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Drain Life
Oracle Text
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.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Drain Life is a classic black control and midrange tool that turns raw mana into reach, stabilizing power, and inevitability. In play, it shines when you want to trade resources early, then convert a big black mana reserve into a lethal swing that also patches up your own life total. Because X must be paid with black mana, it especially rewards mana-heavy Swamp decks, mana rocks that fix into black, and ramp shells that can generate large amounts of black mana efficiently. The card is at its best in attrition games: remove a threat, then point Drain Life at the opponent’s face or a planeswalker to finish the game while undoing their pressure. It also pairs well with effects that produce extra black mana or with lifegain payoffs that care about gaining life. Flavor-wise, it feels like quintessential black magic: life stolen, not merely burned, making every point of damage a resource exchange in your favor.
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Character Background
Drain Life is a classic black control and midrange tool that turns raw mana into reach, stabilizing power, and inevitability. In play, it shines when you want to trade resources early, then convert a big black mana reserve into a lethal swing that also patches up your own life total. Because X must be paid with black mana, it especially rewards mana-heavy Swamp decks, mana rocks that fix into black, and ramp shells that can generate large amounts of black mana efficiently. The card is at its best in attrition games: remove a threat, then point Drain Life at the opponent’s face or a planeswalker to finish the game while undoing their pressure. It also pairs well with effects that produce extra black mana or with lifegain payoffs that care about gaining life. Flavor-wise, it feels like quintessential black magic: life stolen, not merely burned, making every point of damage a resource exchange in your favor.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-21 17:20:43 UTC