---
name: "Essenceknit Scholar"
mana_cost: "{B}{B/G}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Dryad Warlock"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "187"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ioannis Fiore"
oracle_id: "dd757328-0593-4fc7-a099-e82f5c0677ff"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/essenceknit-scholar-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Essenceknit Scholar
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B/G}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Dryad Warlock
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life."
At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, draw a card.

> *„Leben und Tod ergeben ein komplexes Muster, das mit großer Sorgfalt geknüpft werden muss."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shessra, Death's Whisper](/printing/shessra-deaths-whisper-afr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Elf Warlock
2. [A-Shessra, Death's Whisper](/printing/a-shessra-deaths-whisper-afr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Elf Warlock
3. [Callous Bloodmage](/printing/callous-bloodmage-prm.md) — Creature — Vampire Warlock
4. [Promising Duskmage](/printing/promising-duskmage-stx.md) — Creature — Human Warlock
5. [Pest Rescuer](/printing/pest-rescuer-soc.md) — Creature — Dryad Druid
6. [Professor of Zoomancy](/printing/professor-of-zoomancy-stx.md) — Creature — Bear Druid

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #187
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ioannis Fiore
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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