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Cost reducers can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #132
Drain Life
4bb·#132·common·nonfoil·ES
Illus. Douglas Shuler
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wishlisted
Apr 1995
31 yr ago
Value
$8.68+$0 (+4.2%)
30 days high $7.95 · low $7.24
NM$7.68
LP—
MP—
HP—
DMG—
$7.10–$8.11modeled
30 days agotoday
90-dayhigh $7.68low $1.32range 481.8%n 53
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #15,290 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
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.
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 2
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You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged.
Context
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $7.68. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.32 and $7.68 across 53 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 4BB — 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 #132 of *Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border*, the set that shipped alongside the April 1995 Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border release.
Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {X}{1}{B} (2 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.
EDHrec ranks this card #15,290 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.
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