Essence Backlash
Return to Ravnica · #160 · Common
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Counter target creature spell. Essence Backlash deals damage equal to that spell's power to its controller.
"The other guilds will learn the hard way not to interfere with our investigations."
—Bori Andon, Izzet blastseeker
Card details
- Shown printing
- Return to Ravnica (RTR)
- Artist
- Jung Park
- Color identity
- Red, Blue
- Colors
- Red, Blue
- Mana value
- 4
- First released
- October 5, 2012
- Printings
- 1
- EDHREC rank
- #18833 on EDHREC
- Market price
- $0.10 (cheapest printing, updated weekly)
Legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- Standard BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
- GladiatorNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Pauper CommanderLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- PreDHNot legal
- PremodernNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- FutureNot legal
Rulings (3)
Abilities that change the power of a creature (such as the one of Collective Blessing) affect only creatures on the battlefield. They won’t change a creature spell’s power on the stack.
Essence Backlash can target a creature spell that can’t be countered. If Essence Backlash resolves, it won’t counter the spell but it will still deal damage.
If the creature’s power is * and it has an ability defining its power, use that ability to determine its power.
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