Essence Drain

Tenth Edition · #141 · common · EN

€0.04 · Foil $0.21

cheapest of 48 store offers · see all

market $0.08 · Foil $0.40

Mana cost: {4}{B}

Type: Sorcery

Commonly played as: Removal, Lifegain, Drain, Burn

Essence Drain deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.

Artist: Jim Nelson

Released: 2007-07-13

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.08
  • TCGplayer foil: $0.40
  • Cardmarket: €0.04
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.23
  • MTGO tix: 0.04
$0.40$0.02
243 days of daily prices for Essence Drain: $0.06 to $0.08
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 243 days tracked · $0.06 → $0.08 (+33%) · low $0.02 · high $0.40
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Tenth Edition #141) in 10 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.04today
McNabb GamesSP · yesterdaySPregular$0.10yesterday
CardTraderHP · 6 days agoHPregular€0.116 days ago
CardTraderMP · 6 days agoMPregular€0.116 days ago
CardTraderNM · 6 days agoNMregular€0.116 days ago
CardTraderSP · 6 days agoSPregular€0.116 days ago
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.20today
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$0.21today
CardTraderSP · foil · 6 days agoSPfoil€0.196 days ago
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$0.23today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.25today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€0.23today
MTG MexicoHP · 3 days agoHPregular4.79 MXN3 days ago
CardTraderNM · foil · 6 days agoNMfoil€0.246 days ago
First PlayerMP · 2 days agoMPregularCA$0.382 days ago
Magic StrongholdMP · foil · yesterdayMPfoilCA$0.40yesterday
CardTraderMP · foil · 6 days agoMPfoil€0.286 days ago
CardTraderDM · 6 days agoDMregular€0.316 days ago
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.39today
Face To Face GamesSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$0.60today

Truncated: 25 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 48 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 28 lists
  • Played in 3 decks
  • 144 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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All printings of Essence Drain

USD · low $0.05 · high $0.13

Set#RarityUSD
Magic 2013#93 · common93common$0.05
Duels of the Planeswalkers#24 · common24common$0.13
Tenth Edition#141 · common141common$0.08
Darksteel#43 · common43common$0.09