MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #43

Essence Drain

dst·#43·common·foil

Illus. Tony Szczudlo

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wishlisted

Feb '04

22 yr ago

Value

$0.13+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.13 · low $0.12

NM$0.13

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.12–$0.14modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.23low $0.04range 475.0%n 49

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #25,587 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.13

Nonfoil$0.04

Gameplay

Sorcery

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

Mephidross claims all life within it. What cannot be twisted is absorbed.

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 $0.13. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.23 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from DST — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #43 of *Darksteel*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2004 Darksteel 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 Tony Szczudlo. Rarix catalogs 277 other cards credited to this artist.