---
name: "Essence Flare"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "CST"
set_name: "Coldsnap Theme Decks"
collector_number: "69"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Richard Kane Ferguson"
oracle_id: "9bdc79c9-c8b0-4db1-89d9-0ca7920b6576"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/essence-flare-cst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Essence Flare
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+0.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, put a -0/-1 counter on that creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Binding Grasp](/printing/binding-grasp-me2.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Consuming Fervor](/printing/consuming-fervor-akh.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Momentum](/printing/momentum-uds.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Mystic Might](/printing/mystic-might-ice.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Biting Tether](/printing/biting-tether-shm.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Ephara's Enlightenment](/printing/epharas-enlightenment-bng.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Coldsnap Theme Decks (CST) #69
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Richard Kane Ferguson
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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