Card text
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{1}{B}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
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Mana cost
{1}{B}{G}
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Card text
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{1}{B}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Format legality
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyLegal
About Cauldron of Essence
Cauldron of Essence (179) is a Black and Green Artifact from Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS). It costs {1}{B}{G} and has mana value 3. It is printed at Rare rarity. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern and Legacy and 7 more formats.
Secrets of Strixhaven is a main expansion, released April 2026. Cauldron of Essence has 1 other card in the database, listed further down the page.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. {1}{B}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Card details
- Card number
- 179
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)
- Set type
- Expansion
- Released
- 24 April 2026
- Rarity
- Rare (R)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Artifact
- Colour
- Black / Green
- Colour identity
- Black / Green
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{G}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Cauldron of Essence
Other printings of Cauldron of Essence in Secrets of Strixhaven
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Cauldron of Essence in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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