Cauldron of Essence
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{G}
- Type
- Artifact
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Promos #179p (rare)
- Price
- $2.74 USD
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.
Cauldron of Essence has 3 printings, first in Secrets of Strixhaven (2026). EDHREC ranks it #1,954 among Commander cards. It appears most in Blech, Loafing Pest decks (10,606 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Cauldron of Essence most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Blech, Loafing Pest: 10,606 decks
- Dina, Essence Brewer: 6,351 decks
- Teval, the Balanced Scale: 4,581 decks
- Witherbloom, the Balancer: 3,911 decks
- Chatterfang, Squirrel General: 3,438 decks
- Meren of Clan Nel Toth: 2,833 decks
- The Serpent Society: 2,537 decks
- Uugguu, the Omniplasm: 2,439 decks
Often played with Cauldron of Essence
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Because targets are chosen before costs are paid, the target of Cauldron of Essence's last ability can't be the creature sacrificed to pay its cost.
- : If one or more creatures you control die at the same time that Cauldron of Essence leaves the battlefield, its first ability triggers once for each of those creatures.