---
name: "Radiant Essence"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["G", "W"]
color_identity: ["G", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "276"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jennifer Law"
oracle_id: "48e2f2c3-9d99-4535-915f-551fbb59ade5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/radiant-essence-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Radiant Essence
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3

## Oracle Text
This creature gets +1/+2 as long as an opponent controls a black permanent.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ethereal Absolution](/printing/ethereal-absolution-rna.md) — Enchantment
2. [Raging Spirit](/printing/raging-spirit-mir.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Crusading Knight](/printing/crusading-knight-inv.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Kithkin Zealot](/printing/kithkin-zealot-eve.md) — Creature — Kithkin Cleric
5. [Apothecary Geist](/printing/apothecary-geist-soi.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Serra Inquisitors](/printing/serra-inquisitors-hml.md) — Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #276
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jennifer Law
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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