Essence Harvest
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Avacyn Restored #100 (common)
- Price
- $0.33 USD
Target player loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.
Essence Harvest has 1 printing, first in Avacyn Restored (2012). EDHREC ranks it #6,435 among Commander cards. It appears most in Umbris, Fear Manifest decks (3,302 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Essence Harvest most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Umbris, Fear Manifest: 3,302 decks
- Yargle and Multani: 2,974 decks
- Saruman, the White Hand: 1,432 decks
- Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder: 1,017 decks
- Kresh the Bloodbraided: 921 decks
- Coram, the Undertaker: 772 decks
- Greven, Predator Captain: 660 decks
- Atogatog: 528 decks
Often played with Essence Harvest
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The value of X is determined when Essence Harvest resolves. If you control no creatures that time, no life will be lost or gained.
- : Essence Harvest targets only the player. It doesn’t target any creatures. If that player is an illegal target when Essence Harvest tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. No life will be lost or gained.