---
name: "Essence Flux"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "JMP"
set_name: "Jumpstart"
collector_number: "151"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Seb McKinnon"
oracle_id: "64824ae5-efab-4b55-9d3c-b9c690bad857"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/essence-flux-jmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Essence Flux
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If it's a Spirit, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

> *A spirit is both fettered and free—bound in some ways to its previous existence, yet able to transcend much of the corporeal.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Baboon Spirit](/printing/baboon-spirit-tle.md) — Creature — Monkey Spirit
2. [Soulherder](/printing/soulherder-j21.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Lost in the Spirit World](/printing/lost-in-the-spirit-world-tle.md) — Sorcery
4. [Flickering Spirit](/printing/flickering-spirit-tsp.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Flicker of Fate](/printing/flicker-of-fate-thb.md) — Instant
6. [Spaceshift](/printing/spaceshift-msc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart (JMP) #151
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Seb McKinnon
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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