Essence Capture
Ravnica Allegiance 37 • uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Collector number
- 37
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Mathias Kollros
- Market price
- $0.29
What it does
Counter target creature spell. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.
"It's not enough to defeat our foes. We must learn from them, too."— Vannifar
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Essence Capture was released in early 2019 as part of the Ravnica Allegiance expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As an uncommon instant, it serves as a functional reprint of similar defensive mechanics tailored for the Simic Combine, one of the ten guilds featured in the Ravnica setting. The card embodies the guild's philosophy of blending nature with innovation, providing a tactical tool for players to negate incoming creatures while simultaneously strengthening their own board presence with a +1/+1 counter.
The artwork was commissioned from Mathias Kollros, who sought to capture the visceral moment of a magical containment process. His design emphasizes the fluid, bio-organic aesthetic characteristic of the Simic guild, utilizing a cool color palette to reflect the blue-green mana identity. Upon release, the card was well-received by the player base for its efficiency in limited formats, where it provided both disruption and utility, cementing its place as a staple of the set's mechanical identity.
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