Sets / 30th Anniversary Edition
Drain Life
30th Anniversary Edition · Common · Normal · #102 · Current price $1.55
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 $1.17 and $1.22 over the last 90 days, peaking 27 Aug 2026. Now $1.55 — above its 90-day high. Over the window it moved +4.3%.
AI price forecast
- 7-day: $1.22 (+0.0%, high confidence) — 80% range $1.20 to $1.26
- 14-day: $1.22 (+0.0%, high confidence) — 80% range $1.18 to $1.29
- 30-day: $1.22 (+0.3%, high confidence) — 80% range $1.16 to $1.34
Other printings
Drain Life has 9 printings tracked here; this is the 6th 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
- Beatdown Box Set — $1.19
- 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.
- 2015 frame.
- Art by Douglas Shuler.
Forecasts are statistical estimates with confidence intervals, not guarantees. Collectibles are speculative. This is not financial advice.