---
name: "Ethereal Absolution"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B", "W"]
color_identity: ["B", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "RNA"
set_name: "Ravnica Allegiance"
collector_number: "170"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Eric Deschamps"
oracle_id: "e6f95e3a-61a6-40a9-8070-ffd2767764ad"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ethereal-absolution-rna"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Ethereal Absolution
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1.
{2}{W}{B}: Exile target card from an opponent's graveyard. If it was a creature card, you create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.

> *"Time to let the dead be dead."
—Kaya, to Teysa*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Beckon Apparition](/printing/beckon-apparition-uma.md) — Instant
2. [Specter of Mortality](/printing/specter-of-mortality-woe.md) — Creature — Specter
3. [Abzan Ascendancy](/printing/abzan-ascendancy-2x2.md) — Enchantment
4. [In the Trenches](/printing/in-the-trenches-pbro.md) — Enchantment
5. [Zealous Persecution](/printing/zealous-persecution-e02.md) — Instant
6. [Summoner's Sending](/printing/summoners-sending-fic.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) #170
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Eric Deschamps
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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