Essence Drain

Magic card price for Essence Drain: $0.49 market, from $0.13 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026

$0.49

0.0% this week · +58.1% in 30 days

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1 day0.0%

7 days0.0%

30 days+58.1%

90 days+276.9%

1 year+4,800.0%

All time+133.3%

Sellers right now

$0.13lowest listing$1.65highest

Market price$0.49

Mid listing$0.40

30-day avg$0.42

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$0.49

Cardmarket$0.26 €0.23

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.0152-week low$0.4952-week high

In the range100%

All-time low$0.01

All-time high$0.49

First priceFeb 8, 2024

Foil · market price

$0.00$0.18$0.36$0.54

$0.49

Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026

TCGplayer market price · via tcgcsvtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Essence Drain (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $0.21. Today the market price is $0.49, up 133%. Across the past year it went +4,800%, with a low of $0.01 and a high of $0.49; today it sits near the top of that range. This is the highest market price in our records for this card. The cheapest listing right now is $0.13, and the 30-day average market price is $0.42.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d

Foil$0.49$0.13$1.650.0%

Normal$0.11$0.01$99,999.00−8.3%

The card in play

Type line: Sorcery

Rules text

Essence Drain deals 3 damage to target creature or player and you gain 3 life.

Flavor

Mephidross claims all life within it. What cannot be twisted is absorbed.

Other printings of Essence Drain

3 more · $0.25 – $0.49

All printings

Essence Drain (141), 10th Edition — Magic card price

0.0% 7d Essence Drain 10th Edition · #141 $0.40

Essence Drain (93), Magic 2013 (M13) — Magic card price

0.0% 7d Essence Drain Magic 2013 (M13) · #93 $0.25

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