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◇ Catalog #84

Syphon Essence

vow·#84·common·nonfoil

Illus. Sean Murray

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Nov '21

4 yr ago

Value

$0.12+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.12 · low $0.11

NM$0.12

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.11–$0.13modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.12low $0.03range 300.0%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #20,888 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.06

Nonfoil$0.12

Gameplay

Instant

Counter target creature or planeswalker spell. Create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

The third step in creating a skaab requires draining the body of blood and replacing it with *viscus vitae*, a mixture of angel's blood and lamp oil.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2025-01-24wotc

If an effect refers to a Blood token, it means any artifact token with the subtype Blood, even if it has gained other subtypes.

2025-01-24wotc

Some spells that instruct you to create a Blood token require targets. You can't cast these spells without choosing all required targets, and if all of those targets become illegal targets, the spell won't resolve and you won't create any Blood tokens. If some but not all of those targets become illegal, you'll do as much as possible, including creating Blood tokens.

2025-01-24wotc

You can't sacrifice a Blood token to pay multiple costs.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.12. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.12 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from VOW — 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 #84 of *Innistrad: Crimson Vow*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2021 Innistrad: Crimson Vow release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {2}{U} (3 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #20,888 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Sean Murray. Rarix catalogs 68 other cards credited to this artist.