21 – 40 of 2,026 cards where the color identity ≤ GUW and the card types include “instant”

Advent of the Wurm (Modern Masters 2017 #147)

Advent of the Wurm {1}{G}{G}{W}

Instant

Create a 5/5 green Wurm creature token with trample.

The consciousness of Mat'Selesnya does not always spread in peaceful ways.

Illustrated by Lucas Graciano

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Adverse Conditions (Battle for Zendikar #54)

Adverse Conditions {3}{U}

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don’t untap during their controller’s next untap step. Create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has “Sacrifice this creature: Add {C}.”

Illustrated by Jason Rainville

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Aegis of the Heavens (Jumpstart #79)

Aegis of the Heavens {1}{W}

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+7 until end of turn.

Inner strength is never seen until it makes all the difference.

Illustrated by Anthony Palumbo

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A-Emerald Dragon // A-Dissonant Wave (Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate #A-210)

A-Emerald Dragon {4}{G}{G}

Creature — Dragon

Flying, ward {2}

4/4

A-Dissonant Wave {2}{G}

Instant — Adventure

Counter target activated or triggered ability from a noncreature source. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Illustrated by Diego Gisbert

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Aerial Boost (March of the Machine #2)

Aerial Boost {1}{W}

Instant

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature’s color.)

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn.

“Ha! You missed!”

Illustrated by Artur Nakhodkin

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Aerial Formation (Journey into Nyx #30)

Aerial Formation {U}

Instant

Strive — This spell costs {2}{U} more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Any number of target creatures each get +1/+1 and gain flying until end of turn.

Illustrated by Zack Stella

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Aerial Maneuver (Gatecrash #1)

Aerial Maneuver {1}{W}

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying and first strike until end of turn.

“When you put all of yourself into an attack, without fear or hesitation, in that instant you may attain greatness.”
—Predak, Gateless freemage

Illustrated by Scott Chou

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Aerial Predation (Iconic Masters #154)

Aerial Predation {2}{G}

Instant

Destroy target creature with flying. You gain 2 life.

In the towering trees of the Samok Stand and the predators that guard them, the might of the Ravnican wild has returned.

Illustrated by BD

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Aerial Volley (Magic Origins #168)

Aerial Volley {G}

Instant

Aerial Volley deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target creatures with flying.

Drakes can swerve to avoid a single arrow, but they can’t dodge the whole sky.

Illustrated by Lake Hurwitz

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Aether Burst (Odyssey #60)

Aether Burst {1}{U}

Instant

Return up to X target creatures to their owners’ hands, where X is one plus the number of cards named Aether Burst in all graveyards as you cast this spell.

As fleeting as a cephalid’s promise.

Illustrated by Adam Rex

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Aether Gust (Core Set 2020 #42)

Aether Gust {1}{U}

Instant

Choose target spell or permanent that’s red or green. Its owner puts it on the top or bottom of their library.

The chill wind extinguishes flame, and frosts the leaf on the branch.

Illustrated by Tomasz Jedruszek

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Aetherize (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #142)

Aetherize {3}{U}

Instant

Return all attacking creatures to their owner’s hand.

“You can come back once you’ve learned some manners—and figured out how to reconstitute your physical forms.”

Illustrated by Alexandre Honoré

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Aethermage's Touch (Double Masters 2022 #167)

Aethermage's Touch {2}{W}{U}

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.

Illustrated by Randy Gallegos

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Aether Shockwave (Saviors of Kamigawa #1)

Aether Shockwave {3}{W}

Instant

Choose one —

• Tap all Spirits.

• Tap all non-Spirit creatures.

“The strain upon the veil between worlds began to show near the end of the Kami War. Strange happenings that neither side could control lashed out across Kamigawa.”
Observations of the Kami War

Illustrated by Stephen Tappin

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Aethersnatch (Commander 2015 #9)

Aethersnatch {4}{U}{U}

Instant

Gain control of target spell. You may choose new targets for it. (If that spell becomes a permanent, it enters the battlefield under your control.)

“You were saying?”

Illustrated by Aaron Miller

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Aetherspouts (Midnight Hunt Commander #97)

Aetherspouts {3}{U}{U}

Instant

For each attacking creature, its owner puts it on the top or bottom of their library.

“Don’t worry, there’s plenty for everyone.”
—Vickon, Eleventh Company battlemage

Illustrated by Dan Murayama Scott

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Aethertow (Modern Masters 2017 #205)

Aethertow {3}{W/U}

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.)

Illustrated by Warren Mahy

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Aether Tradewinds (Kaladesh #38)

Aether Tradewinds {2}{U}

Instant

Return target permanent you control and target permanent you don’t control to their owners’ hands.

Consulate engineers have developed safe methods of harvesting aether, but renegades aren’t always so careful.

Illustrated by Lius Lasahido

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Afterlife (Commander 2014 #64)

Afterlife {2}{W}

Instant

Destroy target creature. It can’t be regenerated. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

Illustrated by Brian Snõddy

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Aggressive Urge (Jumpstart #374)

Aggressive Urge {1}{G}

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Draw a card.

The power of the wild, concentrated in a single charge.

Illustrated by Christopher Moeller

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