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Drain Life
CommonColour IDMV 2
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.
Card capabilities
Sorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Other printings
16 other English printingsEarliest 1993-08-05Newest 2022-11-28Cheapest priced $0.16 in 4ED
30a· #399
2022-11-28$32.99
30a· #102
2022-11-28$1.22
f02· #7
2002-01-01$16.17
btd· #24
2000-10-01$1.39
olep· #67
1999-01-01—
5ed· #156
1997-03-24$0.35
mir· #118
1996-10-08$0.33
ptc· #ll132
1996-05-01$0.63
4ed· #132
1995-04-01$0.16
sum· #106
1994-06-21—
3ed· #106
1994-04-11$0.27
ced· #106
1993-12-10$5.00
cei· #106
1993-12-10$7.84
2ed· #106
1993-12-01$1.19
leb· #106
1993-10-04$26.64
lea· #105
1993-08-05$65.20
Rulings (2)
wotc4 Oct 2004
You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged.
wotc4 Oct 2004
Cost reducers can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost.
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