Drain Life
Beatdown Box Set · Common · Normal · #24 · Current price $1.19
The card
{X}{1}{B} · 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.
Price history
Traded between $1.39 and $3.99 over the last 90 days, peaking 5 Jul 2026. Now $1.19 — below its 90-day low. Over the window it moved −32.9%.
AI price forecast
- 7-day: $1.39 (−0.3%, high confidence) — 80% range $1.26 to $1.49
- 14-day: $1.39 (−0.3%, high confidence) — 80% range $1.18 to $1.58
- 30-day: $1.38 (−0.8%, high confidence) — 80% range $1.07 to $1.72
Other printings
Drain Life has 9 printings tracked here; this is the 7th most expensive.
- Limited Edition Alpha — $65.20
- Limited Edition Beta — $26.66
- Friday Night Magic 2002 (Foil) — $16.32
- Intl. Collectors' Edition — $7.84
- Collectors' Edition — $5.00
- 30th Anniversary Edition — $1.55
- Unlimited Edition — $1.19
- Pro Tour Collector Set — $0.63
Playability & legality
EDHREC rank 15674 — a measure of how often it appears in Commander decks.
Legal in: Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Pauper.
About this printing
- This is a reprint, not a first printing.
- White border.
- 1997 frame.
- Art by Andrew Robinson.
Forecasts are statistical estimates with confidence intervals, not guarantees. Collectibles are speculative. This is not financial advice.