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◇ Catalog #80

Essence Extraction

kld·#80·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Min Yum

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Sep '16

10 yr ago

Value

$0.09+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.09 · low $0.08

NM$0.09

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.08–$0.10modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.10low $0.04range 150.0%n 46

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #21,191 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.06

Nonfoil$0.09

Gameplay

Instant

Essence Extraction deals 3 damage to target creature and you gain 3 life.

The "gifted" among the aetherborn can draw the life essence of other living beings into themselves.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2016-09-20wotc

If the target creature becomes an illegal target, Essence Extraction doesn't resolve and you don't gain life.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.09. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.10 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from KLD — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #80 of *Kaladesh*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2016 Kaladesh release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{B}{B} (3 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #21,191 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Min Yum. Rarix catalogs 203 other cards credited to this artist.