Magic: The Gathering

Drain Life

Beatdown Box Set 24 • common

Set: Beatdown Box Set
Collector number: 24
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: X mana 1 generic mana black mana
Type: Sorcery
Colors: Black
Artist: Andrew Robinson
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$2.01market price via TCGplayer · Aug 17, 2026$1.96 – $3.99 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a common card in this set, this sorcery serves as a practical, foundational tool for players to manage their resources during a game. Its presence in this collection offers a classic example of how fundamental effects are integrated into play to shape the flow of a match.

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What it does

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.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Drain Life was originally featured in the earliest sets of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, serving as a staple black sorcery designed to drain a target's life total while simultaneously replenishing the caster's. The version released in the 2000 Beatdown Box Set features updated artwork by Andrew Robinson, whose moody, visceral style helped define the darker aesthetic of the game during that era. This box set was released as a thematic, pre-constructed product designed to capture the intensity of player-versus-player combat.

Andrew Robinson’s illustration for this edition emphasizes the necrotic energy associated with the spell, moving away from the more abstract depictions found in earlier printings. By the time of the Beatdown release, the card had become a foundational element of black-aligned strategies, favored for its versatility as both a finishing move and a survival tool. It is regarded by collectors as a classic example of late-nineties Magic design, marking a period when the game was refining its visual identity and expanding its reach to new players.

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