Card text
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.
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Mana cost
{X}{1}{B}
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Card text
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.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Drain Life
Drain Life (102) is a Black Sorcery from 30th Anniversary Edition (30A). It costs {X}{1}{B} and has mana value 2. It is printed at Common rarity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander and Pauper and 1 more format.
30th Anniversary Edition is a reprint set, which collects earlier cards, released November 2022. Drain Life has 12 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
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
- Card number
- 102
- Set
- 30th Anniversary Edition (30A)
- Set type
- Masters & special set
- Released
- 28 November 2022
- Rarity
- Common (C)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Sorcery
- Colour
- Black
- Colour identity
- Black
- Mana cost
- {X}{1}{B}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Drain Life
Other printings of Drain Life in 30th Anniversary Edition
The same card in other art and frames from this set — priced in the United States.
Drain Life in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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