- Essence of the Wild
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Essence of the Wild
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mana_cost
Types
Creature
types
Subtypes
Avatar
subtypes
Prices
Normal
Foil
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Near Mint
$0.39
$0.36
Lightly Played
$0.47
$0.31
Moderately Played
$0.31
$0.26
Heavily Played
$0.41
$0.23
Damaged
$0.25
$0.48
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Near Mint
$1.82
$1.00
Lightly Played
$0.77
$0.97
Moderately Played
$1.20
$0.90
Heavily Played
N/A
$1.20
Damaged
N/A
$1.01
Details
Rules
Creatures you control enter as a copy of this creature.
rules
Power
6
power
Toughness
6
toughness
Color Identity
color_identity
Rarity
Mythic
rarity
Number
178
number
Artist
Terese Nielsen
artist
Language
English
language
(EN)
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Expansion
Innistrad
expansion.name
Rulings
Because creatures you control enter as copies of Essence of the Wild, any "enters" triggered abilities printed on such creatures won't trigger.
2011-09-22
Creatures you control don't copy whether Essence of the Wild is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or any Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
2011-09-22
External abilities may still affect how a creature enters. For example, if your opponent controls Urabrask the Hidden, which reads, in part, "Creatures your opponents control enter tapped," a creature entering under your control will be a tapped Essence of the Wild.
2011-09-22
If a creature such as Clone is entering under your control, there will be two copy effects to apply: the creature's own and Essence of the Wild's. No matter what order these effects are applied, the creature will be a copy of Essence of the Wild when it enters.
2011-09-22
If a creature such as Cryptoplasm that's already on the battlefield copies Essence of the Wild and modifies its own copy effect, that modification is also copied by creatures entering under your control.
2011-09-22
If you control more than one Essence of the Wild, creatures you control will enter as a copy of the one whose copy effect you apply last.
2011-09-22
Other "enters" replacement abilities printed on the creature entering won't be applied because the creature will already be Essence of the Wild at that point (and therefore it won't have those abilities). For example, a creature that normally enters tapped will enter as an untapped Essence of the Wild, and a creature that would normally enter with counters on it will enter as an Essence of the Wild with no counters.
2011-09-22
Replacement effects that modify how a creature enters are applied in the following order: first control-changing effects (such as Gather Specimens), then copy effects (such as the abilities of Essence of the Wild and Clone), then all other effects. This is a minor rules change to make Essence of the Wild and similar cards in the future work intuitively.
2011-09-22
rulings
Wander too far into the wild and it may take you for its own.
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Discussion
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Model attributes
id
string
The id of the card
ISD-178
name
string
The name of the card
Essence of the Wild
mana_cost
string
The cost to cast the card
{3}{G}{G}{G}
types
string[]
The types of card, such as Creature.
Creature
subtypes
string[]
The subtypes of the card, such as Storyborn or Hero.
Avatar
power
string
The strength of the card
6
toughness
string
The willpower of the card
6
color_identity
string
The color identity of the card (the colors that appear on the card)
G
variants
object[]
The variants the card is available in, such as normal or foil, and their prices.
variants.name
string
The variant name, such as normal or foil
normal
variants.prices
object[]
The variant name, such as normal or coldFoil
rarity
string
The rarity of the card
Mythic
number
string
The card number
178
artist
string
The artist of the card
Terese Nielsen
language
string
The language of the card, such as English.
English
language_code
string
The language code, such as EN.
EN
images
object[]
The images of the card
images.large
string
The large url of the image
https://images.scrydex.com/magicthegathering/ISD-178/large
expansion
object
The expansion the card belongs to
expansion.name
string
The name of the expansion
Innistrad
flavor_text
string
The flavor text of the card
Wander too far into the wild and it may take you for its own.