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Sorcery
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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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Drain Life (main or sideboard): 2,950 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
- Play rate · 90d
- 2.7%
- +0.3 ppup 14.0% over vs previous 90 days
- Play rate · 30d
- 2.9%
- −0.2 ppdown 5.9% over vs previous 30 days
- Lists · 90d
- 79
- 10% main deck
- Avg copies (main)
- 1.1
- when main-decked
Monthly play rate (12 × 30 days)
Nov 22, 2025Oct 18, 2026
Months with few lists are noisy; early months have partial paper coverage.
Most often in (90d)
- Mono Black Aggro60% of lists · 67
- Unclassified3% of lists · 7
- Mono Black Control14% of lists · 5
Printings (12)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap a row to preview that printing.
