---
name: "Flay Essence"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MH2"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 2"
collector_number: "85"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Bastien L. Deharme"
oracle_id: "b233a9e4-0b4c-41e8-a5b8-77824241966b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/flay-essence-mh2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Flay Essence
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Exile target creature or planeswalker. You gain life equal to the number of counters on it.

> *"Your argument as to why I should spare you lacked substance. Now, so do you."
—Geyadrone Dihada*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vraska's Contempt](/printing/vraskas-contempt-pxln.md) — Instant
2. [Infernal Reckoning](/printing/infernal-reckoning-pm19.md) — Instant
3. [Swords to Plowshares](/printing/swords-to-plowshares-ptc.md) — Instant
4. [Essence Extraction](/printing/essence-extraction-klr.md) — Instant
5. [Extinguish the Light](/printing/extinguish-the-light-dmu.md) — Instant
6. [Feed the Serpent](/printing/feed-the-serpent-khm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #85
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Bastien L. Deharme
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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