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Drain Life

Card Name

Drain Life

Mana Cost

X
1

Type

Sorcery

Rarity

Common

rules Text

Drain Life does 1 damage to a single target for each spent in addition to the casting cost. Caster gains 1 life for each damage inflicted. If you drain life from a creature, you cannot gain more life than the creature's toughness.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Pauper, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/4/2004)
Cost reducers can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost.
(10/4/2004)
You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged.