Drain Life
Sorcery
3EDRevised Edition#106common
- Border
- white
- Frame
- 1993
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 3–11
- Illustrator
- Douglas Shuler
- Found in
- Revised Edition Starter Deck · Revised Edition Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
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.
Plays as: Mana Sink · Burn · Planeswalker Removal · Damage Win · X Spell
Market · per finishspark updated 8h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+9.5%
$0.23
$0.10 low$0.09 gap
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Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.23as of 2026-07-12
+9.5%
H $0.23L $0.15since Feb 2024$0.10
$0.01
$0.09+90% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.15· across 19 printings
Rulings
2 · latest Oct 4, 2004 · one tap opens all
- WotCOct 4, 2004
Cost reducers can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged.