Assimilate Essence {1}{U}

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🏷️ Instant-speed enabler🏷️ Counterspell🏷️ Mana sink

Counter target creature or battle spell unless its controller pays {4}. If they do, you incubate 2. (Create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

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March of the Machine

English · 2023-04-21

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standardNOT LEGALpioneerLEGALmodernLEGALlegacyLEGALvintageLEGALcommanderLEGAL

💡 Not Standard legal because this card is from March of the Machine (released 2023-04-21), which has rotated out of Standard.

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Oracle source: Scryfall / Wizards
Oracle updated: July 6, 2026
Legality source: Scryfall
Legality checked: July 6, 2026
Price source: tcgcsv / TCGplayer
Price synced: Jul 9, 2026
Scryfall ID: f6ee12ba-0e6c-485a-a1ff-61726ed72fea
Oracle ID: a24d3d60-2bd7-40cb-8002-b092943f61fe
TCGplayer ID: 491717

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