Effect-o-pedia
Innistrad: Double Feature
Limited formats will generally involve the same common gameplay effects which show up again and again. Use this guide to find out what common effects are in - and not in! - this format.
Board Wipes
Effects that can kill all creatures on the battlefield.
Conditional
Big format, lots of board wipes - beware!
Bounce
Effects that return cards to their owners hand.
Bounce spells have a decent showing.
Counterspells
Effects that can counter your spells.
So many conditional counterspells means it might be a blowout or a miss.
Discard
Effects that can force you discard cards from your hand.
The discard effects are mostly replaceable.
Disenchant
Effects that destroy artifacts or enchantments.
A couple free disenchant effects, but mostly represented with sideboard fodder.
Falter
Effects that make it so multiple creatures temporarily cannot block.
One flashback falter effect.
Fog
Effects that prevent combat damage for multiple or all creatures.
No cards in this format have this effect!
Haste
Effects that can grant haste to creatures, or creatures that have haste.
Bloodthirsty Adversary
Burn Down the House
Pack's Betrayal
Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher
Village Watch // Village Reavers
Primal Adversary
Angelfire Ignition
Hungry for More
Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer
Sunrise Cavalier
Wake to Slaughter
Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner
Bloody Betrayal
Creepy Puppeteer
Daybreak Combatants
Dominating Vampire
Frenzied Devils
Manaform Hellkite
Sanguine Statuette
Volatile Arsonist // Dire-Strain Anarchist
Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth
Halana and Alena, Partners
Markov Waltzer
Olivia, Crimson Bride
Dollhouse of Horrors
Haste lives mostly in red-black.
Life Gain
Gaining life!
Lifegain
Ambitious Farmhand // Seasoned Cathar
Blessed Defiance
Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer
Intrepid Adversary
Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
Ritual Guardian
Sigarda's Splendor
Sunset Revelry
Arrogant Outlaw
Curse of Leeches // Leeching Lurker
Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton
Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter
Mask of Griselbrand
The Meathook Massacre
Dawnhart Rejuvenator
Rise of the Ants
Turn the Earth
Willow Geist
Angelfire Ignition
Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition
Faithful Mending
Fleshtaker
Hungry for More
Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset
The Celestus
Hostile Hostel // Creeping Inn
Dawnhart Geist
Heron of Hope
Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr // Katilda's Rising Dawn
Kindly Ancestor // Ancestor's Embrace
Lantern Flare
Ollenbock Escort
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Sanctify
Traveling Minister
Desperate Farmer // Depraved Harvester
Diregraf Scavenger
Gluttonous Guest
Parasitic Grasp
Ragged Recluse // Odious Witch
Restless Bloodseeker // Bloodsoaked Reveler
Sorin the Mirthless
Vampire's Kiss
Bramble Wurm
Flourishing Hunter
Glorious Sunrise
Laid to Rest
Packsong Pup
Anje, Maid of Dishonor
Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin
Markov Purifier
Sigardian Paladin
Wedding Invitation
Payoff
VOW's lifegain theme exists in this format in White and Black, and is supported by some MID cards.
Mana Fixing
Effects that fix for colors.
Dawnhart Rejuvenator
Path to the Festival
Dire-Strain Rampage
Rootcoil Creeper
The Celestus
Crossroads Candleguide
Jack-o'-Lantern
Moonsilver Key
Mystic Skull // Mystic Monstrosity
Deserted Beach
Evolving Wilds
Haunted Ridge
Overgrown Farmland
Rockfall Vale
Shipwreck Marsh
Cartographer's Survey
Dig Up
Hiveheart Shaman
Nature's Embrace
Reclusive Taxidermist
Weaver of Blossoms // Blossom-Clad Werewolf
Foreboding Statue // Forsaken Thresher
Honored Heirloom
Deathcap Glade
Dreamroot Cascade
Evolving Wilds
Shattered Sanctum
Stormcarved Coast
Sundown Pass
Voldaren Estate
Several Green cards can help fix, with only Evolving Wilds as a common land fixer.
Mana Ramp
Effects that ramp mana.
Unblinking Observer
Lord of the Forsaken
Dawnhart Rejuvenator
Path to the Festival
Arlinn, the Pack's Hope // Arlinn, the Moon's Fury
Dire-Strain Rampage
Katilda, Dawnhart Prime
Kessig Naturalist // Lord of the Ulvenwald
Rootcoil Creeper
The Celestus
Cartographer's Survey
Cultivator Colossus
Glorious Sunrise
Hiveheart Shaman
Nature's Embrace
Reclusive Taxidermist
Splendid Reclamation
Weaver of Blossoms // Blossom-Clad Werewolf
Foreboding Statue // Forsaken Thresher
Honored Heirloom
As usual, mana ramp has much overlap with green fixing.
Mass Pump
Effects that pump all of a player's creatures.
Mass pump is an option on two modal cards as well as the very powerful Glorious Sunrise.
Ping
Effects that can kill creatures with 1 toughness.
Several ping effects, your X/1s may not be very safe.
Mill
Effects that can mill your opponent's deck.
Self
Consider
Covetous Castaway // Ghostly Castigator
Larder Zombie
Organ Hoarder
Otherworldly Gaze
Phantom Carriage
Dreadhound
Heirloom Mirror // Inherited Fiend
Deathbonnet Sprout // Deathbonnet Hulk
Eccentric Farmer
Tapping at the Window
Devoted Grafkeeper // Departed Soulkeeper
Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris
Fear of Death
Scattered Thoughts
Undead Butler
Crawling Infestation
Moldgraf Millipede
Mulch
Grolnok, the Omnivore
Old Rutstein
Vilespawn Spider
Almost no spells to mill your opponent, but self mill - especially in Blue and Green - is prevalent and can help fuel synergies such as Flashback and Disturb.
Mind Control
Effects that steal your permanents, permanently.
One powerful mind control spell - beware!
Threaten
Effects that steal your creatures temporarily and grant them haste.
Three threaten effects, beware big creatures!.