Card Codex

M:tG card similarity search

17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Essence Capture

UU · Instant

Counter target creature spell. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.

Similar cards

Color identity:
NameManaTypeText
Curse of Exhaustion 2WWEnchantment — Aura Curse Enchant player Enchanted player can't cast more than one spell each turn.
Disciple of the Ring 3UUCreature — Human Wizard {1}, Exile an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard: Choose one — • Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}. • Disciple of the Ring gets +1/+1 until end of turn. • Tap target creature. • Untap target creature. 3/4
Hotel of Fears Plane — Spacecraft At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. You lose life equal to its mana value. You may play that card this turn. Praise Him — Whenever chaos ensues, choose a color. Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is your devotion to that color. Then sacrifice another creature. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)
Primal Cocoon GEnchantment — Aura Enchant creature At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature. When enchanted creature attacks or blocks, sacrifice Primal Cocoon.
Syr Armont, the Redeemer 3GWLegendary Creature — Human Knight When Syr Armont, the Redeemer enters the battlefield, create a Monster Role token attached to another target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has trample.) Enchanted creatures you control get +1/+1. 4/4
Voracious Vermin 2BCreature — Rat When Voracious Vermin enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This creature can't block." Whenever another creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Voracious Vermin. 2/1
Serpentine Curve 3USorcery Create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is one plus the total number of instant and sorcery cards you own in exile and in your graveyard.
Havengul Runebinder 2UUCreature — Human Wizard {2}{U}, {T}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token, then put a +1/+1 counter on each Zombie creature you control. 2/2
Thopter Mechanic 1UCreature — Human Artificer Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Thopter Mechanic. When Thopter Mechanic dies, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. 2/1
Scholar of New Horizons 1WCreature — Human Scout Scholar of New Horizons enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. {T}, Remove a counter from a permanent you control: Search your library for a Plains card and reveal it. If an opponent controls more lands than you, you may put that card onto the battlefield tapped. If you don't put the card onto the battlefield, put it into your hand. Then shuffle. 1/1
Page 274