USD
$0.11
USD foil
$0.25
EUR
€0.04
MTGO
0.04 tix
Essence Drain
Sorcery
Essence Drain deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
"Life's essence is a nectar unlike any I tasted when I lived as a mortal." —Zul Ashur, lich lord
- Set
- Magic 2013 (M13 #93)
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana value
- 5
- Released
- 2012-07-13
- Artist
- Jim Nelson
- EDHREC rank
- #26,230
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
1
+
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Salt Score
0.31
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Not legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Brawl
Not legal
Standard Brawl
Not legal
Historic
Not legal
Timeless
Not legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Penny
Legal
Premodern
Not legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper EDH
Legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Gladiator
Not legal
Rulings
- 2012-07-01
If the target permanent or player is an illegal target when Essence Drain tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won’t gain 3 life.