Essence Backlash
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Return to Ravnica (RTR)
Rarity: Common
Collector Number: 160
Oracle Text
Counter target creature spell. Essence Backlash deals damage equal to that spell's power to its controller.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 1, 2012
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.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2012
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.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2012
If the creature’s power is * and it has an ability defining its power, use that ability to determine its power.
Source: wotc
Price History
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