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Innistrad (ISD | #178 | 2011-09-30)

Essence of the Wild

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Artist: Terese Nielsen

Creatures you control enter as a copy of this creature.

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$0.45 cheapest print

Prices

Set # Treatment Finish Price (USD)
Innistrad 178 Regular Nonfoil $0.45
Innistrad 178 Regular Foil $1.40

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Printings (1)

Essence of the Wild — Innistrad
Innistrad
#178 Mythic $0.45
Regular Nonfoil Foil
Terese Nielsen

Rulings

2011-09-22 wotc
Replacement effects that modify how a creature enters are applied in the following order: first control-changing effects (such as Gather Specimens), then copy effects (such as the abilities of Essence of the Wild and Clone), then all other effects. This is a minor rules change to make Essence of the Wild and similar cards in the future work intuitively.
2011-09-22 wotc
Other "enters" replacement abilities printed on the creature entering won't be applied because the creature will already be Essence of the Wild at that point (and therefore it won't have those abilities). For example, a creature that normally enters tapped will enter as an untapped Essence of the Wild, and a creature that would normally enter with counters on it will enter as an Essence of the Wild with no counters.
2011-09-22 wotc
If you control more than one Essence of the Wild, creatures you control will enter as a copy of the one whose copy effect you apply last.
2011-09-22 wotc
If a creature such as Cryptoplasm that's already on the battlefield copies Essence of the Wild and modifies its own copy effect, that modification is also copied by creatures entering under your control.
2011-09-22 wotc
If a creature such as Clone is entering under your control, there will be two copy effects to apply: the creature's own and Essence of the Wild's. No matter what order these effects are applied, the creature will be a copy of Essence of the Wild when it enters.
2011-09-22 wotc
External abilities may still affect how a creature enters. For example, if your opponent controls Urabrask the Hidden, which reads, in part, "Creatures your opponents control enter tapped," a creature entering under your control will be a tapped Essence of the Wild.
2011-09-22 wotc
Creatures you control don't copy whether Essence of the Wild is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or any Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
2011-09-22 wotc
Because creatures you control enter as copies of Essence of the Wild, any "enters" triggered abilities printed on such creatures won't trigger.

Format Legality

Tlr Not Legal
Standard Not Legal
Future Not Legal
Historic Not Legal
Timeless Not Legal
Gladiator Not Legal
Pioneer Not Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Pauper Not Legal
Vintage Legal
Penny Legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Standardbrawl Not Legal
Brawl Not Legal
Alchemy Not Legal
Paupercommander Not Legal
Duel Legal
Oldschool Not Legal
Premodern Not Legal
Predh Not Legal