21 – 40 of 116 cards where the text includes “target creature” and (the text includes “that creature's controller” or the text includes “its controller” or the text includes “target creature's controller”) and the cards don’t become permanents
Chaotic Transformation {5}{R}
Sorcery
Exile up to one target artifact, up to one target creature, up to one target enchantment, up to one target planeswalker, and/or up to one target land. For each permanent exiled this way, its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a card that shares a card type with it, puts that card onto the battlefield, then shuffles.
Illustrated by Joseph Meehan
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Chill of the Grave {2}{U}
Instant
This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Zombie.
Tap target creature. It doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.
Draw a card.
Frozen is frozen, whether it’s with cold, terror, or both.
Illustrated by Olivier Bernard
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Cinder Cloud {3}{R}{R}
Instant
Destroy target creature. If a white creature dies this way, Cinder Cloud deals damage to that creature’s controller equal to the creature’s power.
Illustrated by Jock
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Code of Constraint {2}{U}
Instant
Target creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn.
Draw a card.
Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, tap that creature and it doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.
Watermark: Azorius
Illustrated by Ekaterina Burmak
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Consign to the Pit {5}{B}
Sorcery
Destroy target creature. Consign to the Pit deals 2 damage to that creature’s controller.
First your whole life flashes before your eyes. Then you have considerable time to reflect on every regret as you plummet.
Illustrated by Colin Boyer
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Contraband Livestock {1}{W}
Instant
Exile target creature, then roll a d20.
1—9 | Its controller creates a 4/4 green Ox creature token.
10—19 | Its controller creates a 2/2 green Boar creature token.
20 | Its controller creates a 0/1 white Goat creature token.
Illustrated by Mark Behm
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Boar Token, TCLB #12 |
| Goat Token, TCLB #1 |
| Ox Token, TCLB #13 |
| Contraband Livestock, CLB #12 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate | $0.14 | €0.15 |
Crib Swap {2}{W}
Tribal Instant — Shapeshifter
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Exile target creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling.
Illustrated by Brandon Dorman
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Crib Swap, CLB #690 |
| Shapeshifter Token, TCLB #22 |
Crippling Chill {2}{U}
Instant
Tap target creature. It doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.
Draw a card.
One breath of the geist turns veins to rivers of ice and freezes hearts midbeat.
Illustrated by Svetlin Velinov
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Curse of the Swine {X}{U}{U}
Sorcery
Exile X target creatures. For each creature exiled this way, its controller creates a 2/2 green Boar creature token.
Another imminent battle subsided in busy snuffling and carefree rooting.
Illustrated by James Ryman
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Boar Token, TOTC #16 |
| Curse of the Swine, OTC #92 |
Decisive Denial {G}{U}
Instant
Choose one —
• Target creature you control fights target creature you don’t control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
• Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {3}.
“I’ve heard enough.”
Watermark: Quandrix
Illustrated by Lorenzo Mastroianni
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Declaration in Stone {1}{W}
Sorcery
Exile target creature and all other creatures its controller controls with the same name as that creature. That player investigates for each nontoken creature exiled this way.
Illustrated by Tyler Jacobson
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Decoy Gambit {2}{U}
Instant
For each opponent, choose up to one target creature that player controls, then return that creature to its owner’s hand unless its controller has you draw a card.
“We’ll distract them. The rest of you, get out of here!”
—Alux, Skysail defender
Illustrated by Ravenna Tran
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Descent of the Dragons {4}{R}{R}
Sorcery
Destroy any number of target creatures. For each creature destroyed this way, its controller creates a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.
Dragons emerge from tempests fully formed and terribly hungry.
Illustrated by Steve Prescott
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Dragon Token, TDTK #5 |
| Descent of the Dragons, DTK #133 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragons of Tarkir | $2.84 | €2.84 | 0.02 |
Disemvowel {3}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Destroy target creature. That creature’s controller loses 1 life for each unique vowel in the creature’s name. (The vowels are A, E, I, O, U, and Y.)
Without vowels, no one can hear you scream.
Illustrated by Ralph Horsley
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Not Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Not Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Not Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Not Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Divergent Transformations {6}{R}
Instant
Undaunted (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each opponent.)
Exile two target creatures. For each of those creatures, its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card, puts that card onto the battlefield, then shuffles the rest into their library.
Illustrated by Kev Walker
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Draconic Roar {1}{R}
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand.
Draconic Roar deals 3 damage to target creature. If you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast this spell, Draconic Roar deals 3 damage to that creature’s controller.
Illustrated by Kev Walker
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Drown in the Loch {U}{B}
Instant
Choose one —
• Counter target spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller’s graveyard.
• Destroy target creature with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller’s graveyard.
Illustrated by John Stanko
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Essence Backlash {2}{U}{R}
Instant
Counter target creature spell. Essence Backlash deals damage equal to that spell’s power to its controller.
“The other guilds will learn the hard way not to interfere with our investigations.”
—Bori Andon, Izzet blastseeker
Watermark: Izzet
Illustrated by Jung Park
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Essence Vortex {1}{U}{B}
Instant
Destroy target creature unless its controller pays life equal to its toughness. A creature destroyed this way can’t be regenerated.
Masters who sacrifice for servants will receive the gift of loyalty.
Illustrated by Margaret Organ-Kean
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Exterminate! {2}{B}
Sorcery
Replicate—Tap an untapped Dalek you control. (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 3 life.
“You are the enemy of the Daleks! You will be exterminated! Exterminate!”
Illustrated by Ivan Dedov
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal