Angel's Mercy

Instant

You gain 7 life.

"I understand your fears. I pity your doubts. I absolve you of both."

Banishing Stroke

Instant

Put target artifact, creature, or enchantment on the bottom of its owner's library.

Miracle (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Cloudshift

Instant

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

"Even storm clouds bow to worship Avacyn."
-Elder Rimheit

Cursebreak

Instant

Destroy target enchantment. You gain 2 life.

No longer the village pariah. No longer taunted and shamed. Sigrun was finally free.

Divine Deflection

Instant

Prevent 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.

Leap of Faith

Instant

Target creature gains flying until end of turn. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to that creature this turn.

The finest maneuvers take place in three dimensions.

Righteous Blow

Instant

Righteous Blow deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

"Monsters will no longer find safety under the mists of Morkrut!"
-Bruna, Light of Alabaster

Zealous Strike

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains first strike until end of turn.

"Cower, fiend. The night is yours no longer."

Crippling Chill

Instant

Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Draw a card.

One breath of the geist turns veins to rivers of ice and freezes hearts midbeat.

Fleeting Distraction

Instant

Target creature gets -1/-0 until end of turn.

Draw a card.

The first spell taught to young mages, it has spared the lives of many whose hands are too small to hold a sword.

Geist Snatch

Instant

Counter target creature spell. Put a 1/1 blue Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Angels and demons aren't the only ones listening to your prayers.

Ghostly Flicker

Instant

Exile two target artifacts, creatures, and/or lands you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under your control.

Sometimes it's useful to take a break from existence.

Outwit

Instant

Counter target spell that targets a player.

The student asks how a spell is begun. The master ponders what ends it.

Peel from Reality

Instant

Return target creature you control and target creature you don't control to their owners' hands.

"Soulless demon, you are bound to me. Now we will both dwell in oblivion."

Second Guess

Instant

Counter target spell that's the second spell cast this turn.

"I see where you're going with that. I don't like it."
-Dierk, geistmage

Vanishment

Instant

Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.

Miracle (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Death Wind

Instant

Target 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!"

Human Frailty

Instant

Destroy target Human creature.

"I have seen a hundred mortal families rise and fall. I shall outlast a thousand more."
-Olivia Voldaren

Necrobite

Instant

Target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. Regenerate it. (The next time that creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat. Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

An undead snake doesn't bite in self-defense. It hungers as any zombie, never sated.

Aggravate

Instant

Aggravate deals 1 damage to each creature target player controls. Each creature dealt damage this way attacks this turn if able.

"Barbarians! They burned my favorite chair! We'll kill them all!"
-Anje Falkenrath

Banners Raised

Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

After the destruction of the Helvault, fearful mobs soon became fearless battalions.

Battle Hymn

Instant

Add to your mana pool for each creature you control.

"A church is just wood and walls. A congregation is the faithful praising the angels."
-Kolman, elder of Gatstaf

Dangerous Wager

Instant

Discard your hand, then draw two cards.

"C'mon friend, take a turn tossing the knucklebones. What've you got to lose?"
-Tobias, trader of Erdwal

Rush of Blood

Instant

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power.

Sometimes it's not for sustenance or to feed the dependence. Sometimes it's just to feel again.

Thunderbolt

Instant

Choose one - Thunderbolt deals 3 damage to target player; or Thunderbolt deals 4 damage to target creature with flying.

"My next aerial design will use less metal."
-Hadaken, alchemist of Nephalia

Thunderous Wrath

Instant

Thunderous Wrath deals 5 damage to target creature or player.

Miracle (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Uncanny Speed

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.

"To survive, we must embrace the savagery we knew in our race's infancy."
-Edgar Markov

Eaten by Spiders

Instant

Destroy target creature with flying and all Equipment attached to that creature.

After sampling many victims, the spider developed a preference for the undead and their accoutrements.

Joint Assault

Instant

Target 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."
-Avacyn's Cursemute Decree

Natural End

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 3 life.

The haunted blade shattered, and the geist drifted gratefully to the Blessed Sleep.

Sheltering Word

Instant

Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. (A creature with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities opponents control.)

Snare the Skies

Instant

Target 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.

Terrifying Presence

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by creatures other than target creature this turn.

Elmut had slaughtered vampires, slain werewolves, and destroyed hordes of zombies. Sadly, he never got over his fear of spiders.

Divine Verdict

Instant

Destroy target attacking or blocking creature.

"Guilty."

Erase

Instant

Exile target enchantment.

"Don't trust your eyes, for mages are skilled in deception. Trust only in your faith. It will wipe everything clean."
-Lila, Erunian priest

Faith's Reward

Instant

Return to the battlefield all permanent cards in your graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn.

"I thought the wind was ushering me to my final destination, but it lifted me to my feet and I fought on."
-Idrus, war priest of Thune

Glorious Charge

Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

"One's blade is only as sharp as one's conviction."
-Ajani Goldmane

Rain of Blades

Instant

Rain 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.

Safe Passage

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and creatures you control this turn.

As she shepherds the faithful, the angel's radiance is a shield of salvation.

Show of Valor

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+4 until end of turn.

"Duty, honor, and valor are either in your heart or they are not. You will never know for certain until you are tested."
-Ajani Goldmane