Abzan Charm

Instant

Choose one -

• Exile target creature with power 3 or greater.

• You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

• Distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures.

Crackling Doom

Instant

Crackling Doom deals 2 damage to each opponent. Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures he or she controls.

Do not fear the lightning. Fear the one it obeys.

Jeskai Charm

Instant

Choose one -

• Put target creature on top of its owner's library.

• Jeskai Charm deals 4 damage to target opponent.

• Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain lifelink until end of turn.

Mardu Charm

Instant

Choose one -

• Mardu Charm deals 4 damage to target creature.

• Put two 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens onto the battlefield. They gain first strike until end of turn.

• Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Sultai Charm

Instant

Choose one -

• Destroy target monocolored creature.

• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

• Draw two cards, then discard a card.

"Strike," the fumes hiss. "Raise an empire with your ambition."

Temur Charm

Instant

Choose one -

• Target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn. It fights target creature you don't control.

• Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

• Creatures with power 3 or less can't block this turn.

Trap Essence

Instant

Counter target creature spell. Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature.

"Meat sustains the body. The spirit requires different sustenance."
-Arel the Whisperer

Winterflame

Instant

Choose one or both -

• Tap target creature.

• Winterflame deals 2 damage to target creature.

"The mountains scream with the dragons' throats."
-Chianul, Who Whispers Twice

Wing Shards

Instant

Target player sacrifices an attacking creature.

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

Exclude

Instant

Counter target creature spell.

Draw a card.

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

Stroke of Genius

Instant

Target player draws X cards.

After a hundred failed experiments, Urza was stunned to find that common silver passed through the portal undamaged. He immediately designed a golem made of the metal.

Honor's Reward

Instant

You gain 4 life. Bolster 2. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put two +1/+1 counters on it.)

It seldom rains in Abzan lands. When it does, the khan marks the occasion by honoring the families of the fallen.

Sandblast

Instant

Sandblast deals 5 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

In the Shifting Wastes, more are killed by sand than by steel.

Rakshasa's Disdain

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays for each card in your graveyard.

"Every failure, every death only makes my strength greater."

Whisk Away

Instant

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

The maneuvers of the Abzan formation intrigued Ojutai in both their complexity and their futility.

Arcbond

Instant

Choose target creature. Whenever that creature is dealt damage this turn, it deals that much damage to each other creature and each player.

"If you must die today, make your death worthy of legend."
-Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

Dragonrage

Instant

Add to your mana pool for each attacking creature you control. Until end of turn, attacking creatures you control gain ": This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."

"Dragons in the skies of Tarkir-for the first time, it feels like my home."
-Sarkhan Vol

Ruthless Instincts

Instant

Choose one -

• Target nonattacking creature gains reach and deathtouch until end of turn. Untap it.

• Target attacking creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.

A single battle affects countless others.

Grim Contest

Instant

Choose target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls. Each of those creatures deals damage equal to its toughness to the other.

The invader hoped he could survive the beast's jaws and emerge through its rotting skin.

Harsh Sustenance

Instant

Harsh Sustenance deals X damage to target creature or player and you gain X life, where X is the number of creatures you control.

The Shifting Wastes provide refuge to those who know where to look for it.

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.

Ojutai's Breath

Instant

Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Butcher's Glee

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains lifelink until end of turn. Regenerate it. (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

The Crave made Kneecleaver think she was bigger than the dragon.

Foul-Tongue Invocation

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Foul-Tongue Invocation, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand.

Target player sacrifices a creature. If you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast Foul-Tongue Invocation, you gain 4 life.

Sarkhan's Triumph

Instant

Search your library for a Dragon creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

Sarkhan gazed on the world around him, the dragons sweeping through its skies, and joy kindled like a fire in his soul.

Tail Slash

Instant

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.

"Kneel before a dragon and you will be spared when it turns to leave."
-Yikaro, Atarka warrior

Inspiring Call

Instant

Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Revealing Wind

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. You may look at each face-down creature that's attacking or blocking.

"The sands obscure the vision of others, but clarify ours."
-Faiso, Dromoka commander

Kolaghan's Command

Instant

Choose two -

• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

• Target player discards a card.

• Destroy target artifact.

• Kolaghan's Command deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

Titan's Presence

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Titan's Presence, reveal a colorless creature card from your hand.

Exile target creature if its power is less than or equal to the revealed card's power.

Dust and memory are all that remain in Ulamog's wake.

Encircling Fissure

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures target opponent controls.

Awaken 2- (If you cast this spell for , also put two +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Spell Shrivel

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Scatter to the Winds

Instant

Counter target spell.

Awaken 3- (If you cast this spell for , also put three +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Complete Disregard

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Exile target creature with power 3 or less.

"We returned to the field and found poor Len, every detail of his final moment perfectly cast in that awful dust."-Javad Nasrin, outrider captain

Grave Birthing

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Target opponent exiles a card from his or her graveyard. You put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

Draw a card.

Unnatural Aggression

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Target creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. If the creature an opponent controls would die this turn, exile it instead.

The battle served as a grim reminder of what a final victory for the Eldrazi would mean.

Natural Connection

Instant

Search 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."

Make a Stand

Instant

Creatures 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.

Abstruse Interference

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . You put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add {C} to your mana pool." ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Void Shatter

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Eldrazi break concentration like glass.

Grip of the Roil

Instant

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

Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Draw a card.

Sweep Away

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand. If that creature is attacking, you may put it on top of its owner's library instead.

The Roil takes many forms. It also takes many victims.

Tar Snare

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-2 until end of turn.

The amorphous, magically animated residue known as the Fathom Sludge lurks in the Hagra Cistern, attacking its prey with pseudopods and dragging it down to be digested.

Kozilek's Return

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Kozilek's Return deals 2 damage to each creature.

Whenever you cast an Eldrazi creature spell with converted mana cost 7 or greater, you may exile Kozilek's Return from your graveyard. If you do, Kozilek's Return deals 5 damage to each creature.

Pulse of Murasa

Instant

Return target creature or land card from a graveyard to its owner's hand. You gain 6 life.

"Little flower twirl and bloom, arise from this your rocky tomb. Little warrior slash and brawl, be born again to free us all."

Cursebreak

Instant

Destroy target enchantment. You gain 2 life.

No longer the village pariah. No longer taunted and shamed. Sigrun was finally free.

Zealous Strike

Instant

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

"Cower, fiend. The night is yours no longer."

Peel from Reality

Instant

Return target creature you control and target creature you don't control to their owners' hands.

"Soulless demon, you are bound to me. Now we will both dwell in oblivion."

Second Guess

Instant

Counter target spell that's the second spell cast this turn.

"I see where you're going with that. I don't like it."
-Dierk, geistmage

Battle Hymn

Instant

Add to your mana pool for each creature you control.

"A church is just wood and walls. A congregation is the faithful praising the angels."
-Kolman, elder of Gatstaf

Dangerous Wager

Instant

Discard your hand, then draw two cards.

"C'mon friend, take a turn tossing the knucklebones. What've you got to lose?"
-Tobias, trader of Erdwal

Thunderbolt

Instant

Choose one - Thunderbolt deals 3 damage to target player; or Thunderbolt deals 4 damage to target creature with flying.

"My next aerial design will use less metal."
-Hadaken, alchemist of Nephalia

Uncanny Speed

Instant

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

"To survive, we must embrace the savagery we knew in our race's infancy."
-Edgar Markov

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.)

Terrifying Presence

Instant

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

Elmut had slaughtered vampires, slain werewolves, and destroyed hordes of zombies. Sadly, he never got over his fear of spiders.

Glorious Charge

Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

"One's blade is only as sharp as one's conviction."
-Ajani Goldmane

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

Downpour

Instant

Tap up to three target creatures.

"The sky holds vast oceans. They are at your fingertips if you know how to call them."
-Talrand, sky summoner

Essence Scatter

Instant

Counter target creature spell.

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

Negate

Instant

Counter 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.

Redirect

Instant

You may choose new targets for target spell.

"It's actually quite simple, but since you've only recently begun to walk upright, it may take some time to explain."
-Jace Beleren, to Garruk Wildspeaker

Magmaquake

Instant

Magmaquake 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?"
-Nicol Bolas

Reverberate

Instant

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

"Not bad, but I can think of a better use for that."

Searing Spear

Instant

Searing Spear deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

Sometimes you die a glorious death with your sword held high. Sometimes you're just target practice.

Volcanic Geyser

Instant

Volcanic Geyser deals X damage to target creature or player.

"The mountain's fire surges beneath your feet, demanding release. Can you not feel it?"

Naturalize

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"When your cities and trinkets crumble, only nature will remain."
-Garruk Wildspeaker

Plummet

Instant

Destroy target creature with flying.

"Let nothing own the skies but the wind."
-Dejara, Giltwood druid

Titanic Growth

Instant

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

The pup looked over the treetops, eyeing the man who just yesterday had kicked her. Suddenly, her hunger was infused with pure delight.

Celestial Purge

Instant

Exile target black or red permanent.

"A world without evil? Boring. Give me vile fiends to smite and banish any day."
-Sarlena, paladin of the Northern Verge

Mighty Leap

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn.

"The southern fortress taken by invaders? Heh, sure . . . when elephants fly."
-Brezard Skeinbow, captain of the guard

Flashfreeze

Instant

Counter 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?"
-Zubarek, Icewinder Magus

Mana Leak

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy.

Turn to Frog

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and becomes a blue Frog with base power and toughness 1/1.

"Ribbit."

Doom Blade

Instant

Destroy target nonblack creature.

Sorin's Thirst

Instant

Sorin'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."

Combust

Instant

Combust can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Combust deals 5 damage to target white or blue creature. The damage can't be prevented.

Fling

Instant

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

Fling deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to target creature or player.

About halfway to the target, Snukk vowed that he had been tricked for the last time.

Incinerate

Instant

Incinerate 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."
-Chandra Nalaar

Break of Day

Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Fateful hour - If you have 5 or less life, those creatures also are indestructible this turn. (Lethal damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Ray of Revelation

Instant

Destroy target enchantment.

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

"May angels carry him into the Blessed Sleep with dreams of sunlit days and moonless nights."
-Tomb inscription of Saint Raban

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

Burning Oil

Instant

Burning Oil deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

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

Every now and then, a devil's prank can give you a good idea.

Increasing Vengeance

Instant

Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. If Increasing Vengeance was cast from a graveyard, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies.

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

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.

Moment of Heroism

Instant

Target 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."

Spare from Evil

Instant

Creatures 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."
-Thalia, Knight-Cathar

Urgent Exorcism

Instant

Destroy 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."
-Mikaeus, the Lunarch

Memory's Journey

Instant

Target player shuffles up to three target cards from his or her graveyard into his or her library.

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

Think Twice

Instant

Draw a card.

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

"Either I know just the spell I need, or I'm about to."

Altar's Reap

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Altar's Reap, sacrifice a creature.

Draw two cards.

"The demons don't care if we mutter niceties and act out ceremonies. Just kill him."
-Bishop Volpaig, servant of Griselbrand

Victim of Night

Instant

Destroy 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."
-Olivia Voldaren

Ancient Grudge

Instant

Destroy target artifact.

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

If there's anything a werewolf hates, it's a collar-especially Avacyn's Collar, the symbol of her church.

Desperate Ravings

Instant

Draw two cards, then discard a card at random.

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

Her mind was quite gone, yet she spoke nothing but truth.

Harvest Pyre

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Harvest Pyre, exile X cards from your graveyard.

Harvest Pyre deals X damage to target creature.

Corpses destroyed by fire form the most destructive geists.

Vampiric Fury

Instant

Vampire 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.

Moonmist

Instant

Transform 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.)

Cyclonic Rift

Instant

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

The Izzet specialize in unnatural disaster.

Ultimate Price

Instant

Destroy target monocolored creature.

"Let him be an example to others who would default on their debts to us."
-"The Cozen," Orzhov assassin

Druid's Deliverance

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. Populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

"So many oppose us, but we are the reed that bends without breaking."

Savage Surge

Instant

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

Gruul warriors never need to be stirred to battle. They need only to be shown where the battle is.