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Syphon Essence {2}{U}

Instant

🏷️ Card draw (Instant)🏷️ Instant-speed enabler🏷️ Counterspell

Counter target creature or planeswalker spell. Create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

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Innistrad: Double Feature

English · 2022-01-28

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standardNOT LEGALpioneerLEGALmodernLEGALlegacyLEGALvintageLEGALcommanderLEGAL

💡 Not Standard legal because this card is from Innistrad: Double Feature (released 2022-01-28), 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: Aug 23, 2026
Scryfall ID: bd07eb9f-4817-45f4-a5eb-3d1842d43301
Oracle ID: e6e7b5ba-ea10-4f53-8afc-045aa1906c6b
TCGplayer ID: 255676

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