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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Primal BellowInstantTarget 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." |
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Vines of VastwoodInstantKicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
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CondemnInstantPut target attacking creature on the bottom of its owner's library. Its controller gains life equal to its toughness. "No doubt the arbiters would put you away, after all the documents are signed. But I will have justice now." |
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SilenceInstantYour opponents can't cast spells this turn. (Spells cast before this resolves are unaffected.) "Take a quiet moment to reflect on your sins." |
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DiminishInstantTarget creature becomes 1/1 until end of turn. "‘That was a narrow escape!' said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in existence." |
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Stabbing PainInstantTarget creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Tap that creature. "You can take the fight out of nearly any creature if you know where its soft spot is." |
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InciteInstantTarget creature becomes red until end of turn and attacks this turn if able. The veneer of rationality peeled from the mage, revealing the spite and rage beneath. |
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Lightning BoltInstantLightning Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
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Hornet StingInstantHornet Sting deals 1 damage to target creature or player. It was only then-to his infinite sorrow-that Gork realized hornets don't make honey. |
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Harm's WayInstantThe next 2 damage that a source of your choice would deal to you and/or permanents you control this turn is dealt to target creature or player instead. Even when fate is already written, there's always time to change the names. |
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