Pyromatics

Instant

Replicate (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Pyromatics deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Pyrokinesis

Instant

You may exile a red card from your hand rather than pay Pyrokinesis's mana cost.

Pyrokinesis deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.

"Anybody want some . . . toast?"
-Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Pyroblast

Instant

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

"Just the thing for those pesky water mages."
-Jaya Ballard, task mage

Pyretic Ritual

Instant

Add to your mana pool.

The Multiverse is filled with limitless power just waiting for someone to reach out and seize it.

Putrefy

Instant

Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.

"All matter, animate or not, rots when exposed to time. We merely speed up the process."
-Ezoc, Golgari rot farmer

Put Away

Instant

Counter target spell. You may shuffle up to one target card from your graveyard into your library.

Kithkin spellbottlers spend half their time preserving old memories and the other half punishing the new.

Purify the Grave

Instant

Exile target card from a graveyard.

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

Some priests speak in whispers of the Helvault, a silver prison of unpurged evils.

Purge

Instant

Destroy target artifact creature or black creature. It can't be regenerated.

For the first and last time, the horrific creature experienced terror.

Purelace

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes white. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Pure Intentions

Instant - Arcane

Whenever a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard cards this turn, return those cards from your graveyard to your hand.

When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Pure Intentions, return Pure Intentions from your graveyard to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Puppet's Verdict

Instant

Flip a coin. If you win the flip, destroy all creatures with power 2 or less. If you lose the flip, destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater.

"What was heads again?"
-Mercadian magistrate

Punishing Fire

Instant

Punishing Fire deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

Whenever an opponent gains life, you may pay . If you do, return Punishing Fire from your graveyard to your hand.

Punish the Enemy

Instant

Punish the Enemy deals 3 damage to target player and 3 damage to target creature.

"When justice descends, the servant will burn with the master."
-Aurelia

Punish Ignorance

Instant

Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

"Amateurish. Nearsighted. A waste of my time and everyone else's."
-Indra, nullmage of Vectis

Puncturing Light

Instant

Destroy target attacking or blocking creature with power 3 or less.

"The vampires knew what was coming. I know it. And they did nothing. They deserve to feel the same agony they've caused all of us."
-Anitan, Ondu cleric

Puncture Bolt

Instant

Puncture Bolt deals 1 damage to target creature. Put a -1/-1 counter on that creature.

Cinder pyromancers measure their success by counting their enemies' smoking holes.

Puncture Blast

Instant

Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)

Puncture Blast deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

Gnarltrunk didn't remember having quite that many knotholes.

Pulse of the Grid

Instant

Draw two cards, then discard a card. Then if an opponent has more cards in hand than you, return Pulse of the Grid to its owner's hand.

Before labs or lectures, there was insight.

Pulse of the Forge

Instant

Pulse of the Forge deals 4 damage to target player. Then if that player has more life than you, return Pulse of the Forge to its owner's hand.

Before wars or weapons, there was anger.

Pulse of the Fields

Instant

You gain 4 life. Then if an opponent has more life than you, return Pulse of the Fields to its owner's hand.

Before religion or civilization, there was order.

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."

Pull Under

Instant - Arcane

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

"Although nowhere on Kamigawa was safe during the war, the Takenuma Swamp was the most horrifying. The rotting bamboo itself rebelled against its mortal inhabitants, pulling them into unmarked graves."
-Observations of the Kami War

Pull from Eternity

Instant

Put target face-up exiled card into its owner's graveyard.

It is best to conquer dragons before they hatch.
-Femeref adage

Public Execution

Instant

Destroy target creature an opponent controls. Each other creature that player controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

Though the executioner did not speak, the villagers got the message.

Psychotic Haze

Instant

Psychotic Haze deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

Madness (If you discard this card, you may cast it for its madness cost instead of putting it into your graveyard.)

Psychotic Fury

Instant

Target multicolored creature gains double strike until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"Rage, my servants. Our ancient power is renewed in blood."
-Rakdos

Psychic Trance

Instant

Until end of turn, Wizards you control gain ": Counter target spell."

The Riptide Project was perhaps the only school devoted to preventing the spread of knowledge.

Psychic Strike

Instant

Counter target spell. Its controller puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Until more information could be gleaned about Niv-Mizzet's intentions, Lazav took every opportunity to stall his experiments.

Psychic Spiral

Instant

Shuffle all cards from your graveyard into your library. Target player puts that many cards from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

An elocutor forces criminals to confess to the laws they merely intended to break.

Psychic Puppetry

Instant - Arcane

You may tap or untap target permanent.

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.)

Psychic Barrier

Instant

Counter target creature spell. Its controller loses 1 life.

"I tolerate Phyrexians because the dragon requires it. But I have no patience for uninvited guests."
-Tezzeret

Psionic Blast

Instant

Psionic Blast deals 4 damage to target creature or player and 2 damage to you.

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.

Protect (Protect/Serve)

Instant

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

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

Prophetic Bolt

Instant

Prophetic Bolt deals 4 damage to target creature or player. Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

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.

Profit (Profit/Loss)

Instant

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

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

Prismatic Strands

Instant

Prevent all damage that sources of the color of your choice would deal this turn.

Flashback-Tap an untapped white creature you control. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Prismatic Lace

Instant

Target permanent becomes the color or colors of your choice. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Prismatic Boon

Instant

Choose a color. X target creatures gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.

"How ironic that the greatest forge of civilization is battle."
-Mangara

Primal Boost

Instant

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

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

When you cycle Primal Boost, you may have target creature get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Primal Bellow

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each Forest you control.

"A might spell can be handy against baloths, giants, kraken, the Roil-or if you lose your bearings in the woods."
-Chadir the Navigator

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.

Prey's Vengeance

Instant

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

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.)

Pressure Point

Instant

Tap target creature.

Draw a card.

By studying dragon anatomy, Jeskai monks have learned how to locate clusters of nerves that will incapacitate even the mightiest dragons.

Press the Advantage

Instant

Up to two target creatures each get +2/+2 and gain trample until end of turn.

"Show your enemies as much mercy as they would show you."
-Surrak, the Hunt Caller

Predict

Instant

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

Predator's Strike

Instant

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

Predator's Rapport

Instant

Choose target creature you control. You gain life equal to that creature's power plus its toughness.

"Other guilds say the Gruul are savages, no better than the beasts we live with. I say we've found friends who won't stab us in the back."
-Domri Rade

Predator's Howl

Instant

Put a 2/2 green Wolf creature token onto the battlefield.

Morbid - Put three 2/2 green Wolf creature tokens onto the battlefield instead if a creature died this turn.

"And Muzzio says my arguments have no teeth."
-Selvala, ranger of the Lowlands

Power Sink

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . If he or she doesn't, that player taps all lands with mana abilities he or she controls and empties his or her mana pool.

Pongify

Instant

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

Some spellcrafting mistakes go on to become spells of their own.

Polymorphous Rush

Instant

Strive - Polymorphous Rush costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Choose a creature on the battlefield. Any number of target creatures you control each become a copy of that creature until end of turn.

Polymorphist's Jest

Instant

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

"The flies were bothering me."
-Jalira, master polymorphist

Pollen Remedy

Instant

Kicker-Sacrifice a land. (You may sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)

Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of target creatures and/or players, divided as you choose. If Pollen Remedy was kicked, prevent the next 6 damage this way instead.

Pollen Lullaby

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Clash with an opponent. If you win, creatures that player controls don't untap during the player's next untap step. (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.)

Plunge into Darkness

Instant

Choose one - Sacrifice any number of creatures, then you gain 3 life for each sacrificed creature; or pay X life, then look at the top X cards of your library, put one of those cards into your hand, and exile the rest.

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

Plummet

Instant

Destroy target creature with flying.

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

Plow Through Reito

Instant - Arcane

Sweep - Return any number of Plains you control to their owner's hand. Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each Plains returned this way.

The paths of the kami crisscrossed Kamigawa like scars left by a maddened surgeon.

Plasm Capture

Instant

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next precombat main phase, add X mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.

"Everything serves a purpose. Even you."
-Vorel of the Hull Clade

Plagiarize

Instant

Until end of turn, if target player would draw a card, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

Pitfall Trap

Instant - Trap

If exactly one creature is attacking, you may pay rather than pay Pitfall Trap's mana cost.

Destroy target attacking creature without flying.

Each spike is poisoned-the trapmaker's idea of mercy.

Pit Fight

Instant

Target creature you control fights another target creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

"All the coins in Ravnica can't save his soul now."
-Narbulg Nine Fingers

Pistus Strike

Instant

Destroy 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."
-Glissa

Piracy Charm

Instant

Choose one - Target creature gains islandwalk until end of turn; or target creature gets +2/-1 until end of turn; or target player discards a card.

Pinpoint Avalanche

Instant

Pinpoint Avalanche deals 4 damage to target creature. The damage can't be prevented.

"Some solve problems by thinking and talking. Others use rocks."
-Toggo, goblin weaponsmith

Pinion Feast

Instant

Destroy target creature with flying. Bolster 2. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put two +1/+1 counters on it.)

"Even paradise is not without tragedies."
-Sarkhan Vol

Pillar of Light

Instant

Exile target creature with toughness 4 or greater.

"The vaulted ceiling of our faith rests upon such pillars."
-Darugand, banisher priest

Piety Charm

Instant

Choose one - Destroy target Aura attached to a creature; or target Soldier creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn; or creatures you control gain vigilance until end of turn.

Piety

Instant

Blocking creatures get +0/+3 until end of turn.

"Whoever obeys God and His Prophet, fears God and does his duty to Him, will surely find success."
-The Qur'an, 24:52

Pharika's Cure

Instant

Pharika's Cure deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.

"The venom cleanses the sickness from your body, but it will not be pleasant, and you may not survive. Pharika's blessings are fickle."
-Solon, acolyte of Pharika

Phalanx Formation

Instant

Strive - Phalanx Formation costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Any number of target creatures each gain double strike until end of turn. (They deal both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

Perplex

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller discards his or her hand.

Transmute (, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same converted mana cost as this card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Permafrost Trap

Instant - Trap

If an opponent had a green creature enter the battlefield under his or her control this turn, you may pay rather than pay Permafrost Trap's mana cost.

Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step.

Perilous Research

Instant

Draw two cards, then sacrifice a permanent.

When the School of the Unseen fell, so many magical treasures lay abandoned that no amount of death could deter the stream of thieves and desperate scholars.

Peer Through Depths

Instant - Arcane

Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal an instant or sorcery card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

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."

Peek

Instant

Look at target player's hand.

Draw a card.

Sometimes you have to read between the minds.

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

Pay No Heed

Instant

Prevent all damage a source of your choice would deal this turn.

"Inhale life. Exhale pain."
-Mystic elder

Patrician's Scorn

Instant

If you've cast another white spell this turn, you may cast Patrician's Scorn without paying its mana cost.

Destroy all enchantments.

Lady Farisa's contempt of tawdry kitsch grew even more infamous after her death.

Path to Exile

Instant

Exile target creature. Its controller may search his or her library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle his or her library.

Path of Anger's Flame

Instant - Arcane

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

"Walking the path of the kami only leaves you with singed feet."
-Soratami saying

Part the Veil

Instant - Arcane

Return all creatures you control to their owner's hand.

At the waterfall, the border between the humanoid and the spirit worlds was weakest. The kami moved across it with ease and at will.

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

Parallectric Feedback

Instant

Parallectric Feedback deals damage to target spell's controller equal to that spell's converted mana cost.

"You can't have so many people living so close together, all practicing so much magic, and not expect some feedback."

Panic

Instant

Cast Panic only during combat before blockers are declared.

Target creature can't block this turn.

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

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.

Pact of the Titan

Instant

Put a 4/4 red Giant creature token onto the battlefield.

At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay . If you don't, you lose the game.

Pact of Negation

Instant

Counter target spell.

At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay . If you don't, you lose the game.

Those who expect betrayal at every turn are seldom disappointed.

Pack's Disdain

Instant

Choose a creature type. Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each permanent of the chosen type you control.

Like the sun to a flower, the adoring gaze of the tribe is sustenance to an elf. To be shunned is to wither.

Oxidize

Instant

Destroy target artifact. It can't be regenerated.

"Ashes to ashes, rust to rust."
-Viridian shaman

Ovinize

Instant

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

"You wish for me to cow your enemies? I can do better than that . . . ."
-Teferi, second-level student

Overwhelming Intellect

Instant

Counter target creature spell. Draw cards equal to that spell's converted mana cost.

"My brain hurts."

Overwhelming Denial

Instant

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

Overwhelming Denial can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Counter target spell.

Overrule

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . You gain X life.

With one commanding word, the spell was put down and a fine collected for its casting.

Override

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays for each artifact you control.

"The Knowledge Pool has all the answers-especially ‘No.'"

Overload

Instant

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

Destroy target artifact if its converted mana cost is 2 or less. If Overload was kicked, destroy that artifact if its converted mana cost is 5 or less instead.

Overblaze

Instant - Arcane

Each time target permanent would deal damage to a creature or player this turn, it deals double that damage to that creature or player instead.

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.)

Outwit

Instant

Counter target spell that targets a player.

The student asks how a spell is begun. The master ponders what ends it.