Vitalizing Cascade

Instant

You gain X plus 3 life.

"Water is like breathing-necessary for life."
-Asmira, Holy Avenger

Wicked Reward

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Wicked Reward, sacrifice a creature.

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

"The blood on my hands is merely proof of my ambition."
-Kaervek

Foreshadow

Instant

Name a card, then target opponent puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard. If that card is the named card, you draw a card.

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

Impulse

Instant

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

"Controlling time ensures you need never look impulsive again."
-Teferi

Time and Tide

Instant

Simultaneously, all phased-out creatures phase in and all creatures with phasing phase out.

"Time may heal all wounds, but what heals time?"
-Teferi

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

Honorable Passage

Instant

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature or player this turn, prevent that damage. If damage from a red source is prevented this way, Honorable Passage deals that much damage to the source's controller.

Simoon

Instant

Simoon deals 1 damage to each creature target opponent controls.

"The black-and-white sacred monkey holds her children to her, and waits."
-"Love Song of Night and Day"

Urborg Justice

Instant

Target opponent sacrifices a creature for each creature put into your graveyard from the battlefield this turn.

"It is a narrow line between justice and vengeance."
-Crovax

Abeyance

Instant

Until end of turn, target player can't cast instant or sorcery spells, and that player can't activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.

Draw a card.

"I'm too modest a wizard to reveal the full extent of my abilities."
-Ertai, wizard adept

Guided Strike

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"If you can kill your enemy with the first stroke, you save yourself the labor of the second."
-Gerrard of the Weatherlight

Diabolic Edict

Instant

Target player sacrifices a creature.

Greven il-Vec lifted Vhati off his feet. "The fall will give you time to think on your failure."

Imps' Taunt

Instant

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

Target creature attacks this turn if able.

Interdict

Instant

Counter target activated ability from an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land. That permanent's activated abilities can't be activated this turn. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Draw a card.

Reality Anchor

Instant

Target creature loses shadow until end of turn.

Draw a card.

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

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

Respite

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. You gain 1 life for each attacking creature.

"If they board us we're finished," warned Orim. Crovax nodded. "And if they don't . . . what then?"

Blood Frenzy

Instant

Cast Blood Frenzy only before the combat damage step.

Target attacking or blocking creature gets +4/+0 until end of turn. Destroy that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

"When Torahn bellows, none survive-not even the warrior whose horns he rides."
-Talruum adage

Kindle

Instant

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

Hope of deliverance is scorched by the fire of futility.

Invulnerability

Instant

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

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Serene Offering

Instant

Destroy target enchantment. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost.

"A sacrifice made in peace is worth a dozen made in panic."
-Orim, Samite healer

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.

Constant Mists

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.)

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Provoke

Instant

Untap target creature you don't control. That creature blocks this turn if able.

Draw a card.

Mirri did not have time to think, only to react.

Temper

Instant

Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.

"I don't need a plan, just a goal. The rest will follow on its own."
-Gerrard

Allay

Instant

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

Destroy target enchantment.

Price of Progress

Instant

Price of Progress deals damage to each player equal to twice the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.

Man versus nature is not a fair fight.

Shattering Pulse

Instant

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

Destroy target artifact.

Sonic Burst

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Sonic Burst, discard a card at random.

Sonic Burst deals 4 damage to target creature or player.

Music scythes the savage beast.

Resuscitate

Instant

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain ": Regenerate this creature."

"It is the art of convincing someone to live."
-Orim, Samite healer

Clear

Instant

Destroy target enchantment.

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

Humble

Instant

Target creature loses all abilities and becomes 0/1 until end of turn.

"It is not your place to rule, Radiant. It may not even be mine."
-Serra

Falter

Instant

Creatures without flying can't block this turn.

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

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

Headlong Rush

Instant

Attacking creatures gain first strike until end of turn.

A landslide of goblins poured toward the defenders-tumbling, rolling, and bouncing their way down the steep hillside.

Lull

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

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

Symbiosis

Instant

Two target creatures each get +2/+2 until end of turn.

Although the elves of Argoth always considered them a nuisance, the pixies made fine allies during the war against the machines.

Hope and Glory

Instant

Untap two target creatures. Each of them gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Serra ruled by faith. I cannot afford that luxury."
-Radiant, archangel

Peace and Quiet

Instant

Destroy two target enchantments.

"In time our realm will shine again. But it will gleam only when we scour away the taint of doubt."
-Radiant, archangel

Miscalculation

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

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

Snap

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Good riddance.

Parch

Instant

Choose one - Parch deals 2 damage to target creature or player; or Parch deals 4 damage to target blue creature.

"Your porous flesh betrays you."
-Fire Eye, viashino bey

Repopulate

Instant

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

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

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.

Scent of Brine

Instant

Reveal any number of blue cards in your hand. Counter target spell unless its controller pays for each card revealed this way.

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.

Scent of Nightshade

Instant

Reveal any number of black cards in your hand. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards revealed this way.

Honor the Fallen

Instant

Exile all creature cards from all graveyards. You gain 1 life for each card exiled this way.

"May the River claim Cho-Manno's body, wherever it lies."
-Ta-Karnst, Cho-Arrim healer

Orim's Cure

Instant

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

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

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.

Soothing Balm

Instant

Target player gains 5 life.

Orim taught Ta-Karnst and the other Cho-Arrim healers a far less invasive method of healing.

Hoodwink

Instant

Return target artifact, enchantment, or land to its owner's hand.

The youths of Rishada's marketplace are always ready for a quick footrace.

Karn's Touch

Instant

Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost until end of turn. (It retains its abilities.)

Tidal Bore

Instant

You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay Tidal Bore's mana cost.

You may tap or untap target creature.

The dry riverbed became a raging torrent, and the Cho-Arrim claimed their prize.

Ghoul's Feast

Instant

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

Mercadians not wealthy enough to buy a tomb are thrown into a bog called "the Ghoul's Larder."

Rouse

Instant

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 2 life rather than pay Rouse's mana cost.

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

Accumulated Knowledge

Instant

Draw a card, then draw cards equal to the number of cards named Accumulated Knowledge in all graveyards.

"I have seen and heard much here. There are secrets within secrets. Let me show you."
-Takara, to Eladamri

Daze

Instant

You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay Daze's mana cost.

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

Pale Moon

Instant

Until end of turn, if a player taps a nonbasic land for mana, it produces colorless mana instead of any other type.

Denizens of Rath had never seen the moon before. It was a symbol of change, not constancy.

Flowstone Strike

Instant

Target creature gets +1/-1 and gains haste until end of turn.

Aggression exacts its toll.

Fog Patch

Instant

Cast Fog Patch only during the declare blockers step.

Attacking creatures become blocked. (This spell works on unblockable creatures.)

Realizing they weren't getting past the fog, the elves did the only thing they could do: wait.

Rhystic Shield

Instant

Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn. They get an additional +0/+2 until end of turn unless any player pays .

A shield for one is good. A shield for everyone is even better.

Withdraw

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Then return another target creature to its owner's hand unless its controller pays .

"We outnumber them! Charge! Charge! Hey, where'd you guys go? Retreat! Retreat!"

Steal Strength

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Another target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

With each grunt of pain from Haddad, Greel's grin widened.

Wild Might

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. That creature gets an additional +4/+4 until end of turn unless any player pays .

The hunted can become the fiercest hunters.

Liberate

Instant

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

"Not everyone gets a second chance."
-Hanna

Samite Ministration

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by a source of your choice. Whenever damage from a black or red source is prevented this way this turn, you gain that much life.

Winnow

Instant

Destroy target nonland permanent if another permanent with the same name is on the battlefield.

Draw a card.

"Strength in numbers? I think not."
-Gerrard

Barrin's Unmaking

Instant

Return target permanent to its owner's hand if that permanent shares a color with the most common color among all permanents or a color tied for most common.

Prohibit

Instant

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

Counter target spell if its converted mana cost is 2 or less. If Prohibit was kicked, counter that spell if its converted mana cost is 4 or less instead.

Sway of Illusion

Instant

Any number of target creatures become the color of your choice until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"I suggest you take a closer look."
-Tidal visionary

Teferi's Response

Instant

Counter target spell or ability an opponent controls that targets a land you control. If a permanent's ability is countered this way, destroy that permanent.

Draw two cards.

Chaotic Strike

Instant

Cast Chaotic Strike only during combat after blockers are declared.

Flip a coin. If you win the flip, target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Draw a card.

Lightning Dart

Instant

Lightning Dart deals 1 damage to target creature. If that creature is white or blue, Lightning Dart deals 4 damage to it instead.

Broken and punctured by dozens of Phyrexian portals, the angry sky began to spit lightning back at the world.

Scorching Lava

Instant

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

Scorching Lava deals 2 damage to target creature or player. If Scorching Lava was kicked, that creature can't be regenerated this turn and if it would die this turn, exile it instead.

Bind

Instant

Counter target activated ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Draw a card.

"The battlefield is cluttered enough. Be still."
-Multani, maro-sorcerer

Tangle

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Each attacking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Gaea battles rampant death with abundant life.

Artifact Mutation

Instant

Destroy target artifact. It can't be regenerated. Put X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is that artifact's converted mana cost.

"From shards and splinters I call forth my living horde."
-Molimo, maro-sorcerer

Aura Mutation

Instant

Destroy target enchantment. Put X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is that enchantment's converted mana cost.

"Life can be found in all things, even things unnatural."
-Multani, maro-sorcerer

Aura Blast

Instant

Destroy target enchantment.

Draw a card.

"None of your history books mention me?" laughed Daria. "They will now."

Confound

Instant

Counter target spell that targets one or more creatures.

Draw a card.

"Did I know Szat would betray us?" Urza asked quizzically. "I was counting on it."

Gainsay

Instant

Counter target blue spell.

"I'd be happy to stop contradicting you, Urza, just as soon as you start being right."
-Bo Levar, planeswalker

Shriek of Dread

Instant

Target creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

When Crosis roared, the battle ended and the slaughter began.

Skyshroud Blessing

Instant

Lands gain shroud until end of turn. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)

Draw a card.

"Behold," said Freyalise to Eladamri. "Your Skyshroud home has followed you to Dominaria."

Eladamri's Call

Instant

Search your library for a creature card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Tribal rivalries and petty disputes were laid aside at Eladamri's summons.

Gerrard's Command

Instant

Untap target creature. It gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

"Unless you like the idea of becoming some goblin's lunch, get up and move"

Malicious Advice

Instant

Tap X target artifacts, creatures, and/or lands. You lose X life.

"Rule through fear, Darigaaz. Only if the dragons feel terror will they truly be your servants."
-Tevesh Szat

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.

Jaded Response

Instant

Counter target spell if it shares a color with a creature you control.

"Calm down everyone; it's nothing we haven't seen before."
-Sisay

Jilt

Instant

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

Return target creature to its owner's hand. If Jilt was kicked, it deals 2 damage to another target creature.

"You're not my Hanna"
-Gerrard, to Yawgmoth

Shimmering Mirage

Instant

Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"Oh, is that all you need? Why didn't you just say so?"
-Reef shaman

Captain's Maneuver

Instant

The next X damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn is dealt to another target creature or player instead.

Sisay discovered that the mirrored hull of the Weatherlight could be used as a defensive weapon.

Fire (Fire/Ice)

Instant

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

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.

Vengeful Dreams

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Vengeful Dreams, discard X cards.

Exile X target attacking creatures.

Teroh dreams of his enemies' doom.

Alter Reality

Instant

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

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

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

Cabal Ritual

Instant

Add to your mana pool.

Threshold - Add to your mana pool instead if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

"Each syllable chills your veins. Each word rattles your mind."
-Cabal Patriarch

Accelerate

Instant

Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"I've seen lightning move slower."
-Nomad sentry

Lead Astray

Instant

Tap up to two target creatures.

"Never underestimate our enemy's strength, brutality, . . . or stupidity."
-Commander Eesha