Modern Masters 2017 Instant-Speed Tricks
This is a list of all the instant-speed tricks in Modern Masters 2017. Each color is sorted by converted mana cost.
Spells with an asterisk (*) are non-instant miracles, and can only be cast at instant speed if your opponent has a way to draw cards at instant speed.
| Color | Mana Cost | Card | Rarity | Type | Oracle Text |
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| White |  |
Path to Exile |  |
Instant | Exile target creature. Its controller may search his or her library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle his or her library. |
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* Terminus |  |
Sorcery | Put all creatures on the bottom of their owners' libraries. Miracle {W} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.) | |
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* Entreat the Angels |  |
Sorcery | Create X 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying. Miracle {X}{W}{W} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.) | |
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Graceful Reprieve |  |
Instant | When target creature dies this turn, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. | |
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Momentary Blink | |
Instant | Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. Flashback {3}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) | |
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Pitfall Trap | |
Instant | If exactly one creature is attacking, you may pay {W} rather than pay Pitfall Trap's mana cost. Destroy target attacking creature without flying. | |
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Rootborn Defenses | |
Instant | Populate. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. (To populate, create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.) | |
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Eyes in the Skies | |
Instant | Create a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying, then populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.) | |
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Restoration Angel | |
Creature | Flash. Flying. When Restoration Angel enters the battlefield, you may exile target non-Angel creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control. | |
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Banishing Stroke | |
Instant | Put target artifact, creature, or enchantment on the bottom of its owner's library. Miracle {W} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.) | |
| Blue |  |
Spell Pierce | |
Instant | Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}. |
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* Temporal Mastery | |
Sorcery | Take an extra turn after this one. Exile Temporal Mastery. Miracle {1}{U} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.) | |
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Cyclonic Rift | |
Instant | Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.") | |
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Familiar's Ruse | |
Instant | As an additional cost to cast Familiar's Ruse, return a creature you control to its owner's hand. Counter target spell. | |
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Snapcaster Mage | |
Creature | Flash. When Snapcaster Mage enters the battlefield, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) | |
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Cackling Counterpart | |
Instant | Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control. Flashback {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) | |
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Crippling Chill | |
Instant | Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. Draw a card. | |
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Forbidden Alchemy | |
Instant | Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Flashback {6}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) | |
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Ghostly Flicker | |
Instant | Exile two target artifacts, creatures, and/or lands you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under your control. | |
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Gifts Ungiven | |
Instant | Search your library for up to four cards with different names and reveal them. Target opponent chooses two of those cards. Put the chosen cards into your graveyard and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle your library. | |
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Mystical Teachings | |
Instant | Search your library for an instant card or a card with flash, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Flashback {5}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) | |
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Rewind | |
Instant | Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands. | |
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Venser, Shaper Savant | |
Creature | Flash. When Venser, Shaper Savant enters the battlefield, return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand. | |
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Spire Monitor | |
Creature | Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying | |
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Opportunity | |
Instant | Target player draws four cards. | |
| Black |  |
Cower in Fear | |
Instant | Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn. |
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Grisly Spectacle | |
Instant | Destroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller puts a number of cards equal to that creature's power from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard. | |
| Red |  |
* Bonfire of the Damned | |
Sorcery | Bonfire of the Damned deals X damage to target player and each creature he or she controls. Miracle {X}{R} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.) |
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Rubblebelt Maaka | |
Creature | Bloodrush — {R}, Discard Rubblebelt Maaka: Target attacking creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. | |
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Thunderous Wrath | |
Instant | Thunderous Wrath deals 5 damage to target creature or player. Miracle {R} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.) | |
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Dynacharge | |
Instant | Target creature you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Overload {2}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.") | |
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Ancient Grudge | |
Instant | Destroy target artifact. Flashback {G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) | |
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Magma Jet | |
Instant | Magma Jet deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Scry 2. | |
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Pyrewild Shaman | |
Creature | Bloodrush — {1}{R}, Discard Pyrewild Shaman: Target attacking creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, if Pyrewild Shaman is in your graveyard, you may pay {3}. If you do, return Pyrewild Shaman to your hand. | |
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Chandra's Outrage | |
Instant | Chandra's Outrage deals 4 damage to target creature and 2 damage to that creature's controller. | |
| Green |  |
Might of Old Krosa | |
Instant | Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If you cast this spell during your main phase, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn instead. |
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Slaughterhorn | |
Creature | Bloodrush — {G}, Discard Slaughterhorn: Target attacking creature gets +3/+2 until end of turn. | |
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Druid's Deliverance | |
Instant | Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. Populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.) | |
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Strength in Numbers | |
Instant | Until end of turn, target creature gains trample and gets +X/+X, where X is the number of attacking creatures. | |
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Baloth Cage Trap | |
Instant | If an opponent had an artifact enter the battlefield under his or her control this turn, you may pay {1}{G} rather than pay Baloth Cage Trap's mana cost. Create a 4/4 green Beast creature token. | |
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Summoning Trap | |
Instant | If a creature spell you cast this turn was countered by a spell or ability an opponent controlled, you may pay {0} rather than pay Summoning Trap's mana cost. Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. | |
| Multi-Color | |
Abrupt Decay | |
Instant | Abrupt Decay can't be countered by spells or abilities. Destroy target nonland permanent with converted mana cost 3 or less. |
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Ghor-Clan Rampager | |
Creature | Trample. Bloodrush — {R}{G}, Discard Ghor-Clan Rampager: Target attacking creature gets +4/+4 and gains trample until end of turn. | |
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Agony Warp | |
Instant | Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. Target creature gets -0/-3 until end of turn. | |
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Deputy of Acquittals | |
Creature | Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When Deputy of Acquittals enters the battlefield, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand. | |
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Izzet Charm | |
Instant | Choose one — • Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}. • Izzet Charm deals 2 damage to target creature. • Draw two cards, then discard two cards. | |
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Terminate | |
Instant | Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. | |
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Auger Spree | |
Instant | Target creature gets +4/-4 until end of turn. | |
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Putrefy | |
Instant | Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated. | |
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Soul Manipulation | |
Instant | Choose one or both — • Counter target creature spell. • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. | |
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Sphinx's Revelation | |
Instant | You gain X life and draw X cards. | |
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Advent of the Wurm | |
Instant | Create a 5/5 green Wurm creature token with trample. | |
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Aethermage's Touch | |
Instant | Reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. It gains "At the beginning of your end step, return this creature to its owner's hand." Then put the rest of the cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order. | |
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Vanish into Memory | |
Instant | Exile target creature. You draw cards equal to that creature's power. At the beginning of your next upkeep, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If you do, discard cards equal to that creature's toughness. | |
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Mystic Genesis | |
Instant | Counter target spell. Create an X/X green Ooze creature token, where X is that spell's converted mana cost. | |
| Hybrid |  |
Sundering Growth | |
Instant | Destroy target artifact or enchantment, then populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.) |
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Aethertow | |
Instant | Put target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library. Conspire (As you cast this spell, you may tap two untapped creatures you control that share a color with it. When you do, copy it and you may choose a new target for the copy.) |
