MTG · Concept

◇ Concept · 19 printings

Drain Life

Sorcery

printings

#15331

EDHREC rank

#4197

penny rank

Std

normal

—

in vault

—

for trade

—

wishlisted

Value

$401.6390d high · 17 printings

90-dayhigh $402low $0.08range 501937.5%n 684

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

PreDHlegal

futurenot legal

legacylegal

modernnot legal

pauperlegal

alchemynot legal

pioneernot legal

vintagelegal

historicnot legal

standardnot legal

Timelessnot legal

commanderlegal

Gladiatornot legal

Old Schoolnot legal

Premodernlegal

Oathbreakerlegal

Standard Brawlnot legal

Pauper Commanderlegal

Context

Across the 17 printings of this card, the trailing-90-day price band runs from $0.08 to $401.63 across 684 observations.

Rarix catalogs 19 distinct printings of this card concept, spanning every set the card has appeared in. The Printings grid below lists each one with its own variant treatment, price, and collector signal.

Card type: Sorcery. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {X}{1}{B} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card concept #15,331 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

The representative printing on this page is illustrated by Douglas Shuler.