Reality RippleInstantTarget artifact, creature, or land phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during his or her next untap step.) "Can you prepare for the unexpected? No, you cannot. You can prepare only to be surprised." |
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Sapphire CharmInstantChoose one - Target player draws a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep; or target creature gains flying until end of turn; or target creature an opponent controls phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during his or her next untap step.)
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Tidal WaveInstantPut a 5/5 blue Wall creature token with defender onto the battlefield. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. When mountains ride the sea, waves live upon the fields. |
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Lure of PreyInstantCast Lure of Prey only if an opponent cast a creature spell this turn.
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Seedling CharmInstantChoose one - Return target Aura attached to a creature to its owner's hand; or regenerate target green creature; or target creature gains trample until end of turn.
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Serene HeartInstantDestroy all Auras. "If magic is your crutch, cast it aside and learn to walk without it." |
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Tranquil DomainInstantDestroy all non-Aura enchantments. "An ancient court mage unified the houses into guilds to serve Zhalfir above their own interests. Even during the civil war, the guilds stood together, a testament to the wisdom of Teferi." |
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AleatoryInstantCast Aleatory only during combat after blockers are declared.
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Barreling AttackInstantTarget creature gains trample until end of turn. When that creature becomes blocked this turn, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it. "The trollish game of push-fall inspired this impressive tactic." |
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Blind FuryInstantCast Blind Fury only before the combat damage step. "Tell me . . . have you ever sung the Song of Blood?" |
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Chaos CharmInstantChoose one - Destroy target Wall; or Chaos Charm deals 1 damage to target creature; or target creature gains haste until end of turn.
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Cinder CloudInstantDestroy target creature. If a white creature dies this way, Cinder Cloud deals damage to that creature's controller equal to the creature's power.
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SiroccoInstantTarget player reveals his or her hand. For each blue instant card revealed this way, that player discards that card unless he or she pays 4 life. "Blow, fiery wind, / strip illusion from the eye. / Blow, fiery wind of truth." |
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Telim'Tor's EdictInstantExile target permanent you own or control. "Execution awaits the dissenter." |
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AlarumInstantUntap target nonattacking creature. It gets +1/+3 until end of turn. "One timely cry of warning can save nine of surprise." |
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Dazzling BeautyInstantCast Dazzling Beauty only during the declare blockers step.
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DisempowerInstantPut target artifact or enchantment on top of its owner's library. "Mangara is gone. Who among you doubts that I have taken his power?" |
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Divine RetributionInstantDivine Retribution deals damage to target attacking creature equal to the number of attacking creatures. "To the undiscerning eye, justice and vengeance can look the same." |
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IlluminationInstantCounter 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?" |
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Ivory CharmInstantChoose one - All creatures get -2/-0 until end of turn; or tap target creature; or prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.
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Jabari's InfluenceInstantCast Jabari's Influence only after combat. "Common soldiers can't understand what a sidar knows: the enemy can be a resource." |
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Mangara's BlessingInstantYou gain 5 life.
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ShadowbaneInstantThe next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you and/or creatures you control this turn, prevent that damage. If damage from a black source is prevented this way, you gain that much life. Light creates shadow; light destroys shadow. Such is the transience of darkness. |
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YareInstantTarget creature defending player controls gets +3/+0 until end of turn. That creature can block up to two additional creatures this turn.
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DeliriumInstantCast Delirium only during an opponent's turn.
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Prismatic BoonInstantChoose 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." |
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Reflect DamageInstantThe next time a source of your choice would deal damage this turn, that damage is dealt to that source's controller instead. From you to me, so me to you. |
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Vitalizing CascadeInstantYou gain X plus 3 life. "Water is like breathing-necessary for life." |
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Funeral CharmInstantChoose one - Target player discards a card; or target creature gets +2/-1 until end of turn; or target creature gains swampwalk until end of turn.
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Kaervek's SpiteInstantAs an additional cost to cast Kaervek's Spite, sacrifice all permanents you control and discard your hand. "The end justifies the means. What do I care if I rule over the dead rather than over the living? The dead ask fewer questions." |
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Wicked RewardInstantAs an additional cost to cast Wicked Reward, sacrifice a creature. "The blood on my hands is merely proof of my ambition." |
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ForeshadowInstantName 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.
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ImpulseInstantLook 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." |
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Three WishesInstantExile the top three cards of your library face down. You may look at those cards for as long as they remain exiled. Until your next turn, you may play those cards. At the beginning of your next upkeep, put any of those cards you didn't play into your graveyard.
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Time and TideInstantSimultaneously, all phased-out creatures phase in and all creatures with phasing phase out. "Time may heal all wounds, but what heals time?" |
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Vision CharmInstantChoose one - Target player puts the top four cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard; or choose a land type and a basic land type, and each land of the first chosen type becomes the second chosen type until end of turn; or target artifact phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during his or her next untap step.)
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Emerald CharmInstantChoose one - Untap target permanent; or destroy target non-Aura enchantment; or target creature loses flying until end of turn.
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Feral InstinctInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. "If a rhino's head is lower than its shoulders, trust me-it is not praying." |
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Wind ShearInstantAttacking creatures with flying get -2/-2 and lose flying until end of turn. "As the winds abated, there was a shower of dragonscales, then nothing more." |
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FireblastInstantYou may sacrifice two Mountains rather than pay Fireblast's mana cost. Embermages aren't well known for their diplomatic skills. |
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Hearth CharmInstantChoose 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.
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Rock SlideInstantRock Slide deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target attacking or blocking creatures without flying. "Good ol' rock. Nothing beats rock." |
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SolfataraInstantTarget player can't play land cards this turn. "A burst of hot air tossed the moon into the air, and the moon liked it up there so much it never needed the ground again." |
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Honorable PassageInstantThe 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.
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Hope CharmInstantChoose one - Target creature gains first strike until end of turn; or target player gains 2 life; or destroy target Aura.
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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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TitheInstantSearch your library for a Plains card. If target opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for an additional Plains card. Reveal those cards and put them into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
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SimoonInstantSimoon deals 1 damage to each creature target opponent controls. "The black-and-white sacred monkey holds her children to her, and waits." |
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Spinning DarknessInstantYou may exile the top three black cards of your graveyard rather than pay Spinning Darkness's mana cost.
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Urborg JusticeInstantTarget 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." |
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AbjureInstantAs an additional cost to cast Abjure, sacrifice a blue permanent. Mirri's hackles rose as Ertai continued expounding his virtues. "If that arrogant brat doesn't shut up soon," she growled to herself, "I'm going to have to kill him." |
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DisruptInstantCounter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays . Oh, I'm sorry-did I break your concentration? |
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Blossoming WreathInstantYou gain life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard. "I place this wreath for you, my kin. Even in death, you give me strength to avenge you." |
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Choking VinesInstantCast Choking Vines only during the declare blockers step.
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Boiling BloodInstantTarget creature attacks this turn if able. Your father has no horns! |
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Desperate GambitInstantChoose a source you control and flip a coin. If you win the flip, the next time that source would deal damage this turn, it deals double that damage instead. If you lose the flip, the next time it would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.
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FirestormInstantAs an additional cost to cast Firestorm, discard X cards. "Glok loved storms! He'd sit an' watch an' laugh through the whole thing. I miss him." |
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Lava StormInstantLava Storm deals 2 damage to each attacking creature or Lava Storm deals 2 damage to each blocking creature. They say lava conquers all. |
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AbeyanceInstantUntil end of turn, target player can't cast instant or sorcery spells, and that player can't activate abilities that aren't mana abilities. "I'm too modest a wizard to reveal the full extent of my abilities." |
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Argivian FindInstantReturn target artifact or enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand. "We often bury our pasts, and then someone comes along and digs them up." |
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Debt of LoyaltyInstantRegenerate target creature. You gain control of that creature if it regenerates this way. "I killed him because I had to," Starke lied to Gerrard. "But now I pledge my loyalty to you." |
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Guided StrikeInstantTarget creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. "If you can kill your enemy with the first stroke, you save yourself the labor of the second." |
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Corpse DanceInstantBuyback (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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Diabolic EdictInstantTarget player sacrifices a creature. Greven il-Vec lifted Vhati off his feet. "The fall will give you time to think on your failure." |
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Imps' TauntInstantBuyback (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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Reckless SpiteInstantDestroy two target nonblack creatures. You lose 5 life. "My plan's elegance leads my enemies to believe it is spite that fuels me." |
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CapsizeInstantBuyback (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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DismissInstantCounter target spell. "There is nothing you can do that I cannot simply deny." |
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Ertai's MeddlingInstantX can't be 0.
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InterdictInstantCounter 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.)
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IntuitionInstantSearch your library for three cards and reveal them. Target opponent chooses one. Put that card into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Then shuffle your library.
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MeditateInstantDraw four cards. You skip your next turn. "Part of me believes that Barrin taught me meditation simply to shut me up." |
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Shadow RiftInstantTarget creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
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Whim of VolrathInstantBuyback (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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Whispers of the MuseInstantBuyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) "I followed her song only to find it was a dirge." |
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Elvish FuryInstantBuyback (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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Reality AnchorInstantTarget creature loses shadow until end of turn. "See how you like it." |
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ReapInstantReturn 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." |
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RespiteInstantPrevent 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?" |
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VerdigrisInstantDestroy target artifact. "Only the most sophisticated inventions can survive nature's unsophisticated motivations." |
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Blood FrenzyInstantCast Blood Frenzy only before the combat damage step. "When Torahn bellows, none survive-not even the warrior whose horns he rides." |
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KindleInstantKindle 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. |
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Searing TouchInstantBuyback (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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AnointInstantBuyback (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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InvulnerabilityInstantBuyback (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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Serene OfferingInstantDestroy target enchantment. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost. "A sacrifice made in peace is worth a dozen made in panic." |
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Worthy CauseInstantBuyback (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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Spontaneous CombustionInstantAs an additional cost to cast Spontaneous Combustion, sacrifice a creature. "Heat of battle" is usually a metaphor. |
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LeapInstantTarget creature gains flying until end of turn. Mirri leapt quickly and silently. The guard died likewise. |
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Mask of the MimicInstantAs an additional cost to cast Mask of the Mimic, sacrifice a creature.
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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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ReboundInstantChange 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. |
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Constant MistsInstantBuyback-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.)
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Crossbow AmbushInstantCreatures you control gain reach until end of turn. (They can block creatures with flying.) There is no drake that flies faster than a crossbow bolt. |
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ProvokeInstantUntap target creature you don't control. That creature blocks this turn if able. Mirri did not have time to think, only to react. |
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Change of HeartInstantBuyback (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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ScapegoatInstantAs an additional cost to cast Scapegoat, sacrifice a creature. "Enjoy your deception, Vuel," Gerrard said as Volrath's features melted from the dead shapeshifter. "I'll count this one as practice." |
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TemperInstantPrevent 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." |
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AllayInstantBuyback (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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Kor ChantInstantAll damage that would be dealt this turn to target creature you control by a source of your choice is dealt to another target creature instead. The true treasure no thief can touch. |
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