Essence Flux

Innistrad Remastered (INR) #354 · Common · Instant

Mana cost: {U}

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If it's a Spirit, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

A spirit is both fettered and free—bound in some ways to its previous existence, yet able to transcend much of the corporeal.

Illustrated by Seb McKinnon · Released January 24, 2025

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.59 USD (43.4%) to $1.95 USD; low $1.36 USD, high $1.95 USD.

Printings

  1. Innistrad Remastered #354 (this printing) · Common · 2025 · $1.95 USD
  2. Innistrad Remastered #64 (INR) · Common · 2025 · $1.79 USD
  3. Shadows over Innistrad Remastered #67 (SIR) · Common · 2023
  4. Jumpstart #151 (JMP) · Uncommon · 2020 · $1.33 USD
  5. Shadows over Innistrad #61 (SOI) · Uncommon · 2016 · $1.56 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2016-04-08 · wotc — Essence Flux checks whether the creature is a Spirit after it has returned from exile.
  2. 2016-04-08 · wotc — If a double-faced card is exiled, it will return with its front face up.
  3. 2016-04-08 · wotc — If a creature token is exiled, it ceases to exist. It won’t be returned to the battlefield.
  4. 2016-04-08 · wotc — Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners’ graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled creature will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist.

Played in these commander decks

  1. Elrond, Moon-Reader · in 44% of 39 decks
  2. Ureni of the Unwritten · in 19% of 47 decks
  3. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm · in 11% of 45 decks
  4. Dungeon Delver · in 11% of 47 decks
  5. Indominus Rex, Alpha · in 8% of 49 decks

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