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Drain Life

{X}{1}

Sorcery

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Printing details

Set
Limited Edition Alpha
Released
August 5, 1993
Language
en
Collector no.
#105
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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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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