Essence Capture
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Ravnica AllegianceRNA · #37
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.10 € · ★ 0.55 € · 0.27 $ · ★ 0.32 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Counter target creature spell. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- 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).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Mathias Kollros
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-01-25
Flavour text
"It's not enough to defeat our foes. We must learn from them, too." —Vannifar
Rulings
A creature spell that can't be countered is a legal target for Essence Capture. The spell won't be countered when Essence Capture resolves, but you'll still put a +1/+1 counter on the target creature.
You can't cast Essence Capture without a target creature spell. If either target is illegal when Essence Capture tries to resolve, the other is still affected as appropriate.
