Drain Life
Mana cost
Mana value2TypeSorcery
Color identity Black
RarityCommon
SetFifth Edition (5ED)
ArtistAndrew Robinson
Price€0.11 · $0.37
Mana value2TypeSorcery
Color identity Black
RarityCommon
SetFifth Edition (5ED)
ArtistAndrew Robinson
Price€0.11 · $0.37Drain Life
Sorcery
Spend only black mana on X.
Drain Life deals X damage to any target. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more life than the player's life total before the damage was dealt, the planeswalker's loyalty before the damage was dealt, or the creature's toughness.
Drain Life deals X damage to any target. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more life than the player's life total before the damage was dealt, the planeswalker's loyalty before the damage was dealt, or the creature's toughness.
Legality
CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernNot legalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperLegalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulNot legal
Rulings
2004-10-04
Cost reducers can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost.
2004-10-04
You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged.
Printings (18)
30th Anniversary Edition30A #399 · Common · €34.61
30th Anniversary Edition30A #102 · Common · €0.10
Friday Night Magic 2002F02 #7 · Rare · —
Beatdown Box SetBTD #24 · Common · €0.67
Oversized League PrizesOLEP #67 · Rare · —
Fifth Edition5ED #156 · Common · €0.11
MirageMIR #118 · Common · €0.36
Pro Tour Collector SetPTC #ll132 · Common · €0.47
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border4BB #132 · Common · €1.13
Fourth Edition4ED #132 · Common · €0.15
Summer Magic / EdgarSUM #106 · Common · €401.63
Foreign Black BorderFBB #106 · Common · €0.39
Revised Edition3ED #106 · Common · €0.43
Intl. Collectors' EditionCEI #106 · Common · €2.30
Collectors' EditionCED #106 · Common · €3.21
Unlimited Edition2ED #106 · Common · €1.78
Limited Edition BetaLEB #106 · Common · €19.86
Limited Edition AlphaLEA #105 · Common · €68.22