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Fact or FictionInstantReveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. "Try to pretend like you understand what's important." |
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Ray of CommandInstantUntap target creature an opponent controls and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn. When you lose control of the creature, tap it. "Heel." |
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Reins of PowerInstantUntap all creatures you control and all creatures target opponent controls. You and that opponent each gain control of all creatures the other controls until end of turn. Those creatures gain haste until end of turn.
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Scattering StrokeInstantCounter target spell. Clash with an opponent. If you win, at the beginning of your next main phase, you may add
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Resounding SilenceInstantExile target attacking creature.
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Tortoise FormationInstantCreatures you control gain shroud until end of turn. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.) At sea, the Jhessian fleet strikes swiftly and decisively. On land, facing the elite cavalry of Valeron, its marines must rely on more cautious strategies. |
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Punish IgnoranceInstantCounter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life and you gain 3 life. "Amateurish. Nearsighted. A waste of my time and everyone else's." |
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War ReportInstantYou gain life equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield plus the number of artifacts on the battlefield. Underling Ethu's 263rd report read simply "Yes, my lord. Overwhelmingly, my lord." This marked the end of the Mirran-Phyrexian War. |
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ArtillerizeInstantAs an additional cost to cast Artillerize, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Phyrexian or Mirran, most goblins stick to the job they know best. |
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Fresh MeatInstantPut a 3/3 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield for each creature put into your graveyard from the battlefield this turn. A scavenger's favorite appetizer is death. |
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Frantic SalvageInstantPut any number of target artifact cards from your graveyard on top of your library. "We will mourn when there is time. For now, we survive." |
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Fuel for the CauseInstantCounter target spell, then proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.) "Your ideas will be discarded and your will repurposed." |
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Into the CoreInstantExile two target artifacts. "They believe they're driving us back, but we're leading them to their doom." |
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Instill InfectionInstantPut a -1/-1 counter on target creature. "The results of our ninth inoculation were the same. The specimen was, of course, euthanized before the contagion could spread." |
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Blunt the AssaultInstantYou gain 1 life for each creature on the battlefield. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. "Much can be gained from the appearance of vulnerability." |
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Carrion CallInstantPut two 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with infect onto the battlefield. (They deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) The natural order is out of order. |
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Slice in TwainInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. "The hypocrisy of these elves is thicker than steel-destroying ‘unnatural metal' with their own enchanted swords." |
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Harmless AssaultInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by attacking creatures. After encasing it in a paralyzing beam of light, the angel studied the Eldrazi as a child would study a bug, curiously and without fear. |
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Lay BareInstantCounter target spell. Look at its controller's hand. "It's good to learn from your failures, but I prefer to learn from the failures of others." |
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Living DestinyInstantAs an additional cost to cast Living Destiny, reveal a creature card from your hand. "That our enemies are great only brings us greater hope." |
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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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Join the RanksInstantPut two 1/1 white Soldier Ally creature tokens onto the battlefield. Expeditionary houses are notorious for their rivalries. But when adventurers meet in the wilderness, the instinct for mutual survival outweighs petty grudges. |
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Refraction TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent cast a red instant or sorcery spell this turn, you may pay
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Permafrost TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent had a green creature enter the battlefield under his or her control this turn, you may pay
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Ricochet TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent cast a blue spell this turn, you may pay In his last seconds, Remhas regretted using his most powerful spell. |
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Slingbow TrapInstant - TrapIf a black creature with flying is attacking, you may pay The Tajuru elves devised ways to let the forest defend itself. |
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Lethargy TrapInstant - TrapIf three or more creatures are attacking, you may pay Suddenly, Zurdi didn't care about treasure, glory, food . . . or the drakes circling above. |
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Mindbreak TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, you may pay "Life is a maze. This is one of its dead ends." |
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Summoner's BaneInstantCounter target creature spell. Put a 2/2 blue Illusion creature token onto the battlefield. "I don't need to have the perfect plan. My foe just has to have an imperfect one." |
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Ravenous TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent had three or more cards put into his or her graveyard from anywhere this turn, you may pay
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Inferno TrapInstant - TrapIf you've been dealt damage by two or more creatures this turn, you may pay "Do you smell something burning?" |
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Offering to AshaInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays "His body belongs to Bant now. His soul? I honestly don't know. I expect it belongs to the angels." |
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Inspired ChargeInstantCreatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn. "Impossible! How could they overwhelm us? We had barricades, war elephants, . . . and they were barely a tenth of our number!" |
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DisorientInstantTarget creature gets -7/-0 until end of turn. "If it has a brain, even a primitive one, we can most surely scramble it." |
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Tendrils of CorruptionInstantTendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control. Darkness doesn't always send its minions to do its dirty work. |
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Might of OaksInstantTarget creature gets +7/+7 until end of turn. May your weapon be no sword forged. May your armor be no metal wrought. |
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Sulfurous BlastInstantSulfurous Blast deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. If you cast this spell during your main phase, Sulfurous Blast deals 3 damage to each creature and each player instead. The Keldons used the toxic vents in the cracked earth to bolster their home's defenses. |
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Wild RicochetInstantYou may choose new targets for target instant or sorcery spell. Then copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. "I knew that trick long before your great-grandmother's great-grandmother was born." |
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Master WarcraftInstantCast Master Warcraft only before attackers are declared.
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Wrecking BallInstantDestroy target creature or land. Rakdos festivals almost leave enough rubble in their wake to hide the bodies. |
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