Essence Flux
Essence Flux: Instant, Innistrad Remastered. MTG card details, printings, market prices, official rulings, and format legality, all in one place on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered (INR)
- Released
- 2025-01-24
- Collector number
- 64
- Artist
- Seb McKinnon
- Commander rank
- 925 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Essence Flux
Essence Flux is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue instant from Innistrad Remastered (INR), a Masters set released in January 2025. It is collector number 64 in that set, with art by Seb McKinnon. It costs {U} (one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Shadows over Innistrad (2016) to Innistrad Remastered (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.06 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.06 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Essence Flux by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Essence Flux
Essence Flux has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) #354 | Common | 2025 |
| Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #67 | Common | 2023 |
| Jumpstart (JMP) #151 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #61 | Uncommon | 2016 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Essence Flux, newest first.
- Essence Flux checks whether the creature is a Spirit after it has returned from exile.
- If a double-faced card is exiled, it will return with its front face up.
- If a creature token is exiled, it ceases to exist. It won’t be returned to the battlefield.
- 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.
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