Cauldron of Essence
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
1, T, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Combos with Cauldron of Essence
Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Veinwitch Coven Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite storm count
- Veinwitch Coven Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Trudge Garden Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Warren Soultrader Chatterfang, Squirrel General Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
- Infinite artifact tokens
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite Treasure tokens
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Warren Soultrader Mm'menon, Uthros Exile Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
- Infinite artifact tokens
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite Treasure tokens
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper Warren Soultrader Nether Traitor Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
- Infinite artifact tokens
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite Treasure tokens
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Dross Scorpion Phyrexian Altar Triplicate Titan Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite untap of artifacts you control
- Animation Module Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these — follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2026-03-20
Because targets are chosen before costs are paid, the target of Cauldron of Essence's last ability can't be the creature sacrificed to pay its cost.
- 2026-03-20
If one or more creatures you control die at the same time that Cauldron of Essence leaves the battlefield, its first ability triggers once for each of those creatures.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Cauldron of Essence, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muldrotha, the Gravetide | 1 | 0 | — |
| Savra, Queen of the Golgari | 1 | 0 | — |
| Teval, the Balanced Scale | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Sultai 2 decks
- Golgari 1 deck
Every version of Cauldron of Essence
3 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.
Secrets of Strixhaven
- Normal
- $3.73
- Foil
- $3.92
Promo
Secrets of Strixhaven Promos
- Normal
- $3.16
- Foil
- $4.51
Extended Art
Secrets of Strixhaven
- Normal
- $4.37
- Foil
- $4.40
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Cauldron of Essence — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.