Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Instant-Speed Tricks
This is a list of all the instant-speed tricks in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. Each color is sorted by converted mana cost.
| Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text | Notes |
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| Colorless |  |
High-Speed Hoverbike |  |
Artifact | Flash Flying When High-Speed Hoverbike enters the battlefield, tap up to one target creature. Crew 1 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.) | 2/2 |
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Sunblade Samurai |  |
Enchantment Creature | Vigilance Channel — {2}, Discard Sunblade Samurai: Search your library for a basic Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. You gain 2 life. | ||
| White |   |
March of Otherworldly Light |  |
Instant | As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of white cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. Exile target artifact, creature, or enchantment with mana value X or less. | |
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Light the Way | |
Instant | Choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or Vehicle. Untap it. • Return target permanent you control to its owner's hand. | ||
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Regent's Authority | |
Instant | Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If it's an enchantment creature or legendary creature, instead put a +1/+1 counter on it and it gets +1/+1 until end of turn. | ||
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Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire | |
Land | {T}: Add {W}. Channel — {2}{W}, Discard Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire: It deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control. | ||
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Wanderer's Intervention | |
Instant | Wanderer's Intervention deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. | ||
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Touch the Spirit Realm | |
Enchantment | When Touch the Spirit Realm enters the battlefield, exile up to one target artifact or creature until Touch the Spirit Realm leaves the battlefield. Channel — {1}{W}, Discard Touch the Spirit Realm: Exile target artifact or creature. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. | ||
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Born to Drive | |
Enchantment | Enchant artifact or creature As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +1/+1 for each creature and/or Vehicle you control. Channel — {2}{W}, Discard Born to Drive: Create two 1/1 colorless Pilot creature tokens with "This creature crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater." | Two 1/1s | |
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Repel the Vile | |
Instant | Choose one — • Exile target creature with power 4 or greater. • Exile target enchantment. | ||
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Blade-Blizzard Kitsune | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {3}{W} ({3}{W}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Double strike | 2/2 | |
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When We Were Young | |
Instant | Up to two target creatures each get +2/+2 until end of turn. If you control an artifact and an enchantment, those creatures also gain lifelink until end of turn. | ||
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Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa | |
Creature | Flash Flying When Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa enters the battlefield, another target permanent gains indestructible for as long as you control Kyodai. {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa gets +5/+5 until end of turn. | 3/3 | |
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The Wandering Emperor |  |
Planeswalker | Flash As long as The Wandering Emperor entered the battlefield this turn, you may activate her loyalty abilities any time you could cast an instant. +1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. It gains first strike until end of turn. −1: Create a 2/2 white Samurai creature token with vigilance. −2: Exile target tapped creature. You gain 2 life. | ||
| Blue |  |
March of Swirling Mist | |
Instant | As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of blue cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. Up to X target creatures phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. Each one phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.) | |
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Mnemonic Sphere | |
Artifact | {1}{U}, Sacrifice Mnemonic Sphere: Draw two cards. Channel — {U}, Discard Mnemonic Sphere: Draw a card. | ||
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Moon-Circuit Hacker | |
Enchantment Creature | Ninjutsu {U} ({U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Moon-Circuit Hacker deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card unless Moon-Circuit Hacker entered the battlefield this turn. | 2/1 | |
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Spell Pierce | |
Instant | Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}. | ||
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Otawara, Soaring City | |
Land | {T}: Add {U}. Channel — {3}{U}, Discard Otawara, Soaring City: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control. | ||
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Disruption Protocol | |
Instant | As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap an untapped artifact you control or pay {1}. Counter target spell. | ||
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Planar Incision | |
Instant | Exile target artifact or creature, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it. | ||
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Short Circuit | |
Enchantment | Flash Enchant artifact or creature As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets -3/-0 and loses flying. | ||
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Covert Technician | |
Artifact Creature | Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Covert Technician deals combat damage to a player, you may put an artifact card with mana value less than or equal to that damage from your hand onto the battlefield. | 2/4 | |
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Colossal Skyturtle | |
Enchantment Creature | Flying, ward {2} Channel — {2}{G}, Discard Colossal Skyturtle: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Channel — {1}{U}, Discard Colossal Skyturtle: Return target creature to its owner's hand. | ||
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Essence Capture | |
Instant | Counter target creature spell. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control. | ||
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Prosperous Thief | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever one or more Ninja or Rogue creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.") | 3/2 | |
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Reality Heist | |
Instant | This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control. Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal up to two artifact cards from among them and put them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. | ||
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Mirrorshell Crab | |
Artifact Creature | Ward {3} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {3}.) Channel — {2}{U}, Discard Mirrorshell Crab: Counter target spell or ability unless its controller pays {3}. | ||
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Moonsnare Specialist | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {2}{U} ({2}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) When Moonsnare Specialist enters the battlefield, return up to one target creature to its owner's hand. | 2/2 | |
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Suit Up | |
Instant | Until end of turn, target creature or Vehicle becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/5. Draw a card. | ||
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Discover the Impossible | |
Instant | Look at the top five cards of your library. Exile one of them face down and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost if it's an instant spell with mana value 2 or less. If you don't, put that card into your hand. | ||
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Thirst for Knowledge | |
Instant | Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an artifact card. | ||
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Saiba Trespassers | |
Artifact Creature | Channel — {3}{U}, Discard Saiba Trespassers: Tap up to two target creatures you don't control. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step. | ||
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Tamiyo's Compleation | |
Enchantment | Flash Enchant artifact, creature, or planeswalker When Tamiyo's Compleation enters the battlefield, tap enchanted permanent. If it's an Equipment, unattach it. Enchanted permanent loses all abilities and doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. | ||
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Thousand-Faced Shadow | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {2}{U}{U} ({2}{U}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Flying When Thousand-Faced Shadow enters the battlefield from your hand, if it's attacking, create a token that's a copy of another target attacking creature. The token enters the battlefield tapped and attacking. | 1/1 | |
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Moonsnare Prototype | |
Artifact | {T}, Tap an untapped artifact or creature you control: Add {C}. Channel — {4}{U}, Discard Moonsnare Prototype: The owner of target nonland permanent puts it on the top or bottom of their library. | ||
| Black |  |
March of Wretched Sorrow | |
Instant | As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of black cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. March of Wretched Sorrow deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life. | |
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You Are Already Dead | |
Instant | Destroy target creature that was dealt damage this turn. Draw a card. | ||
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Takenuma, Abandoned Mire | |
Land | {T}: Add {B}. Channel — {3}{B}, Discard Takenuma, Abandoned Mire: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control. | ||
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Lethal Exploit | |
Instant | Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. It gets an additional -1/-1 until end of turn for each modified creature you controlled as you cast this spell. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.) | ||
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Mukotai Ambusher | |
Artifact Creature | Ninjutsu {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Lifelink | 3/2 | |
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Reckoner's Bargain | |
Instant | As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. You gain life equal to the sacrificed permanent's mana value. Draw two cards. | ||
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Return to Action | |
Instant | Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+0 and gains lifelink and "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control." | ||
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Assassin's Ink | |
Instant | This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control an artifact and {1} less to cast if you control an enchantment. Destroy target creature or planeswalker. | ||
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Dokuchi Silencer | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Dokuchi Silencer deals combat damage to a player, you may discard a creature card. When you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker that player controls. | 2/1 | |
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Nezumi Prowler | |
Artifact Creature | Ninjutsu {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) When Nezumi Prowler enters the battlefield, target creature you control gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn. | 3/1 | |
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Debt to the Kami | |
Instant | Choose one — • Target opponent exiles a creature they control. • Target opponent exiles an enchantment they control. | ||
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Biting-Palm Ninja | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {2}{B} Biting-Palm Ninja enters the battlefield with a menace counter on it. Whenever Biting-Palm Ninja deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a menace counter from it. When you do, that player reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card. | 3/3 | |
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Dokuchi Shadow-Walker | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {3}{B} ({3}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) | 5/5 | |
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Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {3}{B} ({3}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of each player's library. Until end of turn, you may play one of those cards. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost. | 3/2 | |
| Red |  |
Flame Discharge | |
Instant | Flame Discharge deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker. If you controlled a modified creature as you cast this spell, it deals X plus 2 damage instead. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.) | |
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March of Reckless Joy | |
Instant | As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of red cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. Exile the top X cards of your library. You may play up to two of those cards until the end of your next turn. | ||
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Kindled Fury | |
Instant | Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. | ||
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Voltage Surge | |
Instant | As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice an artifact. Voltage Surge deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If this spell's additional cost was paid, Voltage Surge deals 4 damage instead. | ||
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Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance | |
Land | {T}: Add {R}. Channel — {3}{R}, Discard Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance: Create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control. | Two 1/1s | |
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Ironhoof Boar | |
Artifact Creature | Trample, haste Channel — {1}{R}, Discard Ironhoof Boar: Target creature gets +3/+1 and gains trample until end of turn. | ||
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Kami's Flare | |
Instant | Kami's Flare deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker. Kami's Flare also deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller if you control a modified creature. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.) | ||
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Reinforced Ronin | |
Artifact Creature | Haste At the beginning of your end step, return Reinforced Ronin to its owner's hand. Channel — {1}{R}, Discard Reinforced Ronin: Draw a card. | ||
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Twinshot Sniper | |
Artifact Creature | Reach When Twinshot Sniper enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to any target. Channel — {1}{R}, Discard Twinshot Sniper: It deals 2 damage to any target. | ||
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Ambitious Assault | |
Instant | Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. If you control a modified creature, draw a card. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.) | ||
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Seismic Wave | |
Instant | Seismic Wave deals 2 damage to any target and 1 damage to each nonartifact creature target opponent controls. | ||
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Invoke Calamity | |
Instant | You may cast up to two instant and/or sorcery spells with total mana value 6 or less from your graveyard and/or hand without paying their mana costs. If those spells would be put into your graveyard, exile them instead. Exile Invoke Calamity. | ||
| Green |  |
Tamiyo's Safekeeping | |
Instant | Target permanent you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 2 life. (A permanent with hexproof and indestructible can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) | |
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Boseiju, Who Endures | |
Land | {T}: Add {G}. Channel — {1}{G}, Discard Boseiju, Who Endures: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control. | ||
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March of Burgeoning Life | |
Instant | As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of green cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. Choose target creature with mana value less than X. Search your library for a creature card with the same name as that creature, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. | ||
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Careful Cultivation | |
Enchantment | Enchant artifact or creature As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +1/+3 and has reach and "{T}: Add {G}{G}." Channel — {1}{G}, Discard Careful Cultivation: Create a 1/1 green Human Monk creature token with "{T}: Add {G}." | ||
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Coiling Stalker | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {1}{G} ({1}{G}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Coiling Stalker deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control that doesn't have a +1/+1 counter on it. | 2/1 | |
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Favor of Jukai | |
Enchantment | Enchant artifact or creature As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +3/+3 and has reach. Channel — {1}{G}, Discard Favor of Jukai: Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains reach until end of turn. | ||
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Master's Rebuke | |
Instant | Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control. | ||
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Boon of Boseiju | |
Instant | Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the greatest mana value among permanents you control. Untap it. | ||
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Kappa Tech-Wrecker | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {1}{G} Kappa Tech-Wrecker enters the battlefield with a deathtouch counter on it. Whenever Kappa Tech-Wrecker deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a deathtouch counter from it. When you do, exile target artifact or enchantment that player controls. | 1/3 | |
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Roaring Earth | |
Enchantment | Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or Vehicle you control. Channel — {X}{G}{G}, Discard Roaring Earth: Put X +1/+1 counters on target land you control. It becomes a 0/0 green Spirit creature with haste. It's still a land. | ||
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Shigeki, Jukai Visionary | |
Enchantment Creature | {1}{G}, {T}, Return Shigeki, Jukai Visionary to its owner's hand: Reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield tapped. Put the rest into your graveyard. Channel — {X}{X}{G}{G}, Discard Shigeki: Return X target nonlegendary cards from your graveyard to your hand. | 1/3 | |
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Colossal Skyturtle | |
Enchantment Creature | Flying, ward {2} Channel — {2}{G}, Discard Colossal Skyturtle: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Channel — {1}{U}, Discard Colossal Skyturtle: Return target creature to its owner's hand. | ||
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Greater Tanuki | |
Enchantment Creature | Trample Channel — {2}{G}, Discard Greater Tanuki: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. | 6/5 | |
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Jukai Preserver | |
Enchantment Creature | When Jukai Preserver enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Channel — {2}{G}, Discard Jukai Preserver: Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures you control. | 3/3 | |
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Season of Renewal | |
Instant | Choose one or both — • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. • Return target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand. | ||
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Storyweave | |
Instant | Choose one — • Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. • Put two lore counters on target Saga you control. The next time one or more enchantment creatures enter the battlefield under your control this turn, each enters with two additional +1/+1 counters on it. | ||
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Spring-Leaf Avenger | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {3}{G} ({3}{G}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Spring-Leaf Avenger deals combat damage to a player, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. | 6/5 | |
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Bamboo Grove Archer | |
Enchantment Creature | Defender, reach Channel — {4}{G}, Discard Bamboo Grove Archer: Destroy target creature with flying. | 3/3 | |
| Multi-Color | |
Silver-Fur Master | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {U}{B} ({U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Ninjutsu abilities you activate cost {1} less to activate. Other Ninja and Rogue creatures you control get +1/+1. | 2/2 |
