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Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Instant-Speed Tricks

by Sameer Merchant // Sep 16, 2021

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

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
White		Blessed Defiance	Instant	Target creature you control gets +2/+0 and gains lifelink until end of turn. When that creature dies this turn, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
		Cathar Commando	Creature	Flash {1}, Sacrifice Cathar Commando: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.	3/1
		Flare of Faith	Instant	Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If it is a Human, it gets +3/+3 and gains indestructible until end of turn instead.
		Thraben Exorcism	Instant	Exile target Spirit, creature with disturb, or enchantment.
		Ritual of Hope	Instant	Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Coven — If you control three or more creatures with different powers, creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn instead.
		Fateful Absence	Instant	Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Its controller investigates. (They create a colorless Clue artifact token with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
		Sungold Barrage	Instant	Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater.
		Loyal Gryff	Creature	Flash Flying When Loyal Gryff enters the battlefield, you may return another creature you control to its owner's hand.	2/2
Blue		Consider	Instant	Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard. Draw a card.
	/	Otherworldly Gaze	Instant	Look at the top three cards of your library. Put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest back on top of your library in any order. Flashback {1}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
	/	Secrets of the Key	Instant	Investigate. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, investigate twice instead. (To investigate, create a colorless Clue artifact token with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") Flashback {3}{U}
		Fading Hope	Instant	Return target creature to its owner's hand. If its mana value was 3 or less, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)
		Geistwave	Instant	Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If you controlled that permanent, draw a card.
		Startle	Instant	Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.) Draw a card.
		Spectral Adversary	Creature	Flash Flying When Spectral Adversary enters the battlefield, you may pay {1}{U} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on Spectral Adversary, then up to that many other target artifacts, creatures, and/or enchantments phase out.	2/1
		Flip the Switch	Instant	Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
		Dissipate	Instant	Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
		Nebelgast Intruder	Creature	Flash Flying When Nebelgast Intruder enters the battlefield, up to one target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.	2/1
		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.
		Revenge of the Drowned	Instant	Target creature's owner puts it on the top or bottom of their library. You create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
	/	Memory Deluge	Instant	Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast this spell. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Flashback {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
		Stormrider Spirit	Creature	Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying	3/3
Black	/	Rotten Reunion	Instant	Exile up to one target card from a graveyard. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.) Flashback {1}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
		Bladebrand	Instant	Target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. Draw a card.
		Olivia's Midnight Ambush	Instant	Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. If it's night, that creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead.
		Infernal Grasp	Instant	Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.
		Blood Pact	Instant	Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
		Defenestrate	Instant	Destroy target creature without flying.
		Bloodline Culling	Instant	Choose one — • Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn. • Creature tokens get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Red		Lunar Frenzy	Instant	Target creature you control gets +X/+0 and gains first strike and trample until end of turn.
	/	Moonrager's Slash	Instant	This spell costs {2} less to cast if it's night. Moonrager's Slash deals 3 damage to any target.
		Raze the Effigy	Instant	Choose one— • Destroy target artifact. • Target attacking creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
		Play with Fire	Instant	Play with Fire deals 2 damage to any target. If a player is dealt damage this way, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)
	/	Neonate's Rush	Instant	This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Vampire. Neonate's Rush deals 1 damage to target creature and 1 damage to its controller. Draw a card.
		Stolen Vitality	Instant	Target creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn. If it's your turn, that creature gains trample until end of turn. Otherwise, it gains first strike until end of turn.
		Cathartic Pyre	Instant	Choose one — • Cathartic Pyre deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker. • Discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards.
	/	Electric Revelation	Instant	As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards. Flashback {3}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost and any additional costs. Then exile it.)
		Burn the Accursed	Instant	Burn the Accused deals 5 damage to target creature and 2 damage to that creature's controller. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
Green	/	Turn the Earth	Instant	Choose up to three target cards in graveyards. The owners of those cards shuffle them into their libraries. You gain 2 life. Flashback {1}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
		Duel for Dominance	Instant	Coven — Choose target creature you control and target creature you don't control. If you control three or more creatures with different powers, put a +1/+1 counter on the chosen creature you control. Then the chosen creatures fight each other. (They each deal damage equal to their power to the other.)
		Might of the Old Ways	Instant	Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Coven — Then if you control three or more creatures with different powers, draw a card.
		Plummet	Instant	Destroy target creature with flying.
		Return to Nature	Instant	Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Exile target card from a graveyard.
		Bounding Wolf	Creature	Flash Reach	3/2
		Howl of the Hunt	Enchantment	Flash Enchant creature When Howl of the Hunt enters the battlefield, if enchanted creature is a Wolf or Werewolf, untap that creature. Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has vigilance.
		Clear Shot	Instant	Target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.
		Defend the Celestus	Instant	Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures you control.
Multi-Color	/	Arcane Infusion	Instant	Look at the top four 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. Flashback {3}{U}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
	/	Corpse Cobble	Instant	As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice any number of creatures. Create an X/X blue and black Zombie creature token with menace, where X is the total power of the sacrificed creatures. Flashback {3}{U}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
	/	Faithful Mending	Instant	You gain 2 life, draw two cards, then discard two cards. Flashback {1}{W}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
	/	Sacred Fire	Instant	Sacred Fire deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life. Flashback {4}{R}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
	/	Galvanic Iteration	Instant	When you cast your next instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. Flashback {1}{U}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
	/	Rite of Harmony	Instant	Whenever a creature or enchantment enters the battlefield under your control this turn, draw a card. Flashback {2}{G}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
	/	Siphon Insight	Instant	Look at the top two cards of target opponent's library. Exile one of them face down and put the other on the bottom of that library. You may look at and play the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell. Flashback {1}{U}{B}