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Magic · Unlimited Edition · Common

Drain Life

Magic card price for Drain Life: $1.16 market, from $1.00 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$1.16
0.0% this week · −2.5% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−2.5%
90 days−0.9%
1 year−30.1%
All time−35.9%

Sellers right now

$1.00lowest listing$11.89highest
Market price$1.16
Mid listing$1.34
Direct$1.09
30-day avg$1.15

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$1.16
Cardmarket$2.15 €1.91

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

One year

$1.1452-week low$1.8852-week high
In the range3%
All-time low$1.14
All-time high$2.32
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.06$1.59$2.12$2.66
$1.16
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Drain Life entered our records in February 2024 at $1.81 and stands at $1.16 today, down 35.9% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved −30.1%, trading between $1.14 and $1.88. The current price is near the bottom of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $2.32, 100% above today. Listings currently start at $1.00; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $1.15.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$1.16$1.00$11.890.0%

The card in play

Type line
Sorcery
Rules text

Drain Life does 1 damage to a single target for each B spent in addition to the casting cost. Caster gains 1 life for each damage inflicted. If you drain life from a creature, you cannot gain more life than the creature’s toughness.

Other printings of Drain Life

18 more · $0.16 – $65.20
All printings
Drain Life, Alpha Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Drain Life Alpha Edition $65.20 Drain Life, Beta Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Drain Life Beta Edition $26.66 Drain Life, FNM Promos — Magic card price +0.9% 7d Drain Life FNM Promos $16.50 Drain Life (IE), International Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Drain Life (IE) International Edition $7.84 Drain Life (CE), Collector's Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Drain Life (CE) Collector's Edition $5.00

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