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Innistrad: Crimson Vow Instant-Speed Tricks

by Sameer Merchant // Nov 10, 2021

This is a list of all the instant-speed tricks in Innistrad: Crimson Vow. Each color is sorted by converted mana cost.

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
White		Piercing Light	Instant	Piercing Light deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)
		Adamant Will	Instant	Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
	/	Fierce Retribution	Instant	Cleave {5}{W} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Destroy target [attacking] creature.
		Valorous Stance	Instant	Choose one — • Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. • Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater.
	/	Lantern Flare	Instant	Cleave {X}{R}{W} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Lantern Flare deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life. [X is the number of creatures you control.]
		Supernatural Rescue	Enchantment	This spell has flash as long as you control a Spirit. When you cast this spell, tap up to two target creatures you don't control. Enchant creature you control Enchanted creature gets +1/+2.
		Cemetery Protector	Creature	Flash When Cemetery Protector enters the battlefield, exile a card from a graveyard. Whenever you play a land or cast a spell, if it shares a card type with the exiled card, create a 1/1 white Human creature token.	3/4
Blue		Syncopate	Instant	Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
	/	Alchemist's Retrieval	Instant	Cleave {1}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Return target nonland permanent [you control] to its owner's hand.
	-	Geistlight Snare	Instant	This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Spirit. It also costs {1} less to cast if you control an enchantment. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.
	/	Wash Away	Instant	Cleave {1}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Counter target spell [that wasn't cast from its owner's hand].
	/	Chill of the Grave	Instant	This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Zombie. Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. Draw a card.
		Cradle of Safety	Enchantment	Flash Enchant creature you control When Cradle of Safety enters the battlefield, enchanted creature gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
		Serpentine Ambush	Instant	Until end of turn, target creature becomes a blue Serpent with base power and toughness 5/5.
	/	Lunar Rejection	Instant	Cleave {3}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Return target [Wolf or Werewolf] creature to its owner's hand. Draw a card.
		Syphon Essence	Instant	Counter target creature or planeswalker spell. Create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
		Thirst for Discovery	Instant	Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard a basic land card.
	/	Winged Portent	Instant	Cleave {4}{G}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Draw a card for each creature [with flying] you control.
		Scattered Thoughts	Instant	Look at the top four cards of your library. Put two of those cards into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
		Overcharged Amalgam	Creature	Flash Flying Exploit (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a creature.) When Overcharged Amalgam exploits a creature, counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability.	3/3
		Hullbreaker Horror	Creature	Flash This spell can't be countered. Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one — • Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand. • Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.	7/8
Black		Undying Malice	Instant	Until end of turn, target creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it."
	/	Parasitic Grasp	Instant	Cleave {1}{B}{B} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Parasitic Grasp deals 3 damage to target [Human] creature. You gain 3 life.
		Hero's Downfall	Instant	Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
		Bleed Dry	Instant	Target creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
Red		Flame-Blessed Bolt	Instant	Flame-Blessed Bolt deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that creature or planeswalker would die this turn, exile it instead.
		Abrade	Instant	Choose one — • Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature. • Destroy target artifact.
		Sure Strike	Instant	Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
		Rending Flame	Instant	Rending Flame deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that permanent is a Spirit, Rending Flame also deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller.
		Vampires' Vengeance	Instant	Vampires' Vengeance deals 2 damage to each non-Vampire creature. Create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Green		Massive Might	Instant	Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.
		Witch's Web	Instant	Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains reach until end of turn. Untap it.
		Crushing Canopy	Instant	Choose one — • Destroy target creature with flying. • Destroy target enchantment.
		Wolf Strike	Instant	Target creature you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn if it's night. Then it deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.
		Oakshade Stalker	Creature	You may cast this spell as though it had flash if you pay {2} more to cast it. Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)	3/3