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Essence Drain
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
DarksteelDST · #43
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.04 € · ★ 0.23 € · 0.12 $ · ★ 0.49 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Essence Drain deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Tony Szczudlo
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2004-02-06
Flavour text
Mephidross claims all life within it. What cannot be twisted is absorbed.
Rulings
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.
