Essence Flare
Mana cost {U}.
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+0.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, put a -0/-1 counter on that creature.
Essence Flare is a blue card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Ice Age printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€0.51) · TCGplayer ($0.32) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 17 August 2026: on Cardmarket between €0.19 and €0.56 in that time.
How often Essence Flare is played
Essence Flare is kept in 2 sideboards (2%); used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 48 decks that can cast blue cards, 2 of them play it (4%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Sideboard plans with Essence Flare
- Stiflenought vs. Sligh, Goblins and RG Zoo. In: three Hydroblast and three Essence Flare. Hydroblast counters a red spell or destroys a red permanent for one mana, and Essence Flare kills a creature with one toughness in its controller's next upkeep, before it can attack again: Jackal Pup, Mogg Fanatic, Grim Lavamancer, Goblin Lackey, Goblin Matron.
- Stiflenought vs. Elves. In: three Essence Flare and Cursed Totem. Essence Flare kills a one-toughness elf, and Cursed Totem shuts off Quirion Ranger, Wirewood Symbiote and Masticore, and also mana elves and Priest of Titania, since mana abilities are activated abilities too.
- Stiflenought vs. White Weenie and Rebels. In: three Essence Flare and Misdirection. Essence Flare kills their one-toughness creatures: Mother of Runes, Savannah Lions, Soltari Priest and Soltari Monk, or Ramosian Sergeant and Defiant Falcon.
Tournament decks with Essence Flare
- Mono Blue Control: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (2× sideboard)
- Mono Blue Control: 1st Place at MTGO Challenge (2× sideboard)
