MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #46

Drain Power

DIGITAL ONLY

me4·#46·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Douglas Shuler

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jan '11

15 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,192 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.18

Nonfoil$0.18

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

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME4 — 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 #46 of *Masters Edition IV*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2011 Masters Edition IV 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.