Cards like Swords to Plowshares in Limited Edition Alpha:

Death Ward

Death Ward

Instant

Regenerate target creature.

3.4 /10
~$25
Berserk

Berserk

Instant

Cast this spell only before the combat damage step.
Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy that creature if it attacked this turn.

8.2 /10
~$385
Jump

Jump

Instant

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

2.5 /10
~$20
Power Sink

Power Sink

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

6.8 /10
~$47
Unsummon

Unsummon

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

8.8 /10
~$32
Camouflage

Camouflage

Instant

Cast this spell only during your declare attackers step.
This turn, instead of declaring blockers, each defending player chooses any number of creatures they control and divides them into a number of piles equal to the number of attacking creatures for whom that player is the defending player. Creatures those players control that can block additional creatures may likewise be put into additional piles. Assign each pile to a different one of those attacking creatures at random. Each creature in a pile that can block the creature that pile is assigned to does so. (Piles can be empty.)

1.6 /10
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Chaoslace

Chaoslace

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes red. (Its mana symbols remain unchanged.)

0.5 /10
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False Orders

False Orders

Instant

Cast this spell only during the declare blockers step.
Remove target creature defending player controls from combat. Creatures it was blocking that had become blocked by only that creature this combat become unblocked. You may have it block an attacking creature of your choice.

2.3 /10
~$27
Giant Growth

Giant Growth

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

7.7 /10
~$71
Howl from Beyond

Howl from Beyond

Instant

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

5.8 /10
~$17
Sacrifice

Sacrifice

Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add an amount of equal to the sacrificed creature's mana value.

8.4 /10
~$133
Twiddle

Twiddle

Instant

You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land.

7.7 /10
~$31
Ancestral Recall

Ancestral Recall

Instant

Target player draws three cards.

10 /10
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Deathlace

Deathlace

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes black. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

0.7 /10
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Lifelace

Lifelace

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes green. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

0.2 /10
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Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt

Instant

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

9.9 /10
~$315
Magical Hack

Magical Hack

Instant

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one basic land type with another. (For example, you may change "swampwalk" to "plainswalk." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

3.2 /10
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Natural Selection

Natural Selection

Instant

Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.

1.5 /10
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Red Elemental Blast

Red Elemental Blast

Instant

Choose one —
• Counter target blue spell.
• Destroy target blue permanent.

9.9 /10
~$89
Sirens Call

Siren's Call

Instant

Cast this spell only during an opponent's turn, before attackers are declared.
Creatures the active player controls attack this turn if able.
At the beginning of the next end step, destroy all non-Wall creatures that player controls that didn't attack this turn. Ignore this effect for each creature the player didn't control continuously since the beginning of the turn.

3.5 /10
~$30

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