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Essence Vortex
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Ice AgeICE · #287
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.24 € · 0.34 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Blue Black
Card text
Destroy target creature unless its controller pays life equal to its toughness. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Margaret Organ-Kean
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1995-06-03
Flavour text
Masters who sacrifice for servants will receive the gift of loyalty.