Evermind

Instant - Arcane

Illus. Matt Thompson

Intervention Pact

Instant

The 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.

At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay . If you don't, you lose the game.

Pact of Negation

Instant

Counter target spell.

At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay . If you don't, you lose the game.

Those who expect betrayal at every turn are seldom disappointed.

Slaughter Pact

Instant

Destroy target nonblack creature.

At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay . If you don't, you lose the game.

Death is only the beginning of the end.

Pact of the Titan

Instant

Put a 4/4 red Giant creature token onto the battlefield.

At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay . If you don't, you lose the game.

Summoner's Pact

Instant

Search your library for a green creature card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay . If you don't, you lose the game.

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

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.

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

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.

Outwit

Instant

Counter target spell that targets a player.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Hydrosurge

Instant

Target creature gets -5/-0 until end of turn.

"Thirsty?"
-Drunvalus, hydromancer

Unsummon

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Not to be. That is the answer.

Vile Rebirth

Instant

Exile 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."
-Jadar, ghoulcaller of Nephalia

Kindled Fury

Instant

Target 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."
-Ajani Goldmane

Smelt

Instant

Destroy target artifact.

"Looks like that wasn't darksteel after all."
-Koth of the Hammer

Fog

Instant

Prevent 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."
-Lord Hilneth

Demystify

Instant

Destroy target enchantment.

Behind every mage is a trail of shattered lies.

Stave Off

Instant

Target 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.)

Visions of Beyond

Instant

Draw 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."
-Sachimir, Sage of Memories

Wring Flesh

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-1 until end of turn.

"Don't blame me. You're the one walking around with skin."
-Zul Ashur, lich lord

Shock

Instant

Shock deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

"The beauty of it is they never see it coming. Ever."
-Razzix, sparkmage

Autumn's Veil

Instant

Spells 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.

Reclaim

Instant

Put 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.

Faith's Shield

Instant

Target permanent you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Fateful hour - If you have 5 or less life, instead you and each permanent you control gain protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Saving Grasp

Instant

Return target creature you own to your hand.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Nothing's more valuable than perfect timing.

Thought Scour

Instant

Target player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Draw a card.

"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."
-Stitcher Geralf

Tragic Slip

Instant

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

Morbid - That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.

Linger on death's door and risk being invited in.

Undying Evil

Instant

Target 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."
-Liliana Vess

Hunger of the Howlpack

Instant

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Morbid - Put three +1/+1 counters on that creature instead if a creature died this turn.

"Werewolves are an unholy mix of a predator's instinct and a human's hatred."
-Alena, trapper of Kessig

Purify the Grave

Instant

Exile target card from a graveyard.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Some priests speak in whispers of the Helvault, a silver prison of unpurged evils.

Dream Twist

Instant

Target player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Geistflame

Instant

Geistflame deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Innistrad pyromancers find their best raw materials in the fury of the dead.