Resounding Roar

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

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

When you cycle Resounding Roar, target creature gets +6/+6 until end of turn.

Resize

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Recover (When a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)

Reset

Instant

Cast Reset only during an opponent's turn after his or her upkeep step.

Untap all lands you control.

Research (Research/Development)

Instant

Choose up to four cards you own from outside the game and shuffle them into your library.

Rescue from the Underworld

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Rescue from the Underworld, sacrifice a creature.

Choose target creature card in your graveyard. Return that card and the sacrificed card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of your next upkeep. Exile Rescue from the Underworld.

Rescue

Instant

Return target permanent you control to its owner's hand.

"Urza, I've discovered more promising students than you and my husband have, combined. And I haven't lost a single one."
-Rayne, Academy Chancellor

Rescind

Instant

Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

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

Reroute

Instant

Change the target of target activated ability with a single target. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Draw a card.

Three hundred years of practice thwarted by an instant of mischief.

Repulse

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Draw a card.

"You aren't invited."

Reprisal

Instant

Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. It can't be regenerated.

"The meek shall fight as one, and they shall overcome even the greatest of foes."
-Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran priest

Repopulate

Instant

Shuffle all creature cards from target player's graveyard into that player's library.

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

Repel the Darkness

Instant

Tap up to two target creatures.

Draw a card.

A boon to those who cannot see in the dark. A bane to those who live in it.

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.)

Repel

Instant

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

"I have a hunch we'll be seeing that one again soon."
-Ambassador Laquatus

Repeal

Instant

Return target nonland permanent with converted mana cost X to its owner's hand.

Draw a card.

"Your deed cannot be undone. You, however, can be."
-Agosto, Azorius imperator

Renounce the Guilds

Instant

Each player sacrifices a multicolored permanent.

"Scores will die in the name of peace. That is what you call compromise?"
-Gideon Jura, to Aurelia

Renounce

Instant

Sacrifice any number of permanents. You gain 2 life for each permanent sacrificed this way.

Gerrard offered no defense to Orim's condemnation; the mission was under his command, and he was responsible.

Renewed Faith

Instant

You gain 6 life.

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

When you cycle Renewed Faith, you may gain 2 life.

Rending Volley

Instant

Rending Volley can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Rending Volley deals 4 damage to target white or blue creature.

The sky offers few hiding places.

Rending Vines

Instant - Arcane

Destroy target artifact or enchantment if its converted mana cost is less than or equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Draw a card.

Render Silent

Instant

Counter target spell. Its controller can't cast spells this turn.

"We have confiscated your spells as evidence. Once we conclude our investigation, you may petition to have them returned."

Rend Spirit

Instant

Destroy target Spirit.

"The battle at Ganzan Pass was a testament to human endurance. The untrained and frightened group escaped three legions of kami, leaving more than their share of slain foes in their wake."
-Great Battles of Kamigawa

Rend Flesh

Instant - Arcane

Destroy target non-Spirit creature.

"The Reito Massacre was a testament to the kami's unstoppable power. The human defenders might as well have been moths battling a forest fire."
-Great Battles of Kamigawa

Remove Soul

Instant

Counter target creature spell.

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

Remove Enchantments

Instant

Return to your hand all enchantments you both own and control, all Auras you own attached to permanents you control, and all Auras you own attached to attacking creatures your opponents control. Then destroy all other enchantments you control, all other Auras attached to permanents you control, and all other Auras attached to attacking creatures your opponents control.

Remedy

Instant

Prevent the next 5 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of target creatures and/or players, divided as you choose.

"These things will protect you while I'm gone, remind you of my love for you."
-"Love Song of Night and Day"

Remand

Instant

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

Draw a card.

"Well, at least all of that arm-waving and arcane babbling you did was impressive."

Relic Crush

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment and up to one other target artifact or enchantment.

There are many ruins, but there used to be many more.

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.)

Reknit

Instant

Regenerate target permanent.

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

Reiterate

Instant

Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

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

"Echoes of the Mirari's power yet linger."
-Zyd, Kamahlite druid

Reins of Power

Instant

Untap all creatures you control and all creatures target opponent controls. You and that opponent each gain control of all creatures the other controls until end of turn. Those creatures gain haste until end of turn.

Reinforcements

Instant

Put up to three target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library.

"Let them send their legions! I will show them that my truth is stronger than their swords."
-General Varchild

Reincarnation

Instant

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

Regress

Instant

Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

"Never look too deep, where the waters turn dark. What the sea has hidden there may not stay down forever."
-Jaby, Silundi Sea nomad

Regenerate

Instant

Regenerate target creature. (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.)

"This wound shall be like the chills of winter: swiftly forgotten when spring shoots rise."

Refreshing Rain

Instant

If an opponent controls a Swamp and you control a Forest, you may cast Refreshing Rain without paying its mana cost.

Target player gains 6 life.

Refresh

Instant

Regenerate target creature.

Draw a card.

Death is a moth that dances toward our inner flame. The brightest fire can singe its wings.
-Nantuko teaching

Refraction Trap

Instant - Trap

If an opponent cast a red instant or sorcery spell this turn, you may pay rather than pay Refraction Trap's mana cost.

Prevent the next 3 damage that a source of your choice would deal to you and/or permanents you control this turn. If damage is prevented this way, Refraction Trap deals that much damage to target creature or player.

Refocus

Instant

Untap target creature.

Draw a card.

"Before you can open your third eye, you must prove you can open the first two."

Reflect Damage

Instant

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage this turn, that damage is dealt to that source's controller instead.

From you to me, so me to you.
-Femeref children's taunt

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

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.)

Redeem

Instant

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

"Let me redeem my brothers both from death."
-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

Red Elemental Blast

Instant

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

Recuperate

Instant

Choose one - You gain 6 life; or prevent the next 6 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

"Rise once more, so you may continue to destroy our enemies."
-Karona, false god

Recoil

Instant

Return target permanent to its owner's hand. Then that player discards a card.

Anything sent into a plagued world is bound to come back infected.

Reclaim

Instant

Put 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.

Reckless Spite

Instant

Destroy two target nonblack creatures. You lose 5 life.

"My plan's elegance leads my enemies to believe it is spite that fuels me."
-Volrath

Reciprocate

Instant

Exile target creature that dealt damage to you this turn.

"Just as the noble soul calls virtue to itself, the evil soul summons harm."
-Teachings of Eight-and-a-Half-Tails

Rebuke

Instant

Destroy target attacking creature.

"No one chooses to be stitched together into a skaab. If it could speak, it would beg for its own destruction."
-Thalia, Knight-Cathar

Rebuild

Instant

Return all artifacts to their owners' hands.

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

Rebuff the Wicked

Instant

Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.

"I cannot teach you their brand of magic, but I can teach you how to defend against it."
-Tavalus, priest of Korlis

Rebound

Instant

Change the target of target spell that targets only a player. The new target must be a player.

Insult, like an arrow, is beyond control once loosed.

Reaping the Rewards

Instant

Buyback-Sacrifice a land. (You may sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

You gain 2 life.

Reaping the Graves

Instant

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Reap What Is Sown

Instant

Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to three target creatures.

The strength of the people comes from the land. And the bounty of the land comes from Karametra.

Reap

Instant

Return up to X target cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of black permanents target opponent controls as you cast Reap.

"Let Volrath choke on his crop of hatred."
-Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Realms Uncharted

Instant

Search your library for four land cards with different names and reveal them. An opponent chooses two of those cards. Put the chosen cards into your graveyard and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Reality Spasm

Instant

Choose one - Tap X target permanents; or untap X target permanents.

From the moment the first Eldrazi spawn squirmed free, everything on Zendikar took on an adjusted meaning, a new slant toward or away from the waking giants.

Reality Shift

Instant

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of his or her library. (That player puts the top card of his or her library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Reality Ripple

Instant

Target artifact, creature, or land phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during his or her next untap step.)

"Can you prepare for the unexpected? No, you cannot. You can prepare only to be surprised."
-Teferi

Reality Hemorrhage

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Reality Hemorrhage deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

Tarek could not tell whether he was losing his blood or his mind.

Reality Anchor

Instant

Target creature loses shadow until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"See how you like it."
-Ertai, wizard adept

Ready (Ready/Willing)

Instant

Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Untap each creature you control.

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

Read the Runes

Instant

Draw X cards. For each card drawn this way, discard a card unless you sacrifice a permanent.

"The world is a puzzle, and the mind is its key."

Reach Through Mists

Instant - Arcane

Draw a card.

"Know one part of the name, obsession begins. Know two parts, paranoia sets in. Know three parts, madness descends. Know all, and only the kami know what will become of you."
-Lady Azami

Reach of Shadows

Instant

Destroy target creature that's one or more colors.

"Is it better to be a fool or a coward? Fools may get things done occasionally, but cowards live longer."
-Ghelesh Shadowmane, rakshasa mage

Razor Barrier

Instant

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

"We protect our homelands. Why should they not protect us?"

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

Ray of Erasure

Instant

Target player puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

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

"What is real can be unreal."
-Gerda Äagesdotter,
Archmage of the Unseen

Ray of Distortion

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

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

Ray of Dissolution

Instant

Destroy target enchantment. You gain 3 life.

The works of one god last only as long as the patience of another.

Ray of Command

Instant

Untap target creature an opponent controls and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn. When you lose control of the creature, tap it.

"Heel."

Ravenous Trap

Instant - Trap

If an opponent had three or more cards put into his or her graveyard from anywhere this turn, you may pay rather than pay Ravenous Trap's mana cost.

Exile all cards from target player's graveyard.

Rapid Hybridization

Instant

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller puts a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token onto the battlefield.

"We've merged your life essence with that of several creatures at once. You're welcome."
-Speaker Trifon

Rapid Fire

Instant

Cast Rapid Fire only before blockers are declared.

Target creature gains first strike until end of turn. If it doesn't have rampage, that creature gains rampage 2 until end of turn. (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Rapid Decay

Instant

Exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard.

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

The grave robbers arrived the day after the burial. They were a day too late.

Ranger's Guile

Instant

Target 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.

Ramosian Rally

Instant

If you control a Plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay Ramosian Rally's mana cost.

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

Rally the Righteous

Instant

Radiance - Untap target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it. Those creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn.

Yuri took up the ragged Boros banner, and his brethren, inspired by the act, followed him back into the fight.

Rally the Peasants

Instant

Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

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

"If you must go out at night, bring a mob."
-Master of the Elgaud Cathars

Rally the Forces

Instant

Attacking creatures get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.

"Drive them back! Make their underworld into their grave!"
-Koth of the Hammer

Rally the Ancestors

Instant

Return each creature card with converted mana cost X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile those creatures at the beginning of your next upkeep. Exile Rally the Ancestors.

"The family is a tree, and in times of need, every branch can be a weapon."
-Daghatar the Adamant

Rally

Instant

Blocking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Stand your ground, troops! This shall be our finest hour!"
-General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox, last words

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."

Rakdos Charm

Instant

Choose one - Exile all cards from target player's graveyard; or destroy target artifact; or each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

"Let all feel joy in pain."
-Rakdos

Raise the Alarm

Instant

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

"The nim raid our homes without warning. We must defend our homes without hesitation."

Rain of Rust

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target artifact; or destroy target land.

Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

On Mirrodin, mages who call upon the power of rust are shunned by their people and often turn mercenary to survive.

Rain of Filth

Instant

Until end of turn, lands you control gain "Sacrifice this land: Add to your mana pool."

"When I say it rained, it was not small drops, but a thick, greasy drool pouring from the heavens."
-Urza, journal

Rain of Blades

Instant

Rain of Blades deals 1 damage to each attacking creature.

Some say they are the weapons of heroes fallen in battle, eager for one last chance at glory.

Radiate

Instant

Choose target instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single permanent or player. Copy that spell for each other permanent or player the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those permanents and players.

Radiant's Judgment

Instant

Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.

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

Radiant Purge

Instant

Exile target multicolored creature or multicolored enchantment.

The Shifting Wastes are Dromoka's domain. She will not tolerate intruders.

Rack and Ruin

Instant

Destroy two target artifacts.

"My people are bound by masters centuries dead. Each artifact we destroy is another link broken in that chain."
-Barb Tail, viashino heretic

Quiet Purity

Instant - Arcane

Destroy target enchantment.

"When the Kami of Utter Silence passes, walls lose their secrets. Scrolls lose their lessons. Tapestries lose their beauty. Where there was meaning, there is only stillness."
-Sensei Hisoka

Quicksilver Geyser

Instant

Return up to two target nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

"Phyrexians are tenacious. That's not the same thing as clever."
-Tezzeret

Quicken

Instant

The next sorcery card you cast this turn can be cast as though it had flash. (It can be cast any time you could cast an instant.)

Draw a card.

A skilled Izzet chronarch can carry out an epic vendetta between the fall of one hourglass grain and the next.

Quickchange

Instant

Target creature becomes the color or colors of your choice until end of turn.

Draw a card.

Most Ravnicans lead lives of desperate survival. Those who thrive are malleable enough to change with the ever-shifting politics of the guilds.

Quash

Instant

Counter target instant or sorcery spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that spell and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.