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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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #68
Essence Drain
NON-TRADEABLE
ps11·#68·common·nonfoil·ES
Illus. Jim Nelson
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Jan '11
15 yr ago
Value
No third-party market for this printing. Some promo runs (Salvat, McDonald's, Trainer Kits) do clear at private sales — record your own observation to anchor a price for this card.
Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #25,587 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Sorcery
Essence Drain deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
"Los elfos están en lo cierto: la muerte lleva inevitablemente a la vida. Pero los poderosos no se sientan a experimentar el ciclo. Lo controlan."
—Crovax, évincar predominante
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 1
Context
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PS11 — 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 #68 of *Salvat 2011*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2011 Salvat 2011 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.
Notes
No price observations yet — this card is in the canonical catalog but a refresh hasn't seen a market price.
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