. "Fall to your knees and welcome our embrace." |
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CrushInstantDestroy target noncreature artifact. A golem's hands know no tenderness. |
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Divine OfferingInstantDestroy target artifact. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost. "The Phyrexians are vulnerable. Do not despair. We will prevail!" |
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Frantic SalvageInstantPut any number of target artifact cards from your graveyard on top of your library. "We will mourn when there is time. For now, we survive." |
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Fuel for the CauseInstantCounter target spell, then proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.) "Your ideas will be discarded and your will repurposed." |
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Go for the ThroatInstantDestroy target nonartifact creature. Having flesh is increasingly a liability on Mirrodin. |
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Into the CoreInstantExile two target artifacts. "They believe they're driving us back, but we're leading them to their doom." |
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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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Mirran MettleInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. "Our land will not yield to Phyrexian corruption!" |
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Pistus StrikeInstantDestroy target creature with flying. Its controller gets a poison counter. "Even a nuisance such as the pistus fly has a purpose in our new world." |
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Quicksilver GeyserInstantReturn up to two target nonland permanents to their owners' hands. "Phyrexians are tenacious. That's not the same thing as clever." |
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Rally the ForcesInstantAttacking creatures get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn. "Drive them back! Make their underworld into their grave!" |
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Steel SabotageInstantChoose one - Counter target artifact spell; or return target artifact to its owner's hand. "You are hopelessly obsolete, my brothers. Come and join the Great Work." |
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Turn the TideInstantCreatures your opponents control get -2/-0 until end of turn. "Let their mindless armies come and face the might of genius." |
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Unnatural PredationInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn. "Domination by the strongest-that is all that matters in the Tangle now." |
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Virulent WoundInstantPut a -1/-1 counter on target creature. When that creature dies this turn, its controller gets a poison counter. Sadly, the extent of Gerkk's healing knowledge was "don't pick at it." |
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White Sun's ZenithInstantPut X 2/2 white Cat creature tokens onto the battlefield. Shuffle White Sun's Zenith into its owner's library. After the Battle of Liet Field, the white sun crested above Taj-Nar, bringing hope to all who survived the carnage. |
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Blunt the AssaultInstantYou gain 1 life for each creature on the battlefield. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. "Much can be gained from the appearance of vulnerability." |
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Carrion CallInstantPut two 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with infect onto the battlefield. (They deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) The natural order is out of order. |
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Dispense JusticeInstantTarget player sacrifices an attacking creature. The Accorders never strike first, but they always strike back. |
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DisperseInstantReturn 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. |
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Fulgent DistractionInstantChoose two target creatures. Tap those creatures, then unattach all Equipment from them. "Channeling the white-hot power of all five suns creates a pretty good diversion." |
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Galvanic BlastInstantGalvanic Blast deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Mirrodin has little weather, but it certainly has lightning. |
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Grasp of DarknessInstantTarget creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn. On a world with five suns, night is compelled to become an aggressive force. |
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Halt OrderInstantCounter target artifact spell. An artificer's least favorite mind-missive may be "I regret to inform you that the funding for your project has been cut." |
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Instill InfectionInstantPut a -1/-1 counter on target creature. "The results of our ninth inoculation were the same. The specimen was, of course, euthanized before the contagion could spread." |
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Seize the InitiativeInstantTarget 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. |
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