Phyrexia: All Will Be One Instant-Speed Tricks
This is a list of all the instant-speed tricks in Phyrexia: All Will Be One. Each color is sorted by converted mana cost.
- There is only one way to get a creature that can block at instant speed (Chrome Prowler), so you don't have to worry much about surprise blockers.
- There are a lot of instant-speed pump spells: four in White, one in Blue, one in Black (plus Whisper of the Dross which will often serve as a combat trick instead of outright removal), two in Red, and three in Green. While I don't generally like running more than one or two pump spells, it's possible that they might be better in this format since there is relatively little instant-speed removal outside of Red.
- There are a number of ways to unexpectedly get poison counters, either directly (Prologue to Phyresis and Infectious Bite), through proliferate (Experimental Augury, Whisper of the Dross, Volt Charge, Serum Snare, and Reject Imperfection), from instant-speed creatures with toxic (Charge of the Mites), or by a creature that is made toxic (Aspirant's Ascent). This means you probably want to try to stay below eight poison counters.
Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text | Notes |
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White | Zealot's Conviction | Enchantment | Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. Corrupted — As long as an opponent has three or more poison counters, enchanted creature gets an additional +1/+0 and has first strike. | |||
Compleat Devotion | Instant | Target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If that creature has toxic, draw a card. | ||||
Resistance Reunited | Instant | Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Equipped creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. | ||||
- | Plated Onslaught | Instant | Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn. | |||
Charge of the Mites | Instant | Choose one— • Charge of the Mites deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to target creature or planeswalker. • Create two 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature tokens with toxic 1 and "This creature can't block." (Players dealt combat damage by them also get a poison counter.) | 2 1/1s | |||
- | Vanish into Eternity | Instant | This spell costs {3} more to cast if it targets a creature. Exile target nonland permanent. | |||
Blue | Aspirant's Ascent | Instant | Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+3 and gains flying and toxic 1. (Players dealt combat damage by that creature also get a poison counter.) | |||
Minor Misstep | Instant | Counter target spell with mana value 1 or less. | ||||
Bring the Ending | Instant | Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}. Corrupted — Counter that spell instead if its controller has three or more poison counters. | ||||
Experimental Augury | Instant | Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and rest on the bottom of your library in any order. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) | ||||
Prologue to Phyresis | Instant | Each opponent gets a poison counter. Draw a card. | ||||
Serum Snare | Instant | Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If that permanent had mana value 3 or less, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) | ||||
Chrome Prowler | Artifact Creature | Flash When Chrome Prowler enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls. | 3/2 | |||
Reject Imperfection | Instant | Counter target spell. If that spell's mana value was 3 or less, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) | ||||
Mindsplice Apparatus | Artifact | Flash At the beginning of your upkeep, put an oil counter on Mindsplice Apparatus. Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each oil counter on Mindsplice Apparatus. | ||||
Black | Whisper of the Dross | Instant | Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) | |||
Black Sun's Twilight | Instant | Up to one target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. If X is 5 or more, return a creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. | ||||
Anoint with Affliction | Instant | Exile target creature if it has mana value 3 or less. Corrupted — Exile that creature instead if its controller has three or more poison counters. | ||||
Offer Immortality | Instant | Target creature gains deathtouch and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) | ||||
Sheoldred's Edict | Instant | Choose one • Each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature. • Each opponent sacrifices a creature token. • Each opponent sacrifices a planeswalker. | ||||
Vraska's Fall | Instant | Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker and gets a poison counter. | ||||
Red | Free from Flesh | Instant | Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Put two oil counters on it. | |||
Hexgold Slash | Instant | Hexgold Slash deals 2 damage to target creature. If that creature has toxic, Hexgold Slash deals 4 damage to that creature instead. | ||||
- | Rebel Salvo | Instant | Affinity for Equipment (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Equipment you control.) Rebel Salvo deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker. That permanent loses indestructible unil end of turn. | |||
Blazing Crescendo | Instant | Target creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn. Exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card. | ||||
Thrill of Possibility | Instant | As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards. | ||||
Volt Charge | Instant | Volt Charge deals 3 damage to any target. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) | ||||
Green | Tyvar's Stand | Instant | Target creature you control gets +X/+X and gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. (A creature with hexproof and indestructible can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) | |||
Titanic Growth | Instant | Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn. | ||||
Infectious Bite | Instant | Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. Each opponent gets a poison counter. | ||||
Maze's Mantle | Enchantment | Flash Enchant creature When Maze's Mantle enters the battlefield, if enchanted creature has toxic, that creature gains hexproof until end of turn. Enchanted creature gets +2/+2. |