Grave Consequences

Instant

Each player may exile any number of cards from his or her graveyard. Then each player loses 1 life for each card in his or her graveyard.

Draw a card.

"You call that a nightmare?"
-Braids, dementia summoner

Gravebind

Instant

Target creature can't be regenerated this turn.

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

One foot in the grave,
firmly planted.

Gravepurge

Instant

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

Draw a card.

"The Blessed Sleep? Ha! Wake up my lovelies, there's work to be done!"
-Gisa, ghoulcaller of Gavony

Great Defender

Instant

Target creature gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is its converted mana cost.

Gridlock

Instant

Tap X target nonland permanents.

"One tiny peg pulled from a single wagon wheel, and an entire district grinds to a halt."
-Lazav

Grim Affliction

Instant

Put 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.

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.

Grim Harvest

Instant

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

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.)

Grim Reminder

Instant

Search your library for a nonland card and reveal it. Each opponent who cast a card this turn with the same name as that card loses 6 life. Then shuffle your library.

: Return Grim Reminder from your graveyard to your hand. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.

Grim Return

Instant

Choose target creature card in a graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control.

The necromancer's touch strips away memory and loyalty, and only strength and malice remain.

Grip of Amnesia

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller exiles all cards from his or her graveyard.

Draw a card.

"Would you abandon your past to save your future?"
-Ambassador Laquatus

Grip of Desolation

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Exile target creature and target land.

As the hand closed, there was first terror, then numbness, and finally nothingness.

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.

Griptide

Instant

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

"Beware the seagrafs just off the shore. These waters are filled with hungry geists looking for an easy meal."
-Captain Eberhart

Grisly Salvage

Instant

Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature or land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.

To the Golgari, anything buried is treasure.

Grisly Spectacle

Instant

Destroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller puts a number of cards equal to that creature's power from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

"Watch people flock to a murder scene. Then tell me we're not all a little sick in the head."
-Juri, proprietor of the Juri Revue

Grixis Charm

Instant

Choose one - Return target permanent to its owner's hand; or target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn; or creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

"So many choices. Shall I choose loathing, hate, or malice today?"
-Eliza of the Keep

Groundswell

Instant

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

Landfall - If you had a land enter the battlefield under your control this turn, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn instead.

"This world will not be tamed."

Gruul Charm

Instant

Choose one - Creatures without flying can't block this turn; or gain control of all permanents you own; or Gruul Charm deals 3 damage to each creature with flying.

"Not Gruul? Then die!"
-Borborygmos

Guardian Angel

Instant

Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. Until end of turn, you may pay any time you could cast an instant. If you do, prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to that creature or player this turn.

Guardians' Pledge

Instant

White creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.

A dozen fighting for each other are worth a thousand fighting for themselves.

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.

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

Gush

Instant

You may return two Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay Gush's mana cost.

Draw two cards.

Don't trust your secrets to the sea.

Gut Shot

Instant

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Gut Shot deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

"Down here, we have a more pointed version of the scriptures."
-Urabrask's enforcer

Guttural Response

Instant

Counter target blue instant spell.

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

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

Hail Storm

Instant

Hail Storm deals 2 damage to each attacking creature and 1 damage to you and each creature you control.

"If they can't take the hail, they'd better stay home."
-Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain

Hallow

Instant

Prevent all damage target spell would deal this turn. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.

"Bend with the storm, then reply in kind."

Halt Order

Instant

Counter target artifact spell.

Draw a card.

An artificer's least favorite mind-missive may be "I regret to inform you that the funding for your project has been cut."

Hanabi Blast

Instant

Hanabi Blast deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Return Hanabi Blast to its owner's hand, then discard a card at random.

The most powerful of akki fire spells were developed at the cost of blood, toil, tears, sweat, and usually a nose or two.

Harm's Way

Instant

The next 2 damage that a source of your choice would deal to you and/or permanents you control this turn is dealt to target creature or player instead.

Even when fate is already written, there's always time to change the names.

Harmless Assault

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by attacking creatures.

After encasing it in a paralyzing beam of light, the angel studied the Eldrazi as a child would study a bug, curiously and without fear.

Harmonic Convergence

Instant

Put all enchantments on top of their owners' libraries.

When the eternal stars align, can mere mortals resist?

Harrow

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Harrow, sacrifice a land.

Search your library for up to two basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

The Roil redraws the world as it passes, leaving only the hedrons unchanged.

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.

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.

Hatred

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Hatred, pay X life.

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

"I will flay the skin from your flesh and the flesh from your bones and scrape your bones dry. And still you will not have suffered enough."
-Greven il-Vec, to Gerrard

Haunting Hymn

Instant

Target player discards two cards. If you cast this spell during your main phase, that player discards four cards instead.

The hymn's melody has persisted since Tourach's time, but the words changed to invoke the phobias of each listener.

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.

Headstone

Instant

Exile target card from a graveyard.

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

"Your headstone is the last page in the book of your life."
-Murat, Death Speaker

Heal

Instant

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

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

"Sometimes even the smallest boon can save a life."
-Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran priest

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.

Healing Leaves

Instant

Choose one - Target player gains 3 life; or prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

The elves of Llanowar don't trust in alchemy. They rely instead on pure herbs harvested from the forest's sacred heart.

Healing Salve

Instant

Choose one - Target player gains 3 life; or prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

Hearth Charm

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target artifact creature; or attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn; or target creature with power 2 or less is unblockable this turn.

Heat Ray

Instant

Heat Ray deals X damage to target creature.

"There was clearly a scream. I'm not sure if there was a mouth."
-Sachir, Akoum Expeditionary House

Heaven's Gate

Instant

Any number of target creatures become white until end of turn.

Hell Swarm

Instant

All creatures get -1/-0 until end of turn.

The brightness of day turned in an instant to dusk as the swarm descended upon the battlefield.

Hero's Demise

Instant

Destroy target legendary creature.

"What will it say on our graves, Lord Konda? Will it say we led our world to conquer immortal forces or that we were crushed by our own arrogance? At each defeat, I wonder."
-Sensei Hisoka, letter to Lord Konda

Hero's Downfall

Instant

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Destiny exalts a chosen few, but even heroes break.

Heroes' Reunion

Instant

Target player gains 7 life.

They share no bloodline, but a bond greater than family unites them. Such are the gifts of the Worldsoul.

Hibernation

Instant

Return all green permanents to their owners' hands.

The deep sleep of winter is not always restful.

Hide (Hide/Seek)

Instant

Put target artifact or enchantment on the bottom of its owner's library.

Hideous End

Instant

Destroy target nonblack creature. Its controller loses 2 life.

"A little dark magic won't stop me. The worse the curse, the better the prize."
-Radavi, Joraga relic hunter, last words

Hideous Laughter

Instant - Arcane

All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Splice onto Arcane (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Hidetsugu's Second Rite

Instant

If target player has exactly 10 life, Hidetsugu's Second Rite deals 10 damage to that player.

Hidetsugu never relinquished a grudge. He let it burn within him, gathering ever greater intensity until the final moment of vengeance.

High Tide

Instant

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds to his or her mana pool (in addition to the mana the land produces).

"When the very tides turn against you, it's time to consider retirement."
-General Khurzog

Hinder

Instant

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put that card on the top or bottom of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.

"Do not react to force in kind. Turn it aside. Direct it to where it can do no harm."
-Meloku the Clouded Mirror

Hindering Light

Instant

Counter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control.

Draw a card.

Centuries of careful practice have elevated the casting of protective spells to an art form. What little offensive magic remains on Bant stands little chance of breaching them.

Hindering Touch

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

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

Hindervines

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures with no +1/+1 counters on them.

"Woodlands and laws. Both grow faster than the Azorius's ability to manage them."
-Suniel the Woodwise

Hisoka's Defiance

Instant

Counter target Spirit or Arcane spell.

"With every passing day, the kami shape our world to suit their will. I, for one, would not see them succeed."

Hit (Hit/Run)

Instant

Target player sacrifices an artifact or creature. Hit deals damage to that player equal to that permanent's converted mana cost.

Hold at Bay

Instant

Prevent the next 7 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

It was Daeron's bravery that brought him to Odunos. But it was the magic of Meletis that brought him home.

Hold the Line

Instant

Blocking creatures get +7/+7 until end of turn.

"Forgive me, Master Kami, but in the interest of my people I must halt your advance."

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

Holy Light

Instant

Nonwhite creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.

"Bathed in hallowed light, the infidels looked upon the impurities of their souls and despaired." -The Book of Tal

Homing Lightning

Instant

Homing Lightning deals 4 damage to target creature and each other creature with the same name as that creature.

"I see countless worlds. What makes them think I can't find them in just one?"
-Ral Zarek

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Hope Charm

Instant

Choose one - Target creature gains first strike until end of turn; or target player gains 2 life; or destroy target Aura.

Hornet Sting

Instant

Hornet Sting deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

It was only then-to his infinite sorrow-that Gork realized hornets don't make honey.

Horobi's Whisper

Instant - Arcane

If you control a Swamp, destroy target nonblack creature.

Splice onto Arcane-Exile four cards from your graveyard. (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Horribly Awry

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Counter target creature spell with converted mana cost 4 or less. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

"We are nothing but dust to them-our bodies, our actions, even our words."-Jori En, expedition leader

Hour of Need

Instant

Strive - Hour of Need costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Exile any number of target creatures. For each creature exiled this way, its controller puts a 4/4 blue Sphinx creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Howl from Beyond

Instant

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

Howling Gale

Instant

Howling Gale deals 1 damage to each creature with flying and each player.

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

Hubris

Instant

Return target creature and all Auras attached to it to their owners' hands.

"You wish to learn of Nyx? Very well."
-Phenax, god of deception

Human Frailty

Instant

Destroy target Human creature.

"I have seen a hundred mortal families rise and fall. I shall outlast a thousand more."
-Olivia Voldaren

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

Hundred-Talon Strike

Instant - Arcane

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

Splice onto Arcane-Tap an untapped white creature you control. (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Hunger of the Howlpack

Instant

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

Morbid - Put three +1/+1 counters on that creature instead if a creature died this turn.

"Werewolves are an unholy mix of a predator's instinct and a human's hatred."
-Alena, trapper of Kessig

Hunter's Ambush

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by nongreen creatures this turn.

First you lose your enemy's trail. Then you lose all sense of direction. Then you hear the growls . . .

Hunter's Insight

Instant

Choose 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."
-Garruk Wildspeaker

Hunting Pack

Instant

Put a 4/4 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield.

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

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.

Hydroblast

Instant

Choose one - Counter target spell if it's red; or destroy target permanent if it's red.

"Heed the lessons of our time: the forms of water may move the land itself and hold captive the fires within."
-Gustha Ebbasdotter,
Kjeldoran royal mage

Hydroform

Instant

Target land becomes a 3/3 Elemental creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land.

"While the sea may be our home, the sky is our destiny."
-Prime Speaker Zegana

Hydrosurge

Instant

Target creature gets -5/-0 until end of turn.

"Thirsty?"
-Drunvalus, hydromancer

Hysterical Blindness

Instant

Creatures 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."
-Ludevic, necro-alchemist

Icy Blast

Instant

Tap X target creatures.

Ferocious - If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, those creatures don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.

"Do not think the sand or the sun will hold back the breath of winter."

Ignite Disorder

Instant

Ignite Disorder deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target white and/or blue creatures.

The shaman prowled the academy halls, shaking his head at the pomp and babble of the sages inside. He knew just the spell to liven the place up.

Ignorant Bliss

Instant

Exile all cards from your hand face down. At the beginning of the next end step, return those cards to your hand, then draw a card.

"A quick step beyond oblivion lies a place so full of thoughts that it leaves no room for your own."
-Quyzl, chronarch prodigy

Illumination

Instant

Counter target artifact or enchantment spell. Its controller gains life equal to its converted mana cost.

"A brilliant light can either illuminate or blind. How will you know which until you open your eyes?"
-Asmira, Holy Avenger

Illusion (Illusion/Reality)

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.

Illusionist's Gambit

Instant

Cast Illusionist's Gambit only during the declare blockers step on an opponent's turn.Remove all attacking creatures from combat and untap them. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Each of those creatures attacks that combat if able. They can't attack you or a planeswalker you control that combat.