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Drain Life

btdBeatdown Box Set#24common
{X}{1}{B}
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Card details
Artist
Andrew Robinson
Frame
1997
Language
EN
Border
white
Security stamp
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Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
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
Oracle text

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.

Abilities
SpellSpend only black mana on X.
SpellDrain 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
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Andrew Robinson
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Rulings
  • 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.