Drain Life

Beatdown Box Set · #24 · common · EN

$0.44

cheapest of 17 store offers · see all

market $0.63

Mana cost: {X}{1}{B}

Type: Sorcery

Commonly played as: Removal, Lifegain, Drain, Burn

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.

Artist: Andrew Robinson

Released: 2000-10-01

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.63
  • Cardmarket: €0.67
  • MTGO tix: 0
$3.99$0.63
236 days of daily prices for Drain Life: $1.22 to $0.63
2026-01-252026-11-12
236 days tracked · $1.22 → $0.63 (-48%) · low $0.63 · high $3.99
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Beatdown Box Set #24) in 9 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
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.44today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.54today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.68today
Mana MarketNM · 3 days agoNMregular1.00 AUD3 days ago
Top Tier Board GamesMP · todayMPregular$0.69today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.67today
CardTraderMP · 6 days agoMPregular€0.706 days ago
CardTraderHP · 6 days agoHPregular€0.726 days ago
CardTraderDM · 6 days agoDMregular€0.846 days ago
GamezillaSP · todaySPregularCA$1.40today
CardTraderSP · 6 days agoSPregular€0.956 days ago
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$1.10today

Truncated: 5 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 17 in total.

Format legality

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

In Gestic collections

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  • Played in 1 deck
  • 1 copy tracked

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All printings of Drain Life

USD · low $0.16 · high $446.32

Set#RarityUSD
30th Anniversary Edition#399 · common399common$38.46
30th Anniversary Edition#102 · common102common$1.20
Magic Online Promos#35928 · common35928common—
Friday Night Magic 2002#7 · rare7rare$16.53 foil
Beatdown Box Set#24 · common24common$0.63
Oversized League Prizes#67 · rare67rare—
Fifth Edition#156 · common156common$0.37
Mirage#118 · common118common$0.28
Pro Tour Collector Set#ll132 · commonll132common$1.24
Fourth Edition#132 · common132common$0.16
Summer Magic / Edgar#106 · common106common$446.32
Revised Edition#106 · common106common$0.28
Intl. Collectors' Edition#106 · common106common$7.84
Collectors' Edition#106 · common106common$5.00
Unlimited Edition#106 · common106common$1.24
Limited Edition Beta#106 · common106common$26.68
Limited Edition Alpha#105 · common105common$65.20