Cauldron of Essence SOS 0179 · rare
Cauldron of Essence · {1}{B}{G} · Artifact · Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. {1}{B}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery. · In the gloomy depths of Widdershins Hall sits an iron belly—always hungry, but generous to those who feed it.
- Price
- from $2.813 printings
- Win rate
- 55.0% GIH 7,957 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 4,376 wins in 7,957 card-in-hand instances.
7,794 distinct games · 3,043 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.
17Lands file dated Jun 5, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Draft data
−0.4 pp vs 55.4% average · 7,957 instances
Premier Draft · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · average from 582,914 games
#187 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.6 on average (15,324 packs).
53 of 83 multicolor cards · 16 of 26 multicolor rare cards.
5,771.1 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 51.8% · 3,270 instances
● Drawn later 57.2% · 4,687 instances
In hand 55.0% · 7,957 instances
Unseen in deck 52.0% · 10,542 instances
+2.9 percentage points when drawn
Compared with multicolor cards
Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.
Best decks for it
no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum
Witherbloom Lifegain Swarm BG57.3%3,993 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.0% · 7,957 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Essenceknit Scholar+5.5 pp5,836 games with both in the deck · 1,230 both drawnHow to read this
Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.
At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.
Where it sits in the set
Above 42% of 320 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | Play Booster · prerelease-witherbloom | $3.02 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster · prerelease-lorehold · prerelease-prismari · prerelease-quandrix · prerelease-silverquill · prerelease-witherbloom | $2.81 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · 15.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 795 packs (0.13%) · 3.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 57 packs (1.75%) · 41.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-lorehold · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-prismari · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-quandrix · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-silverquill · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-witherbloom · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a prerelease-witherbloom · Modeled · About 1 in 24 packs (4.08%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
How to pull it
Official rates for the whole category, not this card.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play Booster | Wildcard of any rarity | 100% | Wildcard of any rarity |
| Play Booster | Rare or mythic rare | 100% | Rare or mythic rare |
| Play Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil rare or mythic | 85.7% | Rare |
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven ↗ · Oct 29, 2026
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Craig J Spearing, SOS 179 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Witherbloom Lifegain Swarm cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗