Drain Life
Sorcery
4EDFourth Edition#132common
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Border
- white
- Frame
- 1993
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 5–11
- Illustrator
- Douglas Shuler
- Found in
- Fourth Edition Starter Deck · Fourth Edition Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
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 SinkBurnPlaneswalker RemovalDamage WinX Spell
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Rulings
2 · latest Oct 4, 2004
- 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.