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Essence Flux 
Instant
Oracle 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.
Format Legality
PioneerModernLegacyVintagePauperDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Essence Flux, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3.4 |
| Modern | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Duel Commander | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 61
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Essence Flux
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (32)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Aragorn, King of Gondor
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Noble Hierarch
- 1 Territorial Kavu
- 1 Omnath, Locus of Creation
- 1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (9)
Instants (24)
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Worldly Tutor
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Essence Flux
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Cloudshift
- 1 Enlightened Tutor
- 1 Ephemerate
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Horizon of Progress
- 1 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (10)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (14)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 1 Ornithopter
- 1 Phyrexian Walker
- 1 Shield Sphere
- 1 Duelist of the Mind
- 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Wall of Omens
- 1 Reflector Mage
- 1 Spell Queller
- 1 Aboleth Spawn
- 1 Hydroelectric Specimen
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Sage of the Skies
- 1 Restoration Angel
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Cloudfin Raptor
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Novice Inspector
- 1 Thraben Inspector
- 1 Zack Fair
- 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice
Sorceries (7)
Instants (24)
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Razorgrass Ambush
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Essence Flux
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Vapor Snag
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Cloudshift
- 1 Ephemerate
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 1 Adarkar Wastes
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Cave of the Frost Dragon
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hengegate Pathway
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mishra's Factory
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Restless Anchorage
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 3 Snow-Covered Island
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (44)
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Engulf the Shore
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Essence Flux
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Lands (36)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (47)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Essence Flux
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (35)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (47)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Long-Term Plans
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Essence Flux
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Hydroblast
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Artifacts (1)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (47)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Long-Term Plans
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Essence Flux
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Hydroblast
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
Artifacts (1)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Ornithopter
- 1 Phyrexian Walker
- 1 Duelist of the Mind
- 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Wall of Omens
- 1 Reflector Mage
- 1 Spell Queller
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Final-Word Phantom
- 1 Hydroelectric Specimen
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Sage of the Skies
- 1 Restoration Angel
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Cloudfin Raptor
- 1 Giant Killer
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Novice Inspector
- 1 Thraben Inspector
- 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice
Sorceries (6)
Instants (24)
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Razorgrass Ambush
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Essence Flux
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Ephemerate
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Adarkar Wastes
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Celestial Colonnade
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hengegate Pathway
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mishra's Factory
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Restless Anchorage
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 1 Rishadan Port
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 4 Snow-Covered Island
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (47)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Long-Term Plans
- 1 Mana Short
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Essence Flux
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
