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Essence Extraction
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
The ListPLST · #KLD-80
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.06 € · 0.23 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Essence Extraction deals 3 damage to target creature and you gain 3 life.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- 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
- Min Yum
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-09-26
Flavour text
The "gifted" among the aetherborn can draw the life essence of other living beings into themselves.
Rulings
If the target creature becomes an illegal target, Essence Extraction doesn't resolve and you don't gain life.
