diff --git a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/a/AssimilateEssence.java b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/a/AssimilateEssence.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e3852eee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/a/AssimilateEssence.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package mage.cards.a;
+
+import mage.abilities.Ability;
+import mage.abilities.costs.Cost;
+import mage.abilities.costs.mana.GenericManaCost;
+import mage.abilities.effects.OneShotEffect;
+import mage.abilities.effects.keyword.IncubateEffect;
+import mage.cards.CardImpl;
+import mage.cards.CardSetInfo;
+import mage.constants.CardType;
+import mage.constants.Outcome;
+import mage.filter.FilterSpell;
+import mage.filter.predicate.Predicates;
+import mage.game.Game;
+import mage.players.Player;
+import mage.target.TargetSpell;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+/**
+ * @author TheElk801
+ */
+public final class AssimilateEssence extends CardImpl {
+
+    private static final FilterSpell filter = new FilterSpell("creature or battle spell");
+
+    static {
+        filter.add(Predicates.or(
+                CardType.CREATURE.getPredicate(),
+                CardType.BATTLE.getPredicate()
+        ));
+    }
+
+    public AssimilateEssence(UUID ownerId, CardSetInfo setInfo) {
+        super(ownerId, setInfo, new CardType[]{CardType.INSTANT}, "{1}{U}");
+
+        // Counter target creature or battle spell unless its controller pays {4}. If they do, you incubate 2.
+        this.getSpellAbility().addEffect(new AssimilateEssenceEffect());
+        this.getSpellAbility().addTarget(new TargetSpell(filter));
+    }
+
+    private AssimilateEssence(final AssimilateEssence card) {
+        super(card);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AssimilateEssence copy() {
+        return new AssimilateEssence(this);
+    }
+}
+
+class AssimilateEssenceEffect extends OneShotEffect {
+
+    AssimilateEssenceEffect() {
+        super(Outcome.Benefit);
+        staticText = "counter target creature or battle spell unless its controller pays {4}. If they do, you incubate 2";
+    }
+
+    private AssimilateEssenceEffect(final AssimilateEssenceEffect effect) {
+        super(effect);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AssimilateEssenceEffect copy() {
+        return new AssimilateEssenceEffect(this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean apply(Game game, Ability source) {
+        UUID targetId = getTargetPointer().getFirst(game, source);
+        Player player = game.getPlayer(game.getControllerId(targetId));
+        Cost cost = new GenericManaCost(4);
+        if (player == null
+                || !cost.canPay(source, source, player.getId(), game)
+                || !player.chooseUse(outcome, "Pay {4}?", source, game)
+                || !cost.pay(source, game, source, player.getId(), false)) {
+            game.getStack().counter(targetId, source, game);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return IncubateEffect.doIncubate(2, source.getControllerId(), game, source);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/sets/MarchOfTheMachine.java b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/sets/MarchOfTheMachine.java
index 13c9f3f067..c616eaef30 100644
--- a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/sets/MarchOfTheMachine.java
+++ b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/sets/MarchOfTheMachine.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public final class MarchOfTheMachine extends ExpansionSet {
         cards.add(new SetCardInfo("Archangel Elspeth", 6, Rarity.MYTHIC, mage.cards.a.ArchangelElspeth.class));
         cards.add(new SetCardInfo("Archpriest of Shadows", 89, Rarity.RARE, mage.cards.a.ArchpriestOfShadows.class));
         cards.add(new SetCardInfo("Artistic Refusal", 46, Rarity.UNCOMMON, mage.cards.a.ArtisticRefusal.class));
+        cards.add(new SetCardInfo("Assimilate Essence", 47, Rarity.COMMON, mage.cards.a.AssimilateEssence.class));
         cards.add(new SetCardInfo("Astral Wingspan", 48, Rarity.UNCOMMON, mage.cards.a.AstralWingspan.class));
         cards.add(new SetCardInfo("Atraxa's Fall", 176, Rarity.COMMON, mage.cards.a.AtraxasFall.class));
         cards.add(new SetCardInfo("Attentive Skywarden", 7, Rarity.COMMON, mage.cards.a.AttentiveSkywarden.class));