Cauldron of Essence
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Secrets of StrixhavenSOS · #179
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 3.07 € · ★ 3.65 € · 2.44 $ · ★ 2.99 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Black Green
Card text
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. , , Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Craig J Spearing
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2026-04-24
Flavour text
In the gloomy depths of Widdershins Hall sits an iron belly—always hungry, but generous to those who feed it.
Rulings
Because targets are chosen before costs are paid, the target of Cauldron of Essence's last ability can't be the creature sacrificed to pay its cost.
If one or more creatures you control die at the same time that Cauldron of Essence leaves the battlefield, its first ability triggers once for each of those creatures.
