Essence Filter
Ice Age 233 • common
- Set
- Ice Age
- Collector number
- 233
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Rick Emond
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
Destroy all enchantments or all nonwhite enchantments.
"Freyalise has cleansed our bodies and minds of the plagues of Kjeldor; all she asks in return is that we keep pure our newly given home in Fyndhorn."— Kolbjörn, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Essence Filter was released in 1995 as part of the Ice Age expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, this set introduced a thematic focus on arctic survival and a cold, winter-inspired aesthetic that stood out from the game's previous high-fantasy settings. The card was designed to offer players a niche utility for managing mana color consistency, a mechanic that reflected the set's exploration of more complex deck-building strategies during the game's formative years.
The artwork for Essence Filter was created by illustrator Anson Maddocks, one of the original artists who defined the visual language of early Magic cards. Maddocks utilized his signature style to depict the ethereal, filtering nature of the spell, grounding the card's function in the game's broader lore of magical manipulation. Upon its release, the card was viewed primarily as a role-player within specific color-fixing archetypes, maintaining a modest but steady presence within the diverse card pool of the mid-90s.
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