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Essence Drain
CommonColour IDMV 5
Sorcery
Essence Drain deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
Card capabilities
Life gainSorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Eternal formats
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Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2004-02-06Newest 2012-07-13Cheapest priced $0.10 in DPA
Rulings (1)
wotc1 Jul 2012
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.
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