Essence Drain
4Sorcery
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Essence Drain deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
"The elves are right: Death inevitably leads to life. But the truly powerful don't just experience this cycle. They control it." —Crovax, ascendant evincar
#25,649 EDHREC
🖌 Jim Nelson
Market prices
updated on 06/17/2026
from €0.12
| Source | Normal | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Card Kingdom | $0.35 | — |
| Cardmarket | €0.12 | — |
| TCGplayer | $0.09 | — |
Trend · last 90 days · EUR
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Rulings (1)
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.
07/01/2012Legality by format
| Brawl | Not legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Pioneer | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| Standard | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Not legal |
| Extended | Not legal |
| Frontier | Not legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Not legal |