Abrupt Decay

Instant

Abrupt Decay can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Destroy target nonland permanent with converted mana cost 3 or less.

The Izzet quickly suspended their policy of lifetime guarantees.

Abstruse Interference

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . You put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add {C} to your mana pool." ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Abzan Charm

Instant

Choose one -

• Exile target creature with power 3 or greater.

• You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

• Distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures.

Acolyte's Reward

Instant

Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn, where X is your devotion to white. If damage is prevented this way, Acolyte's Reward deals that much damage to target creature or player. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to white.)

Advent of the Wurm

Instant

Put a 5/5 green Wurm creature token with trample onto the battlefield.

The consciousness of Mat'Selesnya does not always spread in peaceful ways.

Adverse Conditions

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step. Put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

Aerial Formation

Instant

Strive - Aerial Formation costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Any number of target creatures each get +1/+1 and gain flying until end of turn.

Aerial Maneuver

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying and first strike until end of turn.

"When you put all of yourself into an attack, without fear or hesitation, in that instant you may attain greatness."
-Predak, Gateless freemage

Aerial Predation

Instant

Destroy target creature with flying. You gain 2 life.

In the towering trees of the Samok Stand and the predators that guard them, the might of the Ravnican wild has returned.

Ajani's Presence

Instant

Strive - Ajani's Presence costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Any number of target creatures each get +1/+1 and gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Altar's Reap

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Altar's Reap, sacrifice a creature.

Draw two cards.

"The demons don't care if we mutter niceties and act out ceremonies. Just kill him."
-Bishop Volpaig, servant of Griselbrand

Annihilating Fire

Instant

Annihilating Fire deals 3 damage to target creature or player. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.

"The most impressive performances can be done only once."
-Mote, Rakdos madcap

Annul

Instant

Counter target artifact or enchantment spell.

The most effective way to destroy a spell is to ensure it was never cast in the first place.

Anticipate

Instant

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

"When I have meditated on all outcomes, my opponent has no recourse."

Arrows of Justice

Instant

Arrows of Justice deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

Archers from the Horizon Military Academy hone their skills by targeting pickpockets blocks away.

Artisan's Sorrow

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Some seers read bones or entrails. Others just like to break things.

Aspect of Hydra

Instant

Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is your devotion to green. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)

"Even alone I outnumber you."

Auger Spree

Instant

Target creature gets +4/-4 until end of turn.

"Finally, a weapon the Boros can't confiscate!"
-Juri, proprietor of the Juri Revue

Aurelia's Fury

Instant

Aurelia's Fury deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players. Tap each creature dealt damage this way. Players dealt damage this way can't cast noncreature spells this turn.

Avenging Arrow

Instant

Destroy target creature that dealt damage this turn.

"Forgive the theft. Punish the deception."
-Alcarus, Selesnya archer

Awaken the Bear

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn.

When Temur warriors enter the battle trance known as "awakening the bear," they lose all sense of enemy or friend, seeing only threats to the wilderness.

Away (Far/Away)

Instant

Target player sacrifices a creature.

Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

Azorius Charm

Instant

Choose one - Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn; or draw a card; or put target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library.

"The rules of logic and order have already made the choice for you."
-Isperia

Ætherize

Instant

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

"You can come back once you've learned some manners-and figured out how to reconstitute your physical forms."

Ætherspouts

Instant

For each attacking creature, its owner puts it on the top or bottom of his or her library.

"Don't worry, there's plenty for everyone."
-Vickon, Eleventh Company battlemage

Back to Nature

Instant

Destroy all enchantments.

"Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays

Battlewise Valor

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

It's never good to walk into an ambush, but with the right spell you might walk out again.

Beckon Apparition

Instant

Exile target card from a graveyard. Put a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

When a graveyard is full, the gwyllions rattle the tombs and unleash the spirits into the sky.

Become Immense

Instant

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

Target creature gets +6/+6 until end of turn.

Bile Blight

Instant

Target creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get -3/-3 until end of turn.

Not an arrow loosed, javelin thrown, nor sword raised. None were needed.

Biomass Mutation

Instant

Creatures you control become X/X until end of turn.

"A regression to ancient forms? A glimpse of future evolutions? Or a fleeting alteration of the present?"
-Vorel of the Hull Clade

Bioshift

Instant

Move any number of +1/+1 counters from target creature onto another target creature with the same controller.

"It's all right if you change your mind. There's always a chance we can rearrange parts later."
-Zija, Simic mutationist

Blastfire Bolt

Instant

Blastfire Bolt deals 5 damage to target creature. Destroy all Equipment attached to that creature.

"Encase yourself in the most elaborate armor, and cower behind the heaviest shield. I would hate for you to feel helpless."
-Korig the Ruiner

Blinding Spray

Instant

Creatures your opponents control get -4/-0 until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"The stronger our enemies seem, the more vulnerable they are."
-Sultai secret

Blustersquall

Instant

Tap target creature you don't control.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Weather is more predictable than the Izzet.

Boon of Erebos

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Regenerate it. You lose 2 life.

"Death is not a certainty. Erebos determines when a mortal's time is up."
-Iadorna, death priest of Erebos

Boros Charm

Instant

Choose one - Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player; or permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn; or target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

"Practice compassion and mercy. But know when they must end."
-Aurelia

Boulderfall

Instant

Boulderfall deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players.

"Defeating the Meletians was not so difficult. I needed only to move a mountain."
-Eocles, oracle of Purphoros

Brave the Elements

Instant

Choose 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."
-Zahr Gada, Halimar expedition leader

Bring Low

Instant

Bring Low deals 3 damage to target creature. If that creature has a +1/+1 counter on it, Bring Low deals 5 damage to it instead.

"People are often humbled by the elements. But the elements, too, can be humbled."
-Surrak, khan of the Temur