Printings
Cauldron of Essence
Card Information
Type: Artifact
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 179
Oracle Text
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.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- March 20, 2026
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.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
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.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.