Modern Horizons Instant-Speed Tricks
This is a list of all the instant-speed tricks in Modern Horizons. Each color is sorted by converted mana cost.
| Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text | Notes |
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| White |  /   |
Force of Virtue |  |
Enchantment | If it's not your turn, you may exile a white card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Flash Creatures you control get +1/+1. | |
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Ephemerate |  |
Instant | Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. Rebound | ||
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Recruit the Worthy | |
Instant | Buyback {3} Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. | ||
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Gilded Light | |
Instant | You gain shroud until end of turn. Cycling {2} | ||
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Shelter | |
Instant | Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Draw a card. | ||
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Stirring Address | |
Instant | Target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Overload {5}{W} | ||
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Dismantling Blow |  |
Instant | Kicker {2}{U} Destroy target artifact or enchantment. If this spell was kicked, draw two cards. | ||
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Generous Gift | |
Instant | Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token. | ||
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Splicer's Skill | |
Sorcery | Create a 3/3 colorless Golem artifact creature token. Splice onto instant or sorcery {3}{W} | ||
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Wing Shards | |
Instant | Target player sacrifices an attacking creature. Storm | ||
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Astral Drift | |
Enchantment | Whenever you cycle Astral Drift or cycle another card while Astral Drift is on the battlefield, you may exile target creature. If you do, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. Cycling {2}{W} | ||
| Blue | /  |
Force of Negation | |
Instant | If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. | |
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String of Disappearances | |
Instant | Return target creature to its owner's hand. Then that creature's controller may pay {U}{U}. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy. | ||
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Windcaller Aven | |
Creature | Flying Cycling {U} When you cycle Windcaller Aven, target creature gains flying until end of turn. | 4/3 | |
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Choking Tethers | |
Instant | Tap up to four target creatures. Cycling {1}{U} When you cycle Choking Tethers, you may tap target creature. | ||
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Prohibit | |
Instant | Kicker {2} Counter target spell if its converted mana cost is 2 or less. If this spell was kicked, counter that spell if its converted mana cost is 4 or less instead. | ||
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Everdream | |
Instant | Draw a card. Splice onto instant or sorcery {2}{U} | ||
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Twisted Reflection | |
Instant | Choose one — • Target creature gets -6/-0 until end of turn. • Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. Entwine {B} | ||
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Moonblade Shinobi | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {2}{U} Whenever Moonblade Shinobi deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token with flying. | 3/2 | |
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Phantasmal Form | |
Instant | Until end of turn, up to two target creatures each have base power and toughness 3/3, gain flying, and become blue Illusions in addition to their other colors and types. Draw a card. | ||
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Spell Snuff | |
Instant | Counter target spell. Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, draw a card. | ||
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Exclude | |
Instant | Counter target creature spell. Draw a card. | ||
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Rebuild | |
Instant | Return all artifacts to their owners' hands. Cycling {2} | ||
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Archmage's Charm | |
Instant | Choose one — • Counter target spell. • Target player draws two cards. • Gain control of target nonland permanent with converted mana cost 1 or less. | ||
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Mist-Syndicate Naga | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {2}{U} Whenever Mist-Syndicate Naga deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of Mist-Syndicate Naga. | 3/1 | |
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Rain of Revelation | |
Instant | Draw three cards, then discard a card. | ||
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Fact or Fiction | |
Instant | Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. | ||
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Blizzard Strix | |
Snow Creature | Flash Flying When Blizzard Strix enters the battlefield, if you control another snow permanent, exile target permanent other than Blizzard Strix. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. | 3/2 | |
| Black | -  |
Mob | |
Instant | Convoke Destroy target creature. | |
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Force of Despair | |
Instant | If it's not your turn, you may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy all creatures that entered the battlefield this turn. | ||
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Defile | |
Instant | Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control. | ||
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Azra Smokeshaper | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {1}{B} When Azra Smokeshaper enters the battlefield, target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. | 3/3 | |
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Diabolic Edict | |
Instant | Target player sacrifices a creature. | ||
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Umezawa's Charm | |
Instant | Choose one — • Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. • Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. • You gain 2 life. | ||
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Ninja of the New Moon | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {3}{B} | 6/3 | |
| Red | /  |
Force of Rage | |
Instant | If it's not your turn, you may exile a red card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Create two 3/1 red Elemental creature tokens with trample and haste. Sacrifice those tokens at the beginning of your next upkeep. | |
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Lava Dart | |
Instant | Lava Dart deals 1 damage to any target. Flashback—Sacrifice a Mountain. | ||
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Magmatic Sinkhole | |
Instant | Delve Magmatic Sinkhole deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker. | ||
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Fists of Flame | |
Instant | Draw a card. Until end of turn, target creature gains trample and gets +1/+0 for each card you've drawn this turn. | ||
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Quakefoot Cyclops | |
Creature | When Quakefoot Cyclops enters the battlefield, up to two target creatures can't block this turn. Cycling {1}{R} When you cycle Quakefoot Cyclops, target creature can't block this turn. | 4/4 | |
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Volatile Claws | |
Instant | Until end of turn, creatures you control get +2/+0 and gain all creature types. | ||
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Urza's Rage | |
Instant | Kicker {8}{R} This spell can't be countered. Urza's Rage deals 3 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, instead it deals 10 damage to that permanent or player and the damage can't be prevented. | ||
| Green | /  |
Force of Vigor | |
Instant | If it's not your turn, you may exile a green card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy up to two target artifacts and/or enchantments. | |
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Elvish Fury | |
Instant | Buyback {4} Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. | ||
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Weather the Storm | |
Instant | You gain 3 life. Storm | ||
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Krosan Tusker | |
Creature | Cycling {2}{G} When you cycle Krosan Tusker, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library. | 6/5 | |
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Thornado | |
Instant | Destroy target creature with flying. Cycling {1}{G} | ||
| Multi-Color | |
Ingenious Infiltrator | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {U}{B} Whenever a Ninja you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. | 2/3 |
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Munitions Expert | |
Creature | Flash When Munitions Expert enters the battlefield, you may have it deal damage to target creature or planeswalker equal to the number of Goblins you control. | 1/1 | |
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Eladamri's Call | |
Instant | Search your library for a creature card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library. | ||
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Ice-Fang Coatl | |
Snow Creature | Flash Flying When Ice-Fang Coatl enters the battlefield, draw a card. Ice-Fang Coatl has deathtouch as long as you control at least three other snow permanents. | 1/1 | |
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Kaya's Guile | |
Instant | Choose two — • Each opponent sacrifices a creature. • Exile all cards from each opponent's graveyard. • Create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying. • You gain 4 life. Entwine {3} | ||
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Fallen Shinobi | |
Creature | Ninjutsu {2}{U}{B} Whenever Fallen Shinobi deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top two cards of their library. Until end of turn, you may play those cards without paying their mana costs. | 5/4 | |
| Hybrid |  |
Nature's Chant | |
Instant | Destroy target artifact or enchantment. |
