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Zendikar Rising Instant-Speed Tricks

by Sameer Merchant // Sep 18, 2020

This is a list of all the instant-speed tricks in Zendikar Rising. Each color is sorted by converted mana cost.

Notes:

Hagra Mauling is listed at 2BB, since 1BB will almost never come up in Limited.

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
White		Practiced Tactics	Instant	Choose target attacking or blocking creature. Practiced Tactics deals damage to that creature equal to twice the number of creatures in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)
		Resolute Strike	Instant	Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If it's a Warrior, you may attach an Equipment you control to it.
	/	Dauntless Unity	Instant	Kicker {1}{W} (You may pay an additional {1}{W} as you cast this spell.) Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, those creatures get +2/+1 until end of turn instead.
		Disenchant	Instant	Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
		Pressure Point	Instant	Tap target creature. Draw a card.
		Kabira Takedown	Instant	Kabira Takedown deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to target creature or planeswalker.
		Sejiri Shelter	Instant	Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
		Allied Assault	Instant	Up to two target creatures each get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)
		Smite the Monstrous	Instant	Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
Blue		Chilling Trap	Instant	Target creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn. If you control a Wizard, draw a card.
	/	Shell Shield	Instant	Kicker {1} (You may pay an additional {1} as you cast this spell.) Target creature you control gets +0/+3 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature also gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
		Zulaport Duelist	Creature	Flash When Zulaport Duelist enters the battlefield, up to one target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn. Its controller mills two cards. (They put the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)	1/1
		Concerted Defense	Instant	Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {1} plus an additional {1} for each creature in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)
		Anticognition	Instant	Counter target creature or planeswalker spell unless its controller pays {2}. If an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard, instead counter that spell, then scry 2.
		Deliberate	Instant	Scry 2, then draw a card.
	/	Into the Roil	Instant	Kicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} as you cast this spell.) Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card.
		Negate	Instant	Counter target noncreature spell.
		Beyeen Veil	Instant	Creatures your opponents control get -2/-0 until end of turn.
		Jwari Disruption	Instant	Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.
		Glacial Grasp	Instant	Tap target creature. Its controller mills two cards. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. (They put the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.) Draw a card.
		Silundi Vision	Instant	Look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal an instant or sorcery card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
		Living Tempest	Creature	Flash Flying	3/3
Black	-	Deadly Alliance	Instant	This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.) Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
		Malakir Rebirth	Instant	Choose target creature. You lose 2 life. Until end of turn, that creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."
		Oblivion's Hunger	Instant	Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. Draw a card if that creature has a +1/+1 counter on it. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy that creature.)
		Subtle Strike	Instant	Choose one or both — • Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
		Nimana Skydancer	Creature	Flash Flying When Nimana Skydancer enters the battlefield, target opponent mills two cards. (They put the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)	2/1
		Vanquish the Weak	Instant	Destroy target creature with power 3 or less.
		Soul Shatter	Instant	Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the highest converted mana cost among creatures and planeswalkers they control.
		Hagra Mauling	Instant	This spell costs {1} less to cast if an opponent controls no basic lands. Destroy target creature.
Red		Spikefield Hazard	Instant	Spikefield Hazard deals 1 damage to any target. If a permanent dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
		Inordinate Rage	Instant	Target creature gets +3/+2 until end of turn. Scry 1.
		Sizzling Barrage	Instant	Sizzling Barrage deals 4 damage to target creature that blocked this turn.
	/	Cinderclasm	Instant	Kicker {R} (You may pay an additional {R} as you cast this spell.) Cinderclasm deals 1 damage to each creature. If it was kicked, it deals 2 damage to each creature instead.
		Molten Blast	Instant	Choose one — • Molten Blast deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. • Destroy target artifact.
		Kazuul's Fury	Instant	As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Kazuul's Fury deals damage equal to the sacrificed creatures power to any target.
		Valakut Awakening	Instant	Put any number of cards from your hand on the bottom of your library, then draw that many cards plus one.
		Synchronized Spellcraft	Instant	Synchronized Spellcraft deals 4 damage to target creature and X damage to that creature's controller, where X is the number of creatures in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)
Green		Vastwood Fortification	Instant	Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
	/	Might of Murasa	Instant	Kicker {2}{G} (You may pay an additional {2}{G} as you cast this spell.) Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn instead.
	/	Inscription of Abundance	Instant	Kicker {2}{G} Choose one. If this spell was kicked, choose any number instead. • Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. • Target player gains X life, where X is the greatest power among creatures they control. • Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.
		Broken Wings	Instant	Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying.
		Khalni Ambush	Instant	Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
		Roiling Regrowth	Instant	Sacrifice a land. Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
Multi-Color		Soaring Thought-Thief	Creature	Flash Flying As long as an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard, Rogues you control get +1/+0. Whenever one or more Rogues you control attack, each opponent mills two cards.	1/3
	-	Spoils of Adventure	Instant	This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.) You gain 3 life and draw three cards.
	/	Zareth San, the Trickster	Creature	Flash {2}{U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacking Rogue you control to its owner's hand: Put Zareth San, the Trickster from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Whenever Zareth San deals combat damage to a player, you may put target permanent card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.	4/4