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◇ Catalog #24

Essence Drain

dpa·#24·common·nonfoil

Illus. Jim Nelson

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Jun '10

16 yr ago

Value

$0.09+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.09 · low $0.08

NM$0.09

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.08–$0.10modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.12low $0.09range 33.3%n 43

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #25,587 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.09

Gameplay

Sorcery

Essence Drain deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.

"The elves are right: Death inevitably leads to life. But the truly powerful don't just experience this cycle. They control it." —Crovax, ascendant evincar

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2012-07-01wotc

If the target permanent or player is an illegal target when Essence Drain tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won’t gain 3 life.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.09. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.09 and $0.12 across 43 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DPA — 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 #24 of *Duels of the Planeswalkers*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2010 Duels of the Planeswalkers release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {4}{B} (5 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #25,587 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jim Nelson. Rarix catalogs 496 other cards credited to this artist.