SEARCH:

+Instant, +gain, +life (278)

123 >
Search Criteria
Updating... Updating search parameters...
 Search Result Options
    Name (asc)   >    
  • Additional Sort:

Display:
Rush of Vitality
Rush of Vitality 1Black (2)
Instant

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains lifelink and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage dealt by that creature also causes its controller to gain that much life, and it can't be destroyed by damage or effects that say "destroy.")

Kaladesh Remastered (Common)
Other Versions
Kaladesh (Common)
Sacred Fire
Sacred Fire RedWhite (2)
Instant

Sacred Fire deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.

Flashback 4RedWhite (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (Uncommon)
Samite Ministration
Samite Ministration 1White (2)
Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by a source of your choice. Whenever damage from a black or red source is prevented this way this turn, you gain that much life.

Invasion (Uncommon)
Sanguine Sacrament
Sanguine Sacrament Variable ColorlessWhiteWhite (2)
Instant

You gain twice X life. Put Sanguine Sacrament on the bottom of its owner's library.

Ixalan (Rare)
Save Life
Save Life White (1)
Instant

Choose one —

• Target player gains 2½ life.

• Prevent the next 2½ damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

Gotcha — If an opponent says "save" or "life," you may say "Gotcha" When you do, return Save Life from your graveyard to your hand.

Unhinged (Uncommon)
Scent of Jasmine
Scent of Jasmine White (1)
Instant

Reveal any number of white cards in your hand. You gain 2 life for each card revealed this way.

Urza's Destiny (Common)
Second Breakfast
Second Breakfast 2White (3)
Instant

Up to two target creatures each get +2/+1 until end of turn. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "2, Tap, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth (Common)
Seed of Hope
Seed of Hope Green (1)
Instant

Mill two cards. You may put a permanent card from among the milled cards into your hand. You gain 2 life. (To mill two cards, put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)

March of the Machine (Common)
Hide // Seek (Seek)
Hide // Seek (Seek) WhiteBlack (2)
Instant

Search target opponent's library for a card and exile it. You gain life equal to its mana value. Then that player shuffles.

Dissension (Rare)
Serene Offering
Serene Offering 1White (2)
Instant

Destroy target enchantment. You gain life equal to its mana value.

Tempest (Uncommon)
Shadowbane
Shadowbane 1White (2)
Instant

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you and/or creatures you control this turn, prevent that damage. If damage from a black source is prevented this way, you gain that much life.

Mirage (Uncommon)
Shadowfeed
Shadowfeed Black (1)
Instant

Exile target card from a graveyard. You gain 3 life.

Shards of Alara (Common)
Shelob's Ambush
Shelob's Ambush Black (1)
Instant

Target creature gets +1/+2 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "2, Tap, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth (Common)
Sheltering Word
Sheltering Word 1Green (2)
Instant

Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. (A creature with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Avacyn Restored (Common)
Silverstrike
Silverstrike 3White (4)
Instant

Destroy target attacking creature. You gain 3 life.

Shadows over Innistrad (Uncommon)
Simulacrum
Simulacrum 1Black (2)
Instant

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Fourth Edition (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Limited Edition Alpha (Uncommon)
Limited Edition Beta (Uncommon)
Unlimited Edition (Uncommon)
Revised Edition (Uncommon)
Six-Sided Die
Six-Sided Die 2Black (3)
Instant

Choose target creature. Roll a six-sided die.

1 — It has base toughness 1 until end of turn.

2 — Put two -1/-1 counters on it.

3 — Six-Sided Die deals 3 damage to it and you gain 3 life.

4 — It gets -4/-4 until end of turn.

5 — Destroy it.

6 — Exile it.

Unfinity (Common)
Skullcrack
Skullcrack 1Red (2)
Instant

Players can't gain life this turn. Damage can't be prevented this turn. Skullcrack deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker.

Outlaws of Thunder Junction Breaking News (Rare)
Other Versions
Gatecrash (Uncommon)
Ravnica Remastered (Uncommon)
Song of Inspiration
Song of Inspiration 3GreenGreen (5)
Instant

Choose up to two target permanent cards in your graveyard. Roll a d20 and add the total mana value of those cards.

1–14 | Return those cards to your hand.

15+ | Return those cards to your hand. You gain life equal to their total mana value.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander (Rare)
Soothing Balm
Soothing Balm 1White (2)
Instant

Target player gains 5 life.

Mercadian Masques (Common)
Sorin's Thirst
Sorin's Thirst BlackBlack (2)
Instant

Sorin's Thirst deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.

Core Set 2020 (Common)
Other Versions
Magic 2012 (Common)
Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt (Common)
War of the Spark (Common)
Soul Spike
Soul Spike 5BlackBlack (7)
Instant

You may exile two black cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Soul Spike deals 4 damage to any target and you gain 4 life.

Coldsnap (Rare)
Soul's Grace
Soul's Grace 1White (2)
Instant

You gain life equal to target creature's power.

Shards of Alara (Common)
Sphinx's Insight
Sphinx's Insight 2WhiteBlue (4)
Instant

Draw two cards.

Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, you gain 2 life.

Ravnica Allegiance (Common)
Sphinx's Revelation
Sphinx's Revelation Variable ColorlessWhiteBlueBlue (3)
Instant

You gain X life and draw X cards.

Ravnica Remastered (Rare)
Other Versions
Return to Ravnica (Mythic Rare)
Modern Masters 2017 Edition (Mythic Rare)
Guild Kit: Azorius (Mythic Rare)
Amonkhet Remastered (Mythic Rare)
The Brothers' War Commander (Mythic Rare)
Spinal Embrace
Spinal Embrace 3BlueBlueBlack (6)
Instant

Cast this spell only during combat.

Untap target creature you don't control and gain control of it. It gains haste until end of turn. At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice it. If you do, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Dominaria Remastered (Rare)
Other Versions
Invasion (Rare)
Commander 2013 Edition (Rare)
Zendikar Rising Commander (Rare)
Spinning Darkness
Spinning Darkness 4BlackBlack (6)
Instant

You may exile the top three black cards of your graveyard rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Spinning Darkness deals 3 damage to target nonblack creature. You gain 3 life.

Weatherlight (Common)
Spiritualize
Spiritualize 2White (3)
Instant

Until end of turn, whenever target creature deals damage, you gain that much life.

Draw a card.

Odyssey (Uncommon)
Spoils of Adventure
Spoils of Adventure 4WhiteBlue (6)
Instant

This spell costs 1 less to cast for each creature in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)

You gain 3 life and draw three cards.

Zendikar Rising (Uncommon)
Spoils of Evil
Spoils of Evil 2Black (3)
Instant

For each artifact or creature card in target opponent's graveyard, add Colorless and you gain 1 life.

Ice Age (Rare)
Springsage Ritual
Springsage Ritual 3Green (4)
Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 4 life.

Eldritch Moon (Common)
Stew the Coneys
Stew the Coneys 2Green (3)
Instant

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "2Tap, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth (Uncommon)
Stir the Pride
Stir the Pride 4White (5)
Instant

Choose one —

• Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.

• Until end of turn, creatures you control gain "Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life."

Entwine 1White (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Modern Masters (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Darksteel (Uncommon)
Success!
Success! White (1)
Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If it's a host or has augment, it gains lifelink until end of turn.

Unstable (Common)
Suffer the Past
Suffer the Past Variable ColorlessBlack (1)
Instant

Exile X target cards from target player's graveyard. For each card exiled this way, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Commander 2021 (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Rise of the Eldrazi (Uncommon)
Sune's Intervention
Sune's Intervention 4WhiteWhite (6)
Instant

Choose one or more —

• Create two 2/2 white Knight creature tokens.

• Seek a nonland permanent card with mana value 3 or less.

• Destroy target artifact.

• Destroy target enchantment.

• Target player gains 3 life.

Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (Rare)
Sun's Bounty
Sun's Bounty 1White (2)
Instant

You gain 4 life.

Recover 1White (When a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay 1White. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)

Coldsnap (Common)
Surge of Righteousness
Surge of Righteousness 1White (2)
Instant

Destroy target black or red creature that's attacking or blocking. You gain 2 life.

Dragons of Tarkir (Uncommon)
Swift Justice
Swift Justice White (1)
Instant

Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike and lifelink.

Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning (Common)
Other Versions
Return to Ravnica (Common)
Swords to Plowshares
Swords to Plowshares White (1)
Instant

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Magic The Gathering—Fallout (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Limited Edition Alpha (Uncommon)
Limited Edition Beta (Uncommon)
Unlimited Edition (Uncommon)
Revised Edition (Uncommon)
Fourth Edition (Uncommon)
Ice Age (Uncommon)
Battle Royale Box Set (Uncommon)
Masters Edition II (Uncommon)
Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret (Uncommon)
Masters Edition IV (Uncommon)
From the Vault: Twenty (Mythic Rare)
Magic: The Gathering—Conspiracy (Uncommon)
Vintage Masters (Uncommon)
Eternal Masters (Uncommon)
Commander 2016 (Uncommon)
Commander 2017 (Uncommon)
Iconic Masters (Uncommon)
Masters 25 (Uncommon)
Battlebond (Uncommon)
Secret Lair Drop (Rare)
Commander Legends (Uncommon)
Strixhaven Mystical Archive (Rare)
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander (Uncommon)
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (Uncommon)
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Commander (Uncommon)
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Commander (Uncommon)
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Commander (Uncommon)
Streets of New Capenna Commander (Uncommon)
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (Uncommon)
Game Night: Free-For-All (Uncommon)
The Brothers' War Commander (Uncommon)
Dominaria Remastered (Uncommon)
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (Uncommon)
March of the Machine Commander (Uncommon)
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth Commander (Uncommon)
Commander Masters (Uncommon)
Wilds of Eldraine Commander (Uncommon)
Doctor Who Commander (Uncommon)
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (Uncommon)
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (Uncommon)
Sylvan Bounty
Sylvan Bounty 5Green (6)
Instant

Target player gains 8 life.

Basic landcycling 1Green (1Green, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Archenemy: Nicol Bolas (Common)
Other Versions
Conflux (Common)
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas (Common)
Modern Masters (Common)
Modern Masters 2015 Edition (Common)
Conspiracy: Take the Crown (Common)
Take Heart
Take Heart White (1)
Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. You gain 1 life for each attacking creature you control.

Jumpstart (Common)
Other Versions
Guilds of Ravnica (Common)
Take Up the Shield
Take Up the Shield 1White (2)
Instant

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains lifelink and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Outlaws of Thunder Junction (Common)
Other Versions
Dominaria United (Common)
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
Tamiyo's Safekeeping Green (1)
Instant

Target permanent you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 2 life.(A permanent with hexproof and indestructible can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (Common)
Tandem Tactics
Tandem Tactics 1White (2)
Instant

Up to two target creatures each get +1/+2 until end of turn. You gain 2 life.

Ravnica Clue Edition (Common)
Other Versions
Battle for Zendikar (Common)
Battlebond (Common)
Jumpstart (Common)
Teferi's Protection
Teferi's Protection 2White (3)
Instant

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.)

Exile Teferi's Protection.

Double Masters 2022 (Rare)
Other Versions
Commander 2017 (Rare)
Secret Lair Drop (Rare)
Strixhaven Mystical Archive (Mythic Rare)
Gumdrop Poisoner (Tempt with Treats)
Gumdrop Poisoner (Tempt with Treats) Black (1)
Instant — Adventure

Create a Food token. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Wilds of Eldraine (Rare)
Tenacity
Tenacity 3White (4)
Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain lifelink until end of turn. Untap those creatures.

Shadows over Innistrad (Uncommon)
Tend the Pests
Tend the Pests BlackGreen (2)
Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.

Create X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life," where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

Strixhaven: School of Mages (Uncommon)
Tendrils of Corruption
Tendrils of Corruption 3Black (4)
Instant

Tendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

Historic Anthology 1 (Common)
Other Versions
Time Spiral (Common)
Magic 2010 (Common)
Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana (Common)
Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition (Common)
Commander 2014 (Common)
Duel Decks Anthology, Garruk vs. Liliana (Common)
Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis (Common)
Time Spiral Remastered (Common)
Tidy Conclusion
Tidy Conclusion 3BlackBlack (5)
Instant

Destroy target creature. You gain 1 life for each artifact you control.

Kaladesh (Common)
Touch of Moonglove
Touch of Moonglove Black (1)
Instant

Target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. Whenever a creature dealt damage by that creature dies this turn, its controller loses 2 life. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Magic Origins (Common)
Toxin Analysis
Toxin Analysis Black (1)
Instant

Target creature gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "2, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Murders at Karlov Manor (Common)
Treacherous Greed
Treacherous Greed 1WhiteBlack (3)
Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature that dealt damage this turn.

Draw three cards. Each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

Murders at Karlov Manor (Rare)
Tribute to Hunger
Tribute to Hunger 2Black (3)
Instant

Target opponent sacrifices a creature. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Innistrad (Uncommon)
Triumphant Surge
Triumphant Surge 3White (4)
Instant

Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. You gain 3 life.

Theros Beyond Death (Common)
Truce
Truce 2White (3)
Instant

Each player may draw up to two cards. For each card less than two a player draws this way, that player gains 2 life.

Homelands (Rare)
Other Versions
Fifth Edition (Rare)
Turn into a Pumpkin
Turn into a Pumpkin 3Blue (4)
Instant

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Adamant — If at least three blue mana was spent to cast this spell, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "2, Tap, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Throne of Eldraine (Uncommon)
Turn the Earth
Turn the Earth Green (1)
Instant

Choose up to three target cards in graveyards. The owners of those cards shuffle them into their libraries. You gain 2 life.

Flashback 1Green (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (Uncommon)
Umezawa's Charm
Umezawa's Charm 1Black (2)
Instant

Choose one —

• Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

• Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

• You gain 2 life.

Modern Horizons (Common)
Undercity's Embrace
Undercity's Embrace 2Black (3)
Instant

Target opponent sacrifices a creature. If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, you gain 4 life.

Ravnica Remastered (Common)
Other Versions
Ravnica Allegiance (Common)
Unholy Hunger
Unholy Hunger 3BlackBlack (5)
Instant

Destroy target creature.

Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, you gain 2 life.

Ultimate Masters (Common)
Other Versions
Magic Origins (Common)
Union of the Third Path
Union of the Third Path 2White (3)
Instant

Draw a card, then you gain life equal to the number of cards in your hand.

The Brothers' War (Common)
Vampire's Bite
Vampire's Bite Black (1)
Instant

Kicker 2Black (You may pay an additional 2Black as you cast this spell.)

Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt (Common)
Other Versions
Zendikar (Common)
Verdant Command
Verdant Command 1Green (2)
Instant

Choose two —

• Target player creates two tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens.

• Counter target loyalty ability of a planeswalker.

• Exile target card from a graveyard.

• Target player gains 3 life.

Modern Horizons 2 (Rare)
Vigorous Charge
Vigorous Charge Green (1)
Instant

Kicker White (You may pay an additional White as you cast this spell.)

Target creature gains trample until end of turn. Whenever that creature deals combat damage this turn, if this spell was kicked, you gain life equal to that damage.

Invasion (Common)
Vital Surge
Vital Surge 1Green (2)
Instant — Arcane

You gain 3 life.

Splice onto Arcane 1Green (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Betrayers of Kamigawa (Common)
Vitalizing Cascade
Vitalizing Cascade Variable ColorlessGreenWhite (2)
Instant

You gain X plus 3 life.

Mirage (Uncommon)
Vraska's Contempt
Vraska's Contempt 2BlackBlack (4)
Instant

Exile target creature or planeswalker. You gain 2 life.

Ixalan (Rare)
War Report
War Report 3White (4)
Instant

You gain life equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield plus the number of artifacts on the battlefield.

New Phyrexia (Common)
Warleader's Helix
Warleader's Helix 2RedWhite (4)
Instant

Warleader's Helix deals 4 damage to any target and you gain 4 life.

Ultimate Masters (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Dragon's Maze (Uncommon)
Weather the Storm
Weather the Storm 1Green (2)
Instant

You gain 3 life.

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

Strixhaven Mystical Archive (Rare)
Other Versions
Modern Horizons (Common)
When We Were Young
When We Were Young 3White (4)
Instant

Up to two target creatures each get +2/+2 until end of turn. If you control an artifact and an enchantment, those creatures also gain lifelink until end of turn.

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (Uncommon)
Whitesun's Passage
Whitesun's Passage 1White (2)
Instant

You gain 5 life.

Scars of Mirrodin (Common)
Who/What/When/Where/Why (Who // What // When // Where // Why)
Who/What/When/Where/Why (Who // What // When // Where // Why) (0)
Instant

Who

oXoW

Instant

Target player gains X life.

//

What

o2oR

Instant

Destroy target artifact.

//

When

o2oU

Instant

Counter target creature spell.

//

Where

o3oB

Instant

Destroy target land.

//

Why

o1oG

Instant

Destroy target enchantment.

Unsanctioned (Rare)
Other Versions
Unhinged (Rare)
Ready // Willing (Willing)
Ready // Willing (Willing) 1WhiteBlack (3)
Instant

Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

Dragon's Maze (Rare)
Worthy Cause
Worthy Cause White (1)
Instant

Buyback 2 (You may pay an additional 2 as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.

You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Tempest (Uncommon)
Zenith Flare
Zenith Flare 2RedWhite (4)
Instant

Zenith Flare deals X damage to any target and you gain X life, where X is the number of cards with a cycling ability in your graveyard.

Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (Uncommon)
123 >
We have updated our privacy policy. Click the link to learn more.

Gatherer works better in the Companion app!

Continue