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Guilds of Ravnica Instant-Speed Tricks

by Sameer Merchant // Sep 27, 2018

Here's the list of instant-speed tricks in Guilds of Ravnica. The instants and creatures with flash are listed by color, and sorted by CMC and then rarity within each color.

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Color	Card	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
White	Righteous Blow	Instant	Righteous Blow deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
	Take Heart	Instant	Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. You gain 1 life for each attacking creature you control.
	Integrity // Intervention	Instant	Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
	Response // Resurgence	Instant	Response deals 5 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
	Assure // Assemble	Instant	Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. That creature gains indestructible until end of turn.
	Collar the Culprit	Instant	Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater.
	Crush Contraband	Instant	Choose one or both — • Exile target artifact. • Exile target enchantment.
Blue	Dazzling Lights	Instant	Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. Surveil 2.
	Invert // Invent	Instant	Switch the power and toughness of each of up to two target creatures until end of turn.
	Disdainful Stroke	Instant	Counter target spell with converted mana cost 4 or greater.
	Radical Idea	Instant	Draw a card. Jump-start
	Unexplained Disappearance	Instant	Return target creature to its owner's hand. Surveil 1.
	Mission Briefing	Instant	Surveil 2, then choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. If that card would be put into your graveyard this turn, exile it instead.
	Expansion // Explosion	Instant	Copy target instant or sorcery spell with converted mana cost 4 or less. You may choose new targets for the copy.
	Sinister Sabotage	Instant	Counter target spell. Surveil 1.
	Whisper Agent	Creature	Flash When Whisper Agent enters the battlefield, surveil 1.	3/2
	Capture Sphere	Enchantment	Flash Enchant creature When Capture Sphere enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
	Devious Cover-Up	Instant	Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may shuffle up to four target cards from your graveyard into your library.
	Chemister's Insight	Instant	Draw two cards. Jump-start
	Dream Eater	Creature	Flash Flying When Dream Eater enters the battlefield, surveil 4. When you do, you may return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.	4/3
Black	Status // Statue	Instant	Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.
	Necrotic Wound	Instant	Undergrowth — Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
	Mausoleum Secrets	Instant	Undergrowth — Search your library for a black card with converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
	Whisper Agent	Creature	Flash When Whisper Agent enters the battlefield, surveil 1.	3/2
	Price of Fame	Instant	This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a legendary creature. Destroy target creature. Surveil 2.
Red	Integrity // Intervention	Instant	Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
	Invert // Invent	Instant	Switch the power and toughness of each of up to two target creatures until end of turn.
	Sure Strike	Instant	Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
	Expansion // Explosion	Instant	Copy target instant or sorcery spell with converted mana cost 4 or less. You may choose new targets for the copy.
	Response // Resurgence	Instant	Response deals 5 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
	Risk Factor	Instant	Target opponent may have Risk Factor deal 4 damage to them. If that player doesn't, you draw three cards. Jump-start
	Command the Storm	Instant	Command the Storm deals 5 damage to target creature.
	Inescapable Blaze	Instant	This spell can't be countered. Inescapable Blaze deals 6 damage to any target.
Green	Might of the Masses	Instant	Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature you control.
	Status // Statue	Instant	Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.
	Assure // Assemble	Instant	Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. That creature gains indestructible until end of turn.
	Crushing Canopy	Instant	Choose one — • Destroy target creature with flying. • Destroy target enchantment.
	Pack's Favor	Instant	Convoke Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
	Pause for Reflection	Instant	Convoke Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
	Bounty of Might	Instant	Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
Multi-Color	Justice Strike	Instant	Target creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.
	Assassin's Trophy	Instant	Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle their library.
	Sonic Assault	Instant	Tap target creature. Sonic Assault deals 2 damage to that creature's controller. Jump-start
	Ionize	Instant	Counter target spell. Ionize deals 2 damage to that spell's controller.
	Chance for Glory	Instant	Creatures you control gain indestructible. Take an extra turn after this one. At the beginning of that turn's end step, you lose the game.
	Status // Statue	Instant	Destroy target artifact, creature, or enchantment.
	March of the Multitudes	Instant	Convoke Create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens with lifelink.
	Integrity // Intervention	Instant	Intervention deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
	Artful Takedown	Instant	Choose one or both — • Tap target creature. • Target creature gets -2/-4 until end of turn.
	Expansion // Explosion	Instant	Explosion deals X damage to any target. Target player draws X cards.
	Hypothesizzle	Instant	Draw two cards. Then you may discard a nonland card. When you do, Hypothesizzle deals 4 damage to target creature.
	Join Shields	Instant	Untap all creatures you control. They gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
	Discovery // Dispersal	Instant	Each opponent returns a nonland permanent they control with the highest converted mana cost among permanents they control to its owner's hand, then discards a card.
	Invert // Invent	Instant	Search your library for an instant card and/or a sorcery card, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle your library.
	Assure // Assemble	Instant	Create three 2/2 green and white Elf Knight creature tokens with vigilance.