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◇ Catalog #57

Drain Power

2ed·#57·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Douglas Shuler

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec 1993

33 yr ago

Value

$30.57+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $31 · low $28

NM$29.6

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$27–$31modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $30low $15range 100.3%n 51

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,192 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$30

Gameplay

Sorcery

Target player activates a mana ability of each land they control. Then that player loses all unspent mana and you add the mana lost this way.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2013-04-15wotc

A mana ability is an ability that (1) isn't a loyalty ability, (2) doesn't target, and (3) could add mana when it resolves.

2004-10-04wotc

Your opponent may use instants and abilities of permanents in response to this spell before you get the mana.

2004-10-04wotc

This card forces the target player to draw mana from lands if they are untapped, but that player can choose how to draw the mana if a land they control has multiple mana abilities, or mana abilities with choices.

2004-10-04

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $29.57. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $14.76 and $29.57 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 2ED — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #57 of *Unlimited Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the December 1993 Unlimited Edition release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {U}{U} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #16,192 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Douglas Shuler. Rarix catalogs 707 other cards credited to this artist.