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Sorcery · 4ED #132 · common
Drain Life
$0.16
versions · 19 printings
format pulse
- standard not legal
- pioneer not legal
- modern not legal
- legacy legal
- vintage legal
- commander legal
- pauper legal
EDHREC #15438
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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.
rulings
- 2004-10-04Cost reducers can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost.
- 2004-10-04You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged.