Charm

A Charm is a modal instant spell with three possible results of which one can be selected. Charms usually appear in horizontal cycles. So far there have been charms at common that cost a single colored mana, charms at uncommon that cost three different colored mana centered around one color with its two allies and charm at uncommon costing two colored mana.^[1] According to Mark Rosewater in 2014, players like these Charms and he was pretty sure they would see them again (knowing that would appear in Khans of Tarkir).^[2]

The term "Charm" came from the Mirage design team, referencing a fantasy term for a small object with tiny amounts of magic. The name has become a staple for this type of effect, but the names now imply a small magical effect rather than a magical object.^[3]

Charm cycles

Cycle name				'		Description and notes
Mirage charms	Ivory Charm	Sapphire Charm	Ebony Charm	Chaos Charm	Seedling Charm
Visions charms	Hope Charm	Vision Charm	Funeral Charm	Hearth Charm	Emerald Charm	Funeral Charm has been reprinted in the timeshifted portion of Time Spiral without its counterparts.
Planeshift charms	Treva's Charm	Dromar's Charm	Crosis's Charm	Darigaaz's Charm	Rith's Charm	also called Dragon Charms as they are named after a cycle of legendary dragons.
Onslaught charms	Piety Charm	Trickery Charm	Misery Charm	Fever Charm	Vitality Charm
Planar Chaos charms	Dawn Charm	Piracy Charm	Midnight Charm	Fury Charm	Evolution Charm	A cycle with exceptions as only Dawn, Fury and Evolution Charm cost 1C, while Piracy Charm is a timeshifted mirrored pair to Funeral Charm.^[4]
Shards of Alara charms	Bant Charm	Esper Charm	Grixis Charm	Jund Charm	Naya Charm
Return to Ravnica block charms	Azorius Charm	Dimir Charm	Rakdos Charm	Gruul Charm	Selesnya Charm
Return to Ravnica block charms	Orzhov Charm	Izzet Charm	Golgari Charm	Boros Charm	Simic Charm
Khans of Tarkir Charms	Abzan Charm	Jeskai Charm	Sultai Charm	Mardu Charm	Temur Charm	First cycle that uses the new bullet-point layout for modal spells.