OutnumberInstantOutnumber deals damage to target creature equal to the number of creatures you control. Everyone who could still lift a weapon had a part in retaking Sea Gate. |
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OutmaneuverInstantX target blocked creatures assign their combat damage this turn as though they weren't blocked. "Push one goblin into sight, an' run a lot. That's tactics." |
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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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Orzhov CharmInstantChoose one - Return target creature you control and all Auras you control attached to it to their owner's hand; or destroy target creature and you lose life equal to its toughness; or return target creature card with converted mana cost 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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Orim's TouchInstantKicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
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Orim's ThunderInstantKicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
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Orim's CureInstantIf you control a Plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay Orim's Cure's mana cost.
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Orim's ChantInstantKicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
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Order (Order/Chaos)InstantExile target attacking creature.
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Orcish CannonadeInstantOrcish Cannonade deals 2 damage to target creature or player and 3 damage to you. "Crispy! Scarback! Load another volcano-ball." |
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OptInstantLook at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library. "We need alternatives, Hanna," yelled Gerrard. "Now" |
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Oppressive WillInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays for each card in your hand. When Minamo was abandoned, its younger students found themselves thrust into a war beyond their skill with talents beyond their control. |
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OpportunityInstantTarget player draws four cards. Little things like morals shouldn't hinder one's ambition. |
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Oona's GraceInstantTarget player draws a card. Oona grants her favored subjects a dream from her own guarded heart. |
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One with NothingInstantDiscard your hand. When nothing remains, everything is equally possible. |
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Omen of FireInstantReturn all Islands to their owners' hands. "Let Balduvia burn to warm Kjeldor's hearth!" |
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Ojutai's CommandInstantChoose two -
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Ojutai's BreathInstantTap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
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Offering to AshaInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . You gain 4 life. "His body belongs to Bant now. His soul? I honestly don't know. I expect it belongs to the angels." |
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Off BalanceInstantTarget creature can't attack or block this turn. A heavy weapon deals plenty of damage-but it does have to hit. |
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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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Obsessive SearchInstantDraw a card. The question strained his sanity. The answer snapped it in half. |
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OblationInstantThe owner of target nonland permanent shuffles it into his or her library, then draws two cards. "A richer people could give more but they could never give as much." |
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NullifyInstantCounter target creature or Aura spell. "Those who incur Thassa's anger will be swallowed whole by her waves, or torn asunder by her bident." |
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Noxious RevivalInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "Dead or alive, my creations are stronger than Jin-Gitaxias's septic minions." |
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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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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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Nocturnal RaidInstantBlack creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn. The Eastern Paladin doesn't attack at night for the tactical advantage. He does it for the sheer joy of fighting beneath the moon. |
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NixInstantCounter target spell if no mana was spent to cast it. "There is no shortcut to work done true and well. The Creators learned this to their sorrow, the first time they made the world." |
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Niveous WispsInstantTarget creature becomes white until end of turn. Tap that creature. In a world devoid of sun, illumination comes from cheerless fires or the wandering spirits of the dead. |
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Nightmarish EndInstantTarget creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand. "To think some believe it peaceful to die in one's sleep." |
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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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Night (Night/Day)InstantTarget creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
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Neutralizing BlastInstantCounter target multicolored spell. "To defeat your enemies, you must remove their ability to make war against you." |
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Nemesis TrapInstant - TrapIf a white creature is attacking, you may pay rather than pay Nemesis Trap's mana cost.
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NegateInstantCounter target noncreature spell. Masters of the arcane savor a delicious irony. Their study of deep and complex arcana leads to such a simple end: the ability to say merely yes or no. |
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Needlebite TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent gained life this turn, you may pay rather than pay Needlebite Trap's mana cost. The traps around the vampire city of Malakir hint at the thirst of its inhabitants. |
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Needle DropInstantNeedle Drop deals 1 damage to target creature or player that was dealt damage this turn. "First it was plovers and mulldrifters. Now it's knitting needles the size of javelins." |
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NecrologiaInstantCast Necrologia only during your end step.
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NecrobiteInstantTarget creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. Regenerate it. (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. Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) An undead snake doesn't bite in self-defense. It hungers as any zombie, never sated. |
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Neck SnapInstantDestroy target attacking or blocking creature. "We merrows need not be disadvantaged when fighting on land. We lack the vulnerability of those who breathe only through their throats." |
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Naya CharmInstantChoose one - Naya Charm deals 3 damage to target creature; or return target card from a graveyard to its owner's hand; or tap all creatures target player controls. Deep in nature's core lies a potential unsullied by greed or civilization. |
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Nature's PanoplyInstantStrive - Nature's Panoply costs more to cast for each target beyond the first. Nature protects its own. |
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Nature's ClaimInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life. "On this plane, the use of magic can provoke a ferocious reprisal from nature. Whoever the Eldrazi were, their relics left Zendikar forever enraged." |
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NaturalizeInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. "When your cities and trinkets crumble, only nature will remain." |
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Natural StateInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment with converted mana cost 3 or less. "Killing the Eldrazi is not enough. We must erase all memory of them from this world." |
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Natural SelectionInstantLook at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle his or her library.
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Natural EndInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 3 life. The haunted blade shattered, and the geist drifted gratefully to the Blessed Sleep. |
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Natural ConnectionInstantSearch your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library. "Zendikar will not surrender, and neither can we." |
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Natural AffinityInstantAll lands become 2/2 creatures until end of turn. They're still lands. As long as the dryads are a part of the forest, the forest is a part of the army. |
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Narrow EscapeInstantReturn target permanent you control to its owner's hand. You gain 4 life. "A good explorer has to be as slippery as a gomazoa, as tough as a scute bug, and luckier than a ten-fingered trapfinder." |
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Mystical TutorInstantSearch your library for an instant or sorcery card and reveal that card. Shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it. "To the tutors, a ‘poem of sand' was of little account, a ‘poem of ivory,' priceless." |
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Mystical TeachingsInstantSearch your library for an instant card or a card with flash, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
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Mystic MeltingInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. The sun-hot glow radiated from the druids, leaving scattered metal in steaming pools as it passed. |
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Mystic GenesisInstantCounter target spell. Put an X/X green Ooze creature token onto the battlefield, where X is that spell's converted mana cost. "The Simic can grow anything out of a puddle of sludge. I just hope they never join forces with the Golgari."
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Mysteries of the DeepInstantDraw two cards. "The Roil is destructive, but not random. It's Zendikar's way of revealing secrets." |
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Mutant's PreyInstantTarget creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) Every street corner is a hunting ground, every citizen potential prey. |
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Mutagenic GrowthInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "Sympathy is for weaklings. Whoever survives, wins." |
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Muscle BurstInstantTarget creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is 3 plus the number of cards named Muscle Burst in all graveyards. As strong as a centaur's will. |
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Murmurs from BeyondInstant - ArcaneReveal the top three cards of your library. An opponent chooses one of them. Put that card into your graveyard and the rest into your hand. Like pools of fog that hid treacherous rocks from sailors' eyes, so too were the hands of the kami. |
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Murderous SpoilsInstantDestroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You gain control of all Equipment that was attached to it. (This effect lasts indefinitely.) Scavengers are always the first to pay their respects. |
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Murderous CutInstantDelve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .) The blades of a Sultai assassin stab like the fangs of a dragon. |
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MurderInstantDestroy target creature.
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MudholeInstantTarget player exiles all land cards from his or her graveyard. "Doing okay back there, Tarv? Tarv?" |
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Muddle the MixtureInstantCounter target instant or sorcery spell.
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MortifyInstantDestroy target creature or enchantment.
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Mortal's ResolveInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) The Fates tried to cut her string but found the thread had turned to iron. |
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Mortal's ArdorInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.) "Such deeds should be common fare for such as us." |
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MoraleInstantAttacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn. "After Lacjsi's speech, the Knights grew determined to crush their ancient enemies clan by clan." |
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MoonmistInstantTransform all Humans. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures other than Werewolves and Wolves. (Only double-faced cards can be transformed.)
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Moonlight BargainInstantLook at the top five cards of your library. For each card, put that card into your graveyard unless you pay 2 life. Then put the rest into your hand. At every fifth full moon, the Moon Market convenes to peddle Ravnica's most forbidden wares. |
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MoonlaceInstantTarget spell or permanent becomes colorless. Once a vision of constancy in the sky, the moon had long been hidden from view by the haze that chokes the heavens. The very sight of it had become a sign that change was in the air. |
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MoonholdInstantTarget player can't play land cards this turn if was spent to cast Moonhold and can't play creature cards this turn if was spent to cast it. (Do both if was spent.)
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Momentous FallInstantAs an additional cost to cast Momentous Fall, sacrifice a creature. It wasn't long until the elves had developed a use for every part of the Eldrazi. |
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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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Moment's PeaceInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
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Moment of SilenceInstantTarget player skips his or her next combat phase this turn. The silence commemorates not those who've died, but those about to. |
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Moment of HeroismInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 and gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.) "My faith is stronger than fang, claw, or mindless hunger." |
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Molten InfluenceInstantCounter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller has Molten Influence deal 4 damage to him or her. Lavamancers make simple requests: obey or die. |
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Molten FrameInstantDestroy target artifact creature. The metal filigree in his body glowed red-hot, and his flesh soon followed. |
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MolderInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment with converted mana cost X. It can't be regenerated. You gain X life. "The forests have succumbed to ruin, but the spirit of Krosa remains alive and vital in these devouring spores." |
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Mogg SalvageInstantIf an opponent controls an Island and you control a Mountain, you may cast Mogg Salvage without paying its mana cost. Three moggs, one treasure, too bad. |
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Mnemonic NexusInstantEach player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library. True enlightenment comes not with a new thought, but with understanding of all the old ones. |
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Mizzium SkinInstantTarget creature you control gets +0/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn.
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MisinformationInstantPut up to three target cards from an opponent's graveyard on top of his or her library in any order. "When you cannot rely on your sources, trust your own senses. When you cannot trust those, you must follow your instincts." -Lovisa Coldeyes, Balduvian Chieftain |
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Misery CharmInstantChoose one - Destroy target Cleric; or return target Cleric card from your graveyard to your hand; or target player loses 2 life.
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MisdirectionInstantYou may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay Misdirection's mana cost.
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MiscalculationInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays .
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MirrorweaveInstantEach other creature becomes a copy of target nonlegendary creature until end of turn. "Those who are different are untrustworthy, unpredictable. Put your safety in the hands of your own kind." |
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Mirror StrikeInstantAll combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn by target unblocked creature is dealt to its controller instead. "Enemies can be your weapons or your shields. Simply show them which they are." |
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Mirran MettleInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. "Our land will not yield to Phyrexian corruption!" |
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Miraculous RecoveryInstantReturn target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a +1/+1 counter on it. "You stop breathing for just a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions." |
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MindswipeInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . Mindswipe deals X damage to that spell's controller. "The past and the unwritten are frozen. To understand their meaning requires heat." |
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MindstaticInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . "It's always satisfying to stymie the best efforts of a rival, but the reactions of the Gruul are particularly amusing." |
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Mindbreak TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, you may pay rather than pay Mindbreak Trap's mana cost. "Life is a maze. This is one of its dead ends." |
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Mind GamesInstantBuyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
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Mind BendInstantChange the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another. (For example, you may change "nonblack creature" to "nongreen creature" or "forestwalk" to "islandwalk." This effect lasts indefinitely.) "The world, I've come to realize, is a blank canvas on which to paint." |
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Minamo's MeddlingInstantCounter target spell. That spell's controller reveals his or her hand, then discards each card with the same name as a card spliced onto that spell. Like storm water through the segments of bamboo, the spell followed the links of magic. Then it destroyed them. |
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Mighty LeapInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn. "The southern fortress taken by invaders? Heh, sure . . . when elephants fly." |
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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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