War of the Spark Instant-Speed Tricks

by Sameer Merchant // Apr 24, 2019

This is a list of all the instant-speed tricks in War of the Spark. Each color is sorted by converted mana cost.

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Color	Mana Cost	Card	Type	Oracle Text
White		Defiant Strike	Instant	Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Draw a card.
		Gideon's Sacrifice	Instant	Choose a creature or planeswalker you control. All damage that would be dealt this turn to you and permanents you control is dealt to the chosen permanent instead (if it's still on the battlefield).
		Battlefield Promotion	Instant	Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. That creature gains first strike until end of turn. You gain 2 life.
		Divine Arrow	Instant	Divine Arrow deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
		Gideon's Triumph	Instant	Target opponent sacrifices a creature that attacked or blocked this turn. If you control a Gideon planeswalker, that player sacrifices two of those creatures instead.
		Rally of Wings	Instant	Untap all creatures you control. Creatures you control with flying get +2/+2 until end of turn.
		Topple the Statue	Instant	Tap target permanent. If it's an artifact, destroy it. Draw a card.
		Ignite the Beacon	Instant	Search your library for up to two planeswalker cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle your library.
Blue		Teferi's Time Twist	Instant	Exile target permanent you control. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. If it enters the battlefield as a creature, it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
		Lazotep Plating	Instant	Amass 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. If you don't control one, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.) You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (You and they can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
		Narset's Reversal	Instant	Copy target instant or sorcery spell, then return it to its owner's hand. You may choose new targets for the copy.
		No Escape	Instant	Counter target creature or planeswalker spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. Scry 1.
		Crush Dissent	Instant	Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}. Amass 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. If you don't control one, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
		Totally Lost	Instant	Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.
		Commence the Endgame	Instant	This spell can't be countered. Draw two cards, then amass X, where X is the number of cards in your hand. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. If you don't control one, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
Black		Sorin's Thirst	Instant	Sorin's Thirst deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.
		Unlikely Aid	Instant	Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
		Liliana's Triumph	Instant	Each opponent sacrifices a creature. If you control a Liliana planeswalker, each opponent also discards a card.
		Ob Nixilis's Cruelty	Instant	Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
Red		Samut's Sprint	Instant	Target creature gets +2/+1 and gains haste until end of turn. Scry 1.
	/	Bolt Bend	Instant	This spell costs {3} less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
		Chandra's Pyrohelix	Instant	Chandra's Pyrohelix deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets.
		Heartfire	Instant	As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or planeswalker. Heartfire deals 4 damage to any target.
		Jaya's Greeting	Instant	Jaya's Greeting deals 3 damage to target creature. Scry 1.
		Nahiri's Stoneblades	Instant	Up to two target creatures each get +2/+0 until end of turn.
		Chandra's Triumph	Instant	Chandra's Triumph deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls. Chandra's Triumph deals 5 damage to that permanent instead if you control a Chandra planeswalker.
		Blindblast	Instant	Blindblast deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature can't block this turn. Draw a card.
		Sarkhan's Catharsis	Instant	Sarkhan's Catharsis deals 5 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Green		Giant Growth	Instant	Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
		Forced Landing	Instant	Put target creature with flying on the bottom of its owner's library.
		Return to Nature	Instant	Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Exile target card from a graveyard.
		Steady Aim	Instant	Untap target creature. It gets +1/+4 and gains reach until end of turn.
		Band Together	Instant	Up to two target creatures you control each deal damage equal to their power to another target creature.
		Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi	Instant	Put nine +1/+1 counters on target land you control. It becomes a legendary 0/0 Elemental creature with haste named Vitu-Ghazi. It's still a land.
Multi-Color		Despark	Instant	Exile target permanent with converted mana cost 4 or greater.
		Dovin's Veto	Instant	This spell can't be countered. Counter target noncreature spell.
		Tyrant's Scorn	Instant	Choose one — • Destroy target creature with converted mana cost 3 or less. • Return target creature to its owner's hand.
		Pledge of Unity	Instant	Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. You gain 1 life for each creature you control.
		Deathsprout	Instant	Destroy target creature. Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
		Heartwarming Redemption	Instant	Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards plus one. You gain life equal to the number of cards in your hand.
		Ral's Outburst	Instant	Ral's Outburst deals 3 damage to any target. Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard.