Essence Drain

Darksteel · #43 · common · EN

€0.03 · Foil $0.15

cheapest of 60 store offers · see all

market $0.09 · Foil $0.49

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: Tony Szczudlo

Released: 2004-02-06

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.09
  • TCGplayer foil: $0.49
  • Cardmarket: €0.04
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.24
  • MTGO tix: 0.04
$0.49$0.02
236 days of daily prices for Essence Drain: $0.03 to $0.09
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 236 days tracked · $0.03 → $0.09 (+200%) · low $0.02 · high $0.49
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Darksteel #43) 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€0.03today
McNabb GamesSP · yesterdaySPregular$0.12yesterday
CardTraderMP · yesterdayMPregular€0.11yesterday
CardTraderNM · yesterdayNMregular€0.11yesterday
CardTraderSP · yesterdaySPregular€0.11yesterday
The Comic HunterNM · 2 days agoNMregularCA$0.182 days ago
CardTraderHP · yesterdayHPregular€0.12yesterday
Magic StrongholdMP · yesterdayMPregularCA$0.20yesterday
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$0.15today
CardTraderSP · foil · yesterdaySPfoil€0.19yesterday
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.22today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€0.22today
ManaPoolDM · foil · todayDMfoil$0.25today
MTG MexicoHP · 3 days agoHPregular4.79 MXN3 days ago
CardTraderMP · foil · yesterdayMPfoil€0.24yesterday
Face To Face GamesSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$0.39today
CardTraderHP · foil · yesterdayHPfoil€0.29yesterday
Le Valet De CoeurNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$0.49today
ManaPoolHP · foil · todayHPfoil$0.35today
401 GamesMP · foil · todayMPfoilCA$0.56today
CardTraderDM · yesterdayDMregular€0.43yesterday

Truncated: 34 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 60 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 26 lists
  • Played in 1 deck
  • 57 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