Drain 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.
Card details
- Shown printing
- Fifth Edition (5ED)
- Artist
- Andrew Robinson
- Color identity
- Black
- Colors
- Black
- Mana value
- 2
- First released
- August 5, 1993
- Printings
- 18
- EDHREC rank
- #15992 on EDHREC
- Market price
- $0.16 (cheapest printing, updated weekly)
Legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- Standard BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
- GladiatorNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Pauper CommanderLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- PreDHLegal
- PremodernLegal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- FutureNot legal
Rulings (2)
Cost reducers can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost.
You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged.
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