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Essence Scatter
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Duels of the PlaneswalkersDPA · #8
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.14 € · 0.32 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Counter target creature spell.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- PredhLegal
- 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
- Jon Foster
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2010-06-04
Flavour text
Some wizards compete not to summon the most interesting creatures, but to create the most interesting aftereffects when a summons goes awry.
Rulings
A "creature spell" is any spell with the card type creature, even if it has other types such as artifact or enchantment.
