Flash of InsightInstantLook at the top X cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
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Grip of AmnesiaInstantCounter target spell unless its controller exiles all cards from his or her graveyard. "Would you abandon your past to save your future?" |
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Laquatus's DisdainInstantCounter target spell cast from a graveyard. "The first time was amusing, but now you're getting tiresome." |
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Grave ConsequencesInstantEach 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. "You call that a nightmare?" |
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Toxic StenchInstantTarget nonblack creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
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Flaring PainInstantDamage can't be prevented this turn. "I don't rub salt in wounds. I use sulfur." |
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Krosan ReclamationInstantTarget player shuffles up to two target cards from his or her graveyard into his or her library.
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SeedtimeInstantCast Seedtime only during your turn. The hippo grows wings to fight the condor. |
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Aura ExtractionInstantPut target enchantment on top of its owner's library. Every day, Order clerics contain as much of the Mirari's energy as possible, hoping to delay Otaria's demise. |
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Chain of SilenceInstantPrevent all damage target creature would deal this turn. That creature's controller may sacrifice a land. If the player does, he or she may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
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BackslideInstantTurn target creature with morph face down. Some things are better left unknown. |
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Mage's GuileInstantTarget creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) "Next time, don't bother." |
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StandardizeInstantChoose a creature type other than Wall. Each creature becomes that type until end of turn. At that point, the wizards' argument got a lot uglier. |
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False CureInstantUntil end of turn, whenever a player gains life, that player loses 2 life for each 1 life he or she gained. "I do unto others as others have done unto me." |
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Shade's BreathInstantUntil end of turn, each creature you control becomes a black Shade and gains ": This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn." The grim business of the Coliseum casts long shadows. |
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Break OpenInstantTurn target face-down creature an opponent controls face up. There are two ways to resolve puzzling situations: thoughtful contemplation or force. After thoughtful contemplation, most barbarians choose force. |
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Chain of PlasmaInstantChain of Plasma deals 3 damage to target creature or player. Then that player or that creature's controller may discard a card. If the player does, he or she may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
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StarstormInstantStarstorm deals X damage to each creature. Pardic barbarians didn't complain when the Order started blaming every crisis on the Cabal. |
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Gilded LightInstantYou gain shroud until end of turn. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities.) "Whoever survives the first blow lives to land the second." |
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Wipe CleanInstantExile target enchantment. "The light of the Ancestor will scour the taint of darkness from the land." |
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Brain FreezeInstantTarget player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
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Dispersal ShieldInstantCounter target spell if its converted mana cost is less than or equal to the highest converted mana cost among permanents you control. "Maybe next time." |
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MetamorphoseInstantPut target permanent an opponent controls on top of its owner's library. That opponent may put an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land card from his or her hand onto the battlefield. If it's not one thing, it's another. |
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Chill HauntingInstantAs an additional cost to cast Chill Haunting, exile X creature cards from your graveyard.
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Raise the AlarmInstantPut two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield. "The nim raid our homes without warning. We must defend our homes without hesitation." |
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Razor BarrierInstantTarget 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?" |
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Roar of the KhaInstantChoose one - Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn; or untap all creatures you control.
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Shrapnel BlastInstantAs an additional cost to cast Shrapnel Blast, sacrifice an artifact.
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Predator's StrikeInstantTarget creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn.
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Echoing CalmInstantDestroy target enchantment and all other enchantments with the same name as that enchantment. A single light unleashes a hail of cleansing. |
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PurgeInstantDestroy target artifact creature or black creature. It can't be regenerated. For the first and last time, the horrific creature experienced terror. |
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Test of FaithInstantPrevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn, and put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each 1 damage prevented this way. Those who survive the test bear a mark of power anyone can recognize. |
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Echoing TruthInstantReturn target nonland permanent and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent to their owners' hands. A single lie unleashes a tide of disbelief. |
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Echoing DecayInstantTarget creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get -2/-2 until end of turn. A single fear unleashes a torrent of nightmares. |
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Echoing CourageInstantTarget creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get +2/+2 until end of turn. A single seed unleashes a flurry of growth. |
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NourishInstantYou gain 6 life. Gelfruit grows abundantly wherever Sylvok druids live, as if the Tangle knows that humans are not as hardy as the beasts or as nimble as the elves. |
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Early FrostInstantTap up to three target lands. Under its mists, the earth sleeps. |
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Spectral ShiftInstantChoose one - Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one basic land type with another; or change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (These effects last indefinitely.)
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Devour in ShadowInstantDestroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness. "Feel the burn of the mists. Master them. They will devour your enemies." |
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Plunge into DarknessInstantChoose 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.
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Magma JetInstantMagma Jet deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)
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Tel-Jilad JusticeInstantDestroy target artifact.
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Call to GloryInstantUntap all creatures you control. Samurai creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. "General Takeno glared at us as if we were the enemy. ‘The day is not over yet,' he shouted, ‘and unless you have a nezumi's heart, you will stand and fight'" |
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Candles' GlowInstant - ArcanePrevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
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Otherworldly JourneyInstant - ArcaneExile target creature. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it. "The landscape shimmered and I felt a chill breeze. When my vision cleared, I found myself alone among the corpses of my fallen friends." |
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Consuming VortexInstant - ArcaneReturn target creature to its owner's hand.
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Dampen ThoughtInstant - ArcaneTarget player puts the top four cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
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Hisoka's DefianceInstantCounter 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." |
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Peer Through DepthsInstant - ArcaneLook 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.
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Psychic PuppetryInstant - ArcaneYou may tap or untap target permanent.
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SquelchInstantCounter target activated ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.) Oku-Doku had gone through all the motions: the same akki cursewords, the same ingredients with their horrid stink, the same rude gestures. Yet not a person died. |
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Soulless RevivalInstant - ArcaneReturn target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
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Crushing PainInstant - ArcaneCrushing Pain deals 6 damage to target creature that was dealt damage this turn. It is said that the mere touch of a kami is like embracing the sun itself. |
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Desperate RitualInstant - ArcaneAdd to your mana pool.
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Glacial RayInstant - ArcaneGlacial Ray deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
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SideswipeInstantYou may change any targets of target Arcane spell. Hisoka's wizards struggled for years to master the art of redirection that came so naturally to the shamans of Ganzan Pass. |
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Wear AwayInstant - ArcaneDestroy target artifact or enchantment.
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Shining ShoalInstant - ArcaneYou may exile a white card with converted mana cost X from your hand rather than pay Shining Shoal's mana cost.
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Terashi's VerdictInstant - ArcaneDestroy target attacking creature with power 3 or less. It was as though the sky opened its eyes and found what it saw displeasing. |
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Disrupting ShoalInstant - ArcaneYou may exile a blue card with converted mana cost X from your hand rather than pay Disrupting Shoal's mana cost.
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Stream of ConsciousnessInstant - ArcaneTarget player shuffles up to four target cards from his or her graveyard into his or her library. "All things return to their beginnings. The waters that spill across the Kamitaki Falls flow to sea, only to be returned to her as the rain that joins the mighty river." |
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Veil of SecrecyInstant - ArcaneTarget creature gains shroud until end of turn and is unblockable this turn.
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Goryo's VengeanceInstant - ArcaneReturn target legendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
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Hero's DemiseInstantDestroy 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." |
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Sickening ShoalInstant - ArcaneYou may exile a black card with converted mana cost X from your hand rather than pay Sickening Shoal's mana cost.
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Blazing ShoalInstant - ArcaneYou may exile a red card with converted mana cost X from your hand rather than pay Blazing Shoal's mana cost.
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First VolleyInstant - ArcaneFirst Volley deals 1 damage to target creature and 1 damage to that creature's controller. "We searched their bodies for signs of the blades that had killed them, but found nothing more than scorched flesh." |
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Nourishing ShoalInstant - ArcaneYou may exile a green card with converted mana cost X from your hand rather than pay Nourishing Shoal's mana cost.
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Vital SurgeInstant - ArcaneYou gain 3 life.
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Curtain of LightInstantCast Curtain of Light only during combat after blockers are declared. "Paint gold upon the wind, |
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Plow Through ReitoInstant - ArcaneSweep - 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. |
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Death DeniedInstant - ArcaneReturn X target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. Takenuma was filled with a chorus of moans, shrieks, and wails. Some came from the living, some from the dying, and some, most horribly, from the dead. |
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Leave No TraceInstantRadiance - Destroy target enchantment and each other enchantment that shares a color with it. The magic of the Boros patrols the streets even when their soldiers do not. |
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Muddle the MixtureInstantCounter target instant or sorcery spell.
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QuickchangeInstantTarget creature becomes the color or colors of your choice until end of turn. Most Ravnicans lead lives of desperate survival. Those who thrive are malleable enough to change with the ever-shifting politics of the guilds. |
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RemandInstantCounter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it into its owner's hand instead of into that player's graveyard. "Well, at least all of that arm-waving and arcane babbling you did was impressive." |
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Last GaspInstantTarget creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. "Allow me a moment to catch your breath." |
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Shred MemoryInstantExile up to four target cards from a single graveyard.
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Fiery ConclusionInstantAs an additional cost to cast Fiery Conclusion, sacrifice a creature. The Boros legionnaire saw a noble sacrifice, the Rakdos thug a blazing suicide, and the Izzet alchemist an experiment gone awry. |
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RerouteInstantChange the target of target activated ability with a single target. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.) Three hundred years of practice thwarted by an instant of mischief. |
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Lightning HelixInstantLightning Helix deals 3 damage to target creature or player and you gain 3 life. Though less well-known than its army of soldiers, the Boros Legion's mage-priests are as respected by the innocent as they are hated by the ghosts of the guilty. |
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Seeds of StrengthInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Beneath the beauty of light and seed is the might of Vitu-Ghazi. |
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Shadow of DoubtInstant( can be paid with either or .) "Your ignorance is my bliss." |
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To Arms!InstantUntap all creatures you control. "The call came, spell-borne through mortar and stone to the ear of every soldier. The call came, and the advantage was ours." |
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PyromaticsInstantReplicate (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
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Leap of FlameInstantReplicate (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
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CaromInstantThe next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn is dealt to another target creature instead. Her enemy's strength is her own. |
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Vision SkeinsInstantEach player draws two cards. "I could see in the other mage's eyes that he'd thought of it too. Then it became a race to exploit the knowledge first." |
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NightcreepInstantUntil end of turn, all creatures become black and all lands become Swamps. "Please tell me I'm hallucinating. I'd rather be crazy than here." |
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Ignorant BlissInstantExile 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." |
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Psychotic FuryInstantTarget multicolored creature gains double strike until end of turn. "Rage, my servants. Our ancient power is renewed in blood." |
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Might of the NephilimInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each of its colors. "Send a runner to Tin Street, and tell 'em the delivery has been . . . uh . . . held up." |
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OverruleInstantCounter 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. |
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Hide (Hide/Seek)InstantPut target artifact or enchantment on the bottom of its owner's library.
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Odds (Odds/Ends)InstantFlip a coin. If it comes up heads, counter target instant or sorcery spell. If it comes up tails, copy that spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.
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Research (Research/Development)InstantChoose up to four cards you own from outside the game and shuffle them into your library.
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Trial (Trial/Error)InstantReturn all creatures blocking or blocked by target creature to their owner's hand.
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Momentary BlinkInstantExile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
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SnapbackInstantYou may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay Snapback's mana cost. "If it returns years hence, our knowledge of how to combat it will be that much greater." |
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TrickbindInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
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