Final Fantasy Instant-Speed Tricks

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

• There are very few ways to produce instant-speed blockers in the set. White has Ambrosia Whiteheart and Battle Menu at Uncommon, and Moogles' Valor at Rare, but the only other card that produces a creature at instant speed is Lindblum, Industrial Regency, a Red Rare.
• Every color other than Green has two instant-speed removal spells at Common.
  • White: Slash of Light, Fate of the Sun-Cryst
  • Blue: Ice Magic, Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum
  • Black: Vayne's Treachery, Sephiroth's Intervention
  • Red: Thunder Magic, Light of Judgment
  • Green: Airship Crash
• There's the usual host of ways to protect creatures from removal: White has Restoration Magic and Ambrosia Whiteheart at Uncommon, and Moogles' Valor at Rare; Blue has Magic Damper and Ice Magic at Common, and Eject at Uncommon; and Black has Vincent's Limit Break at Common.

Color	Mana Cost	Card	Rarity	Type	Oracle Text	Notes
Colorless		Instant Ramen		Artifact	Flash When this artifact enters, draw a card. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.
White		You're Not Alone		Instant	Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If you control three or more creatures, it gets +4/+4 until end of turn instead.
	//	Restoration Magic		Instant	Tiered (Choose one additional cost.) • Cure — {0} — Target permanent gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. • Cura — {1} — Target permanent gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 3 life. • Curaga — {3}{W} — Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 6 life.
		Cloudbound Moogle		Creature	Flying When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Plainscycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
		Slash of Light		Instant	Slash of Light deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control plus the number of Equipment you control to target creature.
		Ambrosia Whiteheart		Creature	Flash When Ambrosia Whiteheart enters, you may return another permanent you control to its owner's hand. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, Ambrosia Whiteheart gets +1/+0 until end of turn.	2/2
		Battle Menu		Instant	Choose one — • Attack — Create a 2/2 white Knight creature token. • Ability — Target creature gets +0/+4 until end of turn. • Magic — Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. • Item — You gain 4 life.	2/2
	/	Fate of the Sun-Cryst		Instant	This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a tapped creature. Destroy target nonland permanent.
	/	Auron's Inspiration		Instant	Attacking creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn. Flashback {2}{W}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
		Moogles' Valor		Instant	For each creature you control, create a 1/2 white Moogle creature token with lifelink. Then creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.	1/2 for each creature you control
Blue		Magic Damper		Instant	Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap it.
		Stolen Uniform		Instant	Choose target creature you control and target Equipment. Gain control of that Equipment until end of turn. Attach it to the chosen creature. When you lose control of that Equipment this turn, if it's attached to a creature you control, unattach it.
	/	Louisoix's Sacrifice		Instant	As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a legendary creature or pay {2}. Counter target activated ability, triggered ability, or noncreature spell.
		Ice Flan		Creature	When this creature enters, tap target artifact or creature an opponent controls. Put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.) Islandcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
	/	Dreams of Laguna		Instant	Surveil 1, then draw a card. (To surveil 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Flashback {3}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
	//	Ice Magic		Instant	Tiered (Choose one additional cost.) • Blizzard — {0} — Return target creature to its owner's hand. • Blizzara — {2} — Target creature's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. • Blizzaga — {5}{U} — Target creature's owner shuffles it into their library.
		Syncopate		Instant	Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
		Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum		Enchantment	Flash Enchant artifact or creature When this Aura enters, tap enchanted permanent. Enchanted permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step and its activated abilities can't be activated.
		Swallowed by Leviathan		Instant	Choose target spell. Surveil 2, then counter the chosen spell unless its controller pays {1} for each card in your graveyard. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
		Eject		Instant	This spell can't be countered. Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Draw a card.
Black		Malboro		Creature	Bad Breath — When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card, loses 2 life, and exiles the top three cards of their library. Swampcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
		Vayne's Treachery		Instant	Kicker—Sacrifice an artifact or creature. (You may sacrifice an artifact or creature in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.) Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gets -6/-6 until end of turn instead.
	//	Vincent's Limit Break		Instant	Tiered (Choose one additional cost.) Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control" and has the chosen base power and toughness. • Galian Beast — {0} — 3/2. • Death Gigas — {1} — 5/2. • Hellmasker — {3} — 7/2.
		Fight On!		Instant	Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
		Overkill		Instant	Target creature gets -0/-9999 until end of turn.
		Sephiroth's Intervention		Instant	Destroy target creature. You gain 2 life.
Red	//	Thunder Magic		Instant	Tiered (Choose one additional cost.) • Thunder — {0} — Thunder Magic deals 2 damage to target creature. • Thundara — {3} — Thunder Magic deals 4 damage to target creature. • Thundaga — {5}{R} — Thunder Magic deals 8 damage to target creature.
		Coral Sword		Artifact	Flash When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. That creature gains first strike until end of turn. Equipped creature gets +1/+0. Equip {1}
	//	Fire Magic		Instant	Tiered (Choose one additional cost.) • Fire — {0} — Fire Magic deals 1 damage to each creature. • Fira — {2} — Fire Magic deals 2 damage to each creature. • Firaga — {5} — Fire Magic deals 3 damage to each creature.
		Hill Gigas		Creature	Trample, haste Mountaincycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
		Haste Magic		Instant	Target creature gets +3/+1 and gains haste until end of turn. Exile the top card of your library. You may play it until your next end step.
		Opera Love Song		Instant	Choose one — • Exile the top two cards of your library. You may play those cards until your next end step. • One or two target creatures each get +2/+0 until end of turn.
		Self-Destruct		Instant	Target creature you control deals X damage to any other target and X damage to itself, where X is its power.
	/	Laughing Mad		Instant	As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards. Flashback {3}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost and any additional costs. Then exile it.)
		Lindblum, Industrial Regency		Land	This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}.	0/1
		Light of Judgment		Instant	Light of Judgment deals 6 damage to target creature. Destroy up to one Equipment attached to that creature.
Green	//	Tifa's Limit Break		Instant	Tiered (Choose one additional cost.) • Somersault — {0} — Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. • Meteor Strikes — {2} — Double target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. • Final Heaven — {6}{G} — Triple target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
		Balamb T-Rexaur		Creature	Trample When this creature enters, you gain 3 life. Forestcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Forest card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
	/	Airship Crash		Instant	Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
		Blitzball Shot		Instant	Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn.
		Galuf's Final Act		Instant	Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to its power on up to one target creature."
		Prishe's Wanderings		Instant	Search your library for a basic land card or Town card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. When you search your library this way, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Multi-Color		Cid, Timeless Artificer		Creature	Artifact creatures and Heroes you control get +1/+1 for each Artificer you control and each Artificer card in your graveyard. A deck can have any number of cards named Cid, Timeless Artificer. Cycling {W}{U} ({W}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)