Essence Warden
Planar Chaos 145 • common
- Set
- Planar Chaos
- Collector number
- 145
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Terese Nielsen
- Market price
- $6.59
What it does
Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.
"The more our numbers grow, the more I gain hope that Volrath and his cursed stronghold will one day fall."— Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Essence Warden was released in 2007 as part of the Planar Chaos set, the second expansion in the Time Spiral block. This set was unique within Magic: The Gathering for exploring an alternate reality where historical events and color philosophies diverged from the main continuity. The Warden functions as a color-shifted version of the iconic card Soul Warden, translating a white-aligned ability into the green color pie to highlight the hypothetical timeline where green gained life-gain mechanics typically reserved for white.
The artwork was commissioned from Terese Nielsen, a prominent illustrator whose work was a staple of the game for many years. Nielsen utilized her characteristic style to depict the Warden as a forest-dwelling figure deeply attuned to natural vitality. Upon its release, the card was well-received by players for its efficiency in token-based strategies and its thematic resonance with green's identity as the color of growth and survival.
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