Drain Life
Limited Edition Beta 106 • common
- Set
- Limited Edition Beta
- Collector number
- 106
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- X mana 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Douglas Shuler
- Market price
- $26.66
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.
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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Where it came from
Drain Life was originally featured in the Alpha and Beta sets of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, released by Wizards of the Coast in 1993. As a black-aligned sorcery, it was designed by Richard Garfield to represent the game's core mechanic of life-draining necromancy, allowing players to deal damage to a target while gaining an equal amount of life. The card became a staple of early control decks due to its scalability and utility in the game's nascent competitive scene.
The illustration for the Beta edition, rendered by artist Dameon Willich, utilizes a stark, gothic aesthetic characteristic of the game's early dark fantasy roots. Willich’s artwork was intended to visually capture the essence of a parasitic spell, and the card's minimalist layout—paired with its potent mechanical effect—solidified its status as an iconic piece of the game's history. It remains one of the most recognizable sorceries from the Limited Edition series, reflecting the experimental and high-power design philosophy of the game's earliest years.
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