Drain Life

Mirage · #118 · common · EN

$0.15

cheapest of 33 store offers · see all

market $0.28

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: Richard Kane Ferguson

Released: 1996-10-08

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.28
  • Cardmarket: €0.40
  • MTGO tix: 0.10
$0.37$0.22
234 days of daily prices for Drain Life: $0.23 to $0.28
2026-01-252026-11-12
234 days tracked · $0.23 → $0.28 (+22%) · low $0.22 · high $0.37
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Mirage #118) 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
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
McNabb GamesMP · yesterdayMPregular$0.20yesterday
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.20today
The Mystic StoreMP · yesterdayMPregularCA$0.29yesterday
Atlas CollectablesDM · todayDMregularCA$0.29today
The Comic HunterNM · 3 days agoNMregularCA$0.293 days ago
401 GamesHP · todayHPregularCA$0.30today
CardTraderHP · todayHPregular€0.19today
CardTraderSP · todaySPregular€0.19today
The Mystic StoreSP · yesterdaySPregularCA$0.34yesterday
CardTraderNM · todayNMregular€0.24today
CardTraderDM · todayDMregular€0.29today

Truncated: 18 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 33 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

  • Held in 22 lists
  • 54 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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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