Ixalan Instant-Speed Tricks
This is a list of all the instant-speed tricks in Ixalan. Each color is sorted by converted mana cost.
Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text |
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White | Demystify | Instant | Destroy target enchantment. | ||
Slash of Talons | Instant | Slash of Talons deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. | |||
Vampire's Zeal | Instant | Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If it's a Vampire, it gains first strike until end of turn. | |||
Sheltering Light | Instant | Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Scry 1. | |||
Sanguine Sacrament | Instant | You gain twice X life. Put Sanguine Sacrament on the bottom of its owner's library. | |||
Ritual of Rejuvenation | Instant | You gain 4 life. Draw a card. | |||
Rallying Roar | Instant | Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap them. | |||
Settle the Wreckage | Instant | Exile all attacking creatures target player controls. That player may search his or her library for that many basic land cards, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle his or her library. | |||
Bright Reprisal | Instant | Destroy target attacking creature. Draw a card. | |||
Blue | Dive Down | Instant | Target creature you control gets +0/+3 and gains hexproof until end of turn. | ||
Opt | Instant | Scry 1. Draw a card. | |||
Spell Pierce | Instant | Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}. | |||
Siren's Ruse | Instant | Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If a Pirate was exiled this way, draw a card. | |||
Perilous Voyage | Instant | Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. If its converted mana cost was 2 or less, scry 2. | |||
Cancel | Instant | Counter target spell. | |||
Depths of Desire | Instant | Return target creature to its owner's hand. Create a colorless Treasure artifact token with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool." | |||
Lookout's Dispersal | Instant | Lookout's Dispersal costs {1} less to cast if you control a Pirate. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}. | |||
Run Aground | Instant | Put target artifact or creature on top of its owner's library. | |||
Dreamcaller Siren | Creature | Flash Flying Dreamcaller Siren can block only creatures with flying. When Dreamcaller Siren enters the battlefield, if you control another Pirate, tap up to two target nonland permanents. | |||
Wind Strider | Creature | Flash Flying | |||
Spell Swindle | Instant | Counter target spell. Create X colorless Treasure artifact tokens, where X is that spell's converted mana cost. They have "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool." | |||
Black | Skulduggery | Instant | Until end of turn, target creature you control gets +1/+1 and target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1. | ||
Costly Plunder | Instant | As an additional cost to cast Costly Plunder, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards. | |||
Bloodcrazed Paladin | Creature | Flash Bloodcrazed Paladin enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature that died this turn. | |||
Vanquish the Weak | Instant | Destroy target creature with power 3 or less. | |||
Vraska's Contempt | Instant | Exile target creature or planeswalker. You gain 2 life. | |||
Dark Nourishment | Instant | Dark Nourishment deals 3 damage to target creature or player. You gain 3 life. | |||
Red | Dual Shot | Instant | Dual Shot deals 1 damage to each of up to two target creatures. | ||
Sure Strike | Instant | Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. | |||
Lightning Strike | Instant | Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to target creature or player. | |||
Dinosaur Stampede | Instant | Attacking creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn. Dinosaurs you control gain trample until end of turn. | |||
Fiery Cannonade | Instant | Fiery Cannonade deals 2 damage to each non-Pirate creature. | |||
Unfriendly Fire | Instant | Unfriendly Fire deals 4 damage to target creature or player. | |||
Green | Pounce | Instant | Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. | ||
River Heralds' Boon | Instant | Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and a +1/+1 counter on up to one target Merfolk. | |||
Verdant Rebirth | Instant | Until end of turn, target creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to its owner's hand." Draw a card. | |||
Blinding Fog | Instant | Prevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures this turn. Creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn. | |||
Crash the Ramparts | Instant | Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn. | |||
Crushing Canopy | Instant | Choose one — • Destroy target creature with flying. • Destroy target enchantment. | |||
Slice in Twain | Instant | Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Draw a card. | |||
Snapping Sailback | Creature | Flash Enrage — Whenever Snapping Sailback is dealt damage, put a +1/+1 counter on it. |