Mana Drain
Instant
CMRCommander Legends#80mythic
Banned in LegacyBanned in BrawlBanned in Duel CommanderBanned in GladiatorBanned in 1 more
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- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 121–3206
- Illustrator
- Raymond Swanland
- Found in
- Commander Legends Draft Booster Pack · Commander Legends Collector Booster Pack · Commander Legends Collector Booster Hanger Pack
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyBanned
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderBanned
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricBanned
TimelessLegal
BrawlBanned
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorBanned
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of 
equal to that spell's mana value.
equal to that spell's mana value.Plays as:
Counterspell
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Rulings
2 · latest Nov 10, 2020
- WotCNov 10, 2020
If the target spell is an illegal target by the time Mana Drain tries to resolve, Mana Drain doesn't resolve. You don't add mana at the beginning of your next main phase. If the target is legal but not countered (most likely because an effect says that the spell can't be countered), you do add mana.
- WotCNov 10, 2020
Mana Drain's delayed triggered ability will usually trigger at the beginning of your precombat main phase. However, if you cast Mana Drain during your precombat main phase or during your combat phase, its delayed triggered ability will trigger at the beginning of that turn's postcombat main phase.