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Drain Life

Sorcery

Set

Fifth Edition (5ed)

Rarity

Common

Mana Cost

Artist

Andrew Robinson

Oracle Text

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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Legality

Rulings (2)

October 4, 2004 Wizards of the Coast
Cost reducers can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost.
October 4, 2004 Wizards of the Coast
You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged.

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30th Anniversary Edition (30a) 30th Anniversary Edition (30a) Magic Online Promos (prm) Friday Night Magic 2002 (f02) Beatdown Box Set (btd) Oversized League Prizes (olep) Mirage (mir) Pro Tour Collector Set (ptc) Fourth Edition (4ed) Summer Magic / Edgar (sum) Revised Edition (3ed) Intl. Collectors' Edition (cei) Collectors' Edition (ced) Unlimited Edition (2ed) Limited Edition Beta (leb) Limited Edition Alpha (lea)