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Ixalan Instant-Speed Tricks

by Sameer Merchant // Sep 21, 2017

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

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Color	Card	Type	Oracle Text
White	Demystify	Instant	Destroy target enchantment.
	Slash of Talons	Instant	Slash of Talons deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
	Vampire's Zeal	Instant	Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If it's a Vampire, it gains first strike until end of turn.
	Sheltering Light	Instant	Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Scry 1.
	Sanguine Sacrament	Instant	You gain twice X life. Put Sanguine Sacrament on the bottom of its owner's library.
	Ritual of Rejuvenation	Instant	You gain 4 life. Draw a card.
	Rallying Roar	Instant	Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap them.
	Settle the Wreckage	Instant	Exile all attacking creatures target player controls. That player may search his or her library for that many basic land cards, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle his or her library.
	Bright Reprisal	Instant	Destroy target attacking creature. Draw a card.
Blue	Dive Down	Instant	Target creature you control gets +0/+3 and gains hexproof until end of turn.
	Opt	Instant	Scry 1. Draw a card.
	Spell Pierce	Instant	Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.
	Siren's Ruse	Instant	Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If a Pirate was exiled this way, draw a card.
	Perilous Voyage	Instant	Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. If its converted mana cost was 2 or less, scry 2.
	Cancel	Instant	Counter target spell.
	Depths of Desire	Instant	Return target creature to its owner's hand. Create a colorless Treasure artifact token with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."
	Lookout's Dispersal	Instant	Lookout's Dispersal costs {1} less to cast if you control a Pirate. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}.
	Run Aground	Instant	Put target artifact or creature on top of its owner's library.
	Dreamcaller Siren	Creature	Flash Flying Dreamcaller Siren can block only creatures with flying. When Dreamcaller Siren enters the battlefield, if you control another Pirate, tap up to two target nonland permanents.
	Wind Strider	Creature	Flash Flying
	Spell Swindle	Instant	Counter target spell. Create X colorless Treasure artifact tokens, where X is that spell's converted mana cost. They have "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."
Black	Skulduggery	Instant	Until end of turn, target creature you control gets +1/+1 and target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1.
	Costly Plunder	Instant	As an additional cost to cast Costly Plunder, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards.
	Bloodcrazed Paladin	Creature	Flash Bloodcrazed Paladin enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature that died this turn.
	Vanquish the Weak	Instant	Destroy target creature with power 3 or less.
	Vraska's Contempt	Instant	Exile target creature or planeswalker. You gain 2 life.
	Dark Nourishment	Instant	Dark Nourishment deals 3 damage to target creature or player. You gain 3 life.
Red	Dual Shot	Instant	Dual Shot deals 1 damage to each of up to two target creatures.
	Sure Strike	Instant	Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
	Lightning Strike	Instant	Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
	Dinosaur Stampede	Instant	Attacking creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn. Dinosaurs you control gain trample until end of turn.
	Fiery Cannonade	Instant	Fiery Cannonade deals 2 damage to each non-Pirate creature.
	Unfriendly Fire	Instant	Unfriendly Fire deals 4 damage to target creature or player.
Green	Pounce	Instant	Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.
	River Heralds' Boon	Instant	Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and a +1/+1 counter on up to one target Merfolk.
	Verdant Rebirth	Instant	Until end of turn, target creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to its owner's hand." Draw a card.
	Blinding Fog	Instant	Prevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures this turn. Creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn.
	Crash the Ramparts	Instant	Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn.
	Crushing Canopy	Instant	Choose one — • Destroy target creature with flying. • Destroy target enchantment.
	Slice in Twain	Instant	Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Draw a card.
	Snapping Sailback	Creature	Flash Enrage — Whenever Snapping Sailback is dealt damage, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

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