EvermindInstant - ArcaneIllus. Matt Thompson |
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Intervention PactInstantThe next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
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Pact of NegationInstantCounter target spell. Those who expect betrayal at every turn are seldom disappointed. |
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Slaughter PactInstantDestroy target nonblack creature. Death is only the beginning of the end. |
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Pact of the TitanInstantPut a 4/4 red Giant creature token onto the battlefield.
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Summoner's PactInstantSearch your library for a green creature card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
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CloudshiftInstantExile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control. "Even storm clouds bow to worship Avacyn." |
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Divine DeflectionInstantPrevent the next X damage that would be dealt to you and/or permanents you control this turn. If damage is prevented this way, Divine Deflection deals that much damage to target creature or player.
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Righteous BlowInstantRighteous Blow deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. "Monsters will no longer find safety under the mists of Morkrut!" |
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Fleeting DistractionInstantTarget creature gets -1/-0 until end of turn. The first spell taught to young mages, it has spared the lives of many whose hands are too small to hold a sword. |
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OutwitInstantCounter target spell that targets a player. The student asks how a spell is begun. The master ponders what ends it. |
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Death WindInstantTarget creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Leukin stared at the smoldering angel feathers. "Run!" he screamed to his patrol. "We don't stand a chance!" |
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Human FrailtyInstantDestroy target Human creature. "I have seen a hundred mortal families rise and fall. I shall outlast a thousand more." |
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Banners RaisedInstantCreatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn. After the destruction of the Helvault, fearful mobs soon became fearless battalions. |
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Joint AssaultInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If it's paired with a creature, that creature also gets +2/+2 until end of turn. "By my power, werewolves shall become the wolfir, our allies in combat against darkness." |
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Snare the SkiesInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.) A hunter's precision and a durkvine's strength are a potent combination. |
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EraseInstantExile target enchantment. "Don't trust your eyes, for mages are skilled in deception. Trust only in your faith. It will wipe everything clean." |
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Rain of BladesInstantRain of Blades deals 1 damage to each attacking creature. Some say they are the weapons of heroes fallen in battle, eager for one last chance at glory. |
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HydrosurgeInstantTarget creature gets -5/-0 until end of turn. "Thirsty?" |
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UnsummonInstantReturn target creature to its owner's hand. Not to be. That is the answer. |
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Vile RebirthInstantExile target creature card from a graveyard. Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield. "‘Here lies our beloved Gartu, the gentlest of all men.' Ooh, I love irony." |
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Kindled FuryInstantTarget creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. "Rage is a dangerous weapon. Your enemies will try to use your anger against you. Use it against them first." |
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SmeltInstantDestroy target artifact. "Looks like that wasn't darksteel after all." |
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FogInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. "I fear no army or beast, but only the morning fog. Our assault can survive everything else." |
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DemystifyInstantDestroy target enchantment. Behind every mage is a trail of shattered lies. |
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Stave OffInstantTarget creature gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything of that color.)
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Visions of BeyondInstantDraw a card. If a graveyard has twenty or more cards in it, draw three cards instead. "The past is the foundation for all that exists in the present. We merely reconstruct what our ancestors have already discovered." |
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Wring FleshInstantTarget creature gets -3/-1 until end of turn. "Don't blame me. You're the one walking around with skin." |
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ShockInstantShock deals 2 damage to target creature or player. "The beauty of it is they never see it coming. Ever." |
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Autumn's VeilInstantSpells you control can't be countered by blue or black spells this turn, and creatures you control can't be the targets of blue or black spells this turn. The rustling of leaves and a passing shadow are a dryad's only trace. |
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ReclaimInstantPut target card from your graveyard on top of your library. The wise pay as much attention to what they throw away as to what they keep. |
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Faith's ShieldInstantTarget permanent you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
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Saving GraspInstantReturn target creature you own to your hand. Nothing's more valuable than perfect timing. |
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Thought ScourInstantTarget player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. "As you inject the viscus vitae into the brain stem, don't let the spastic moaning bother you. It will soon become music to your ears." |
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Tragic SlipInstantTarget creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Linger on death's door and risk being invited in. |
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Undying EvilInstantTarget creature gains undying until end of turn. (When it dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.) "Is it true the evil that people do follows them into death? Let's find out." |
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Hunger of the HowlpackInstantPut a +1/+1 counter on target creature. "Werewolves are an unholy mix of a predator's instinct and a human's hatred." |
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Purify the GraveInstantExile target card from a graveyard. Some priests speak in whispers of the Helvault, a silver prison of unpurged evils. |
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Dream TwistInstantTarget player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
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GeistflameInstantGeistflame deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Innistrad pyromancers find their best raw materials in the fury of the dead. |
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Ranger's GuileInstantTarget creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) In the remote corners of Kessig, protection is found in secret powers unknown to the Church of Avacyn. |
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Swift JusticeInstantUntil end of turn, target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike and lifelink. "Having conviction is more important than being righteous." |
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BlustersquallInstantTap target creature you don't control. Weather is more predictable than the Izzet. |
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DispelInstantCounter target instant spell. "Civilization will subsume us unless we overwhelm it instead." |
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DownsizeInstantTarget creature you don't control gets -4/-0 until end of turn.
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Mizzium SkinInstantTarget creature you control gets +0/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn.
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SyncopateInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. "Patience, mage. Killing you now would be too easy." |
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CremateInstantExile target card from a graveyard. "Without a body, the soul is helpless to fight the terms of our contracts." |
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DynachargeInstantTarget creature you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Nothing evens the odds like a little lightning. |
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ElectrickeryInstantElectrickery deals 1 damage to target creature you don't control.
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Street SpasmInstantStreet Spasm deals X damage to target creature without flying you don't control.
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Giant GrowthInstantTarget creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. "The prohibition of unnecessary tossing of the citizenry by giants shall also extend to spontaneous giants." |
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Path to ExileInstantExile 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.
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BrainstormInstantDraw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order. "I see more than others do because I know where to look." |
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FlusterstormInstantCounter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays .
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ShadowfeedInstantExile target card from a graveyard. You gain 3 life. "The future is a snake, devouring your life backwards through time. And when you die, believe me, it doesn't stop feeding." |
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Magma SprayInstantMagma Spray deals 2 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead. "Jund is a wounded world. Beware its searing blood spilling out onto the surface." |
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DispatchInstantTap target creature. Venser wondered if it could still be called a teleportation spell if the destination is oblivion. |
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Marrow ShardsInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "We are a single entity. Dissenters must be sutured into the Orthodoxy." |
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Mental MisstepInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "Your first mistake was thinking I would let you live long enough to make a second." |
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Vapor SnagInstantReturn target creature to its owner's hand. Its controller loses 1 life. "This creature is inadequate. Send it to the splicers for innovation." |
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Surgical ExtractionInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
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Gut ShotInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "Down here, we have a more pointed version of the scriptures." |
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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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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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Steel SabotageInstantChoose one - Counter target artifact spell; or return target artifact to its owner's hand. "You are hopelessly obsolete, my brothers. Come and join the Great Work." |
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Virulent WoundInstantPut a -1/-1 counter on target creature. When that creature dies this turn, its controller gets a poison counter. Sadly, the extent of Gerkk's healing knowledge was "don't pick at it." |
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CrushInstantDestroy target noncreature artifact. A golem's hands know no tenderness. |
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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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Unnatural PredationInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn. "Domination by the strongest-that is all that matters in the Tangle now." |
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Seize the InitiativeInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains first strike until end of turn. The time between spotting a leonin shikari and feeling its claws is just time enough to draw your last breath. |
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Turn AsideInstantCounter target spell that targets a permanent you control. "It's not my job to ask our leaders about their experiments at the Knowledge Pool. It's my job to make sure they can continue performing them." |
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Twisted ImageInstantSwitch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. "True strength is in the mind, for the body is too malleable a form." |
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Vault SkywardInstantTarget creature gains flying until end of turn. Untap it. "The edges of the Quicksilver Sea run dark with the spread of the Mephidross. Two more aerial passes before I can be sure what I'm seeing . . ." |
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Tainted StrikeInstantTarget creature gets +1/+0 and gains infect until end of turn. (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) "Welcome to perfection." |
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Galvanic BlastInstantGalvanic Blast deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Mirrodin has little weather, but it certainly has lightning. |
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Untamed MightInstantTarget creature gets +X/+X until end of turn. "Beasts kill for their very survival. If you would have their strength, you must know their desperation." |
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Wing PunctureInstantTarget creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature with flying. "If I were the air, I wouldn't taunt the ground. It has the weight advantage." |
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Withstand DeathInstantTarget creature is indestructible this turn. (Lethal damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it. If its toughness is 0 or less, it's still put into its owner's graveyard.) On Mirrodin, every conflict ends in either death or darksteel. |
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Emerge UnscathedInstantTarget creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
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SmiteInstantDestroy target blocked creature. "The mighty rely solely on their strength. They are shocked when we do the same." |
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Aura FinesseInstantAttach target Aura you control to target creature. "Although armor and auras can be similar, the brains required to use them are worlds apart." |
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Suffer the PastInstantExile X target cards from target player's graveyard. For each card exiled this way, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. Ulamog's tentacles, their touch like burning ice, rummaged through his soul and stung his memories one by one. |
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VendettaInstantDestroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness. "Consider my debt to your kin paid in full." |
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Virulent SwipeInstantTarget creature gets +2/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.
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Heat RayInstantHeat Ray deals X damage to target creature. "There was clearly a scream. I'm not sure if there was a mouth." |
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Leaf ArrowInstantLeaf Arrow deals 3 damage to target creature with flying. "Those who think the trees shall remain bystanders throughout this conflict shall be sorely mistaken." |
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Might of the MassesInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature you control. The Joraga elves never need ask a troll to leave their territory. They merely grant it their combined strength, and it can't resist embarking on a merry rampage. |
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Prey's VengeanceInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
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Veteran's ReflexesInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap that creature. "Assume everything wants to kill you. At the very least, assume everything wants what's in your pack." |
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Bull RushInstantTarget creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. "It's gone mad! Loose the chains and save what you can!" |
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GroundswellInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. "This world will not be tamed." |
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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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Brave the ElementsInstantChoose a color. White creatures you control gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn. (They can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything of that color.) "Trust me, your lost fingers and toes are nothing compared to the lost treasures of Sejiri." |
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Shieldmate's BlessingInstantPrevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. "Even land dwellers may call for Emeria's grace in times of need." |
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Spell PierceInstantCounter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays . "There's a hole in your plan." |
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DisfigureInstantTarget creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. "Brave scar or unfortunate tale? It all depends on your pain threshold." |
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Vampire's BiteInstantKicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
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Burst LightningInstantKicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
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Unstable FootingInstantKicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.) A long way down is shorter than you think. |
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