
Drain Life
{X}{1}
Sorcery
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- Nonfoil
- $0.63
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Printing details
- Set
- Beatdown Box Set
- Released
- October 1, 2000
- Language
- en
- Collector no.
- #24
- Rarity
- common
Card text
Oracle text — the current official rules text for this card.
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.
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Beginner guide
Card text above uses Oracle text, the current official rules text for this card.
Choose a value for X. This costs that amount, plus one mana of any type and one black mana.
- Mana
- Mana is the resource you spend to cast spells and activate abilities.
- Generic mana
- A numbered mana cost can be paid with mana of any type.
- X
- Choose a number for X as you cast the spell. That number becomes part of its cost.
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