---
name: "Assimilate Essence"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Incubate", "Transform"]
set: "MOM"
set_name: "March of the Machine"
collector_number: "47"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Konstantin Porubov"
oracle_id: "a24d3d60-2bd7-40cb-8002-b092943f61fe"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/assimilate-essence-mom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Assimilate Essence
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Incubate, Transform

## Oracle Text
Counter target creature or battle spell unless its controller pays {4}. If they do, you incubate 2. (Create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

> *「你没有可行的逃脱线路。即刻停止抵抗，接受完化。」*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Eyes of Gitaxias](/printing/eyes-of-gitaxias-mom.md) — Sorcery
2. [Merciless Repurposing](/printing/merciless-repurposing-mom.md) — Instant
3. [Compleated Huntmaster](/printing/compleated-huntmaster-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Elf Warrior
4. [Converter Beast](/printing/converter-beast-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Beast
5. [Excise the Imperfect](/printing/excise-the-imperfect-moc.md) — Instant
6. [Tiller of Flesh](/printing/tiller-of-flesh-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** March of the Machine (MOM) #47
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Konstantin Porubov
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`