30th Anniversary Edition30A · #102
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Drain Life
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- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
Non-foil
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Foil
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Foil
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- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Black
Card text
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.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- Pauper CommanderLegal
- StandardNot provided
- PioneerNot provided
- ModernNot provided
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperLegal
- AlchemyNot provided
- BrawlNot provided
- Competitive BrawlNot provided
- Historic BrawlNot provided
- Standard BrawlNot provided
- ExplorerNot provided
- HistoricNot provided
- TimelessNot provided
- GladiatorNot provided
- OathbreakerLegal
- Old SchoolLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot provided
- PreDHLegal
- PremodernLegal
- Tiny Leaders RebornNot provided
- Future StandardNot provided
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- Illustrator
- Douglas Shuler
- Card language
- fr
- Release date
- 1994-04-11
Rulings
Cost reducers can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost.
You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged.
Other printings of this card
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Combos involving this card
Combinations from Commander Spellbook. Check prerequisites, format legality and game context. Source conditions are in English.