Moxx Rocks — Drain Life

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.

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partial Extraction abilities-3

Incomplete card classification: unmodeled effect: Spend only black mana on X.; unmodeled effect: Drain Life deals X damage to any target; unmodeled effect restriction: 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.

Ability 1

spellunsupported

Spend only black mana on X.

Active zone: stack
Trigger: Unavailable
Cost: No recorded activation cost.
Requirements: All of: Unsupported condition: unmodeled effect: Spend only black mana on X.
Source span: 0–27

Functional categories

cadence.one-shot delivery.spell

Effects

No effect records were extracted.

Incomplete: unmodeled effect: Spend only black mana on X.

Source evidence

Source: oracle
Revision: b89da28212c1da775d0b15bbf6b971083cea1e475f17f98f78cc1523f92bad9f
Rule: abilities-3
Confidence: Not calibrated

Spend only black mana on X.

Ability 2

spellpartial

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.

Active zone: stack
Trigger: Unavailable
Cost: No recorded activation cost.
Requirements: All of: Unsupported condition: unmodeled effect: Drain Life deals X damage to any target; unmodeled effect restriction: 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.
Source span: 28–270

Functional categories

cadence.one-shot delivery.spell economic.producer life-gain

Effects

life gain · immediate

Unsupported condition: 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.

produces life_gain · self life
No additional explicit requirement.

Incomplete: unmodeled effect: Drain Life deals X damage to any target; unmodeled effect restriction: 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.

Source evidence

Source: oracle
Revision: b89da28212c1da775d0b15bbf6b971083cea1e475f17f98f78cc1523f92bad9f
Rule: abilities-3
Confidence: Not calibrated

Ability 3

castunsupported

Cast Drain Life

Active zone: hand
Trigger: Unavailable
Cost: Mana {X}{1}{B}
Requirements: All of: timing: sorcery; Unsupported condition: unmodeled mana payment {X}{1}{B}
Source span: 0–0

No functional category evidence is published for this ability.

Effects

cast · immediate

No additional explicit requirement.

requires mana · self B · amount 1
action kind: noncreature_spell
requires mana · self X
All of: action kind: noncreature_spell; Unsupported condition: unmodeled mana payment {X}
requires mana · self generic · amount 1
action kind: noncreature_spell
produces noncreature_cast · self spell · amount 1 · hand → stack
No additional explicit requirement.

Incomplete: unmodeled mana payment {X}{1}{B}

Source evidence

Source: scryfall
Revision: b89da28212c1da775d0b15bbf6b971083cea1e475f17f98f78cc1523f92bad9f
Rule: card-type-cast-event
Confidence: Not calibrated

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Set	Language	Collector	Released	Rarity	Price
30th Anniversary Edition	en	102	2022-11-28	common	$1.22
30th Anniversary Edition	en	399	2022-11-28	common	—
Magic Online Promos	en	35928	2013-01-11	common	—
Friday Night Magic 2002	en	7	2002-01-01	rare	—
Beatdown Box Set	en	24	2000-10-01	common	$1.51
Oversized League Prizes	en	67	1999-01-01	rare	—
Fifth Edition	ko	156	1997-03-24	common	—
Fifth Edition	fr	156	1997-03-24	common	—
Fifth Edition	en	156	1997-03-24	common	$0.35
Fifth Edition	es	156	1997-03-24	common	—
Fifth Edition	zhs	156	1997-03-24	common	—
Fifth Edition	pt	156	1997-03-24	common	—
Fifth Edition	de	156	1997-03-24	common	—
Fifth Edition	zht	156	1997-03-24	common	—
Fifth Edition	ja	156	1997-03-24	common	—
Fifth Edition	it	156	1997-03-24	common	—
Mirage	es	118	1996-10-08	common	—
Mirage	fr	118	1996-10-08	common	—
Mirage	de	118	1996-10-08	common	—
Mirage	it	118	1996-10-08	common	—
Mirage	ja	118	1996-10-08	common	—
Mirage	pt	118	1996-10-08	common	—
Mirage	en	118	1996-10-08	common	$0.31
Pro Tour Collector Set	en	ll132	1996-05-01	common	$0.59
Fourth Edition	pt	132	1995-04-01	common	—
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border	zht	132	1995-04-01	common	—
Fourth Edition	fr	132	1995-04-01	common	—
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border	es	132	1995-04-01	common	$4.50
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border	ja	132	1995-04-01	common	—
Fourth Edition	de	132	1995-04-01	common	—
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border	pt	132	1995-04-01	common	$4.50
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border	ko	132	1995-04-01	common	—
Fourth Edition	es	132	1995-04-01	common	—
Fourth Edition	ja	132	1995-04-01	common	—
Fourth Edition	it	132	1995-04-01	common	—
Fourth Edition	en	132	1995-04-01	common	$0.16
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Revised Edition	it	106	1994-04-11	common	—
Revised Edition	fr	106	1994-04-11	common	—
Foreign Black Border	de	106	1994-04-11	common	—
Revised Edition	en	106	1994-04-11	common	$0.26
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Foreign Black Border	it	106	1994-04-11	common	—
Revised Edition	de	106	1994-04-11	common	—
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Unlimited Edition	en	106	1993-12-01	common	$1.19
Limited Edition Beta	en	106	1993-10-04	common	$26.64
Limited Edition Alpha	en	105	1993-08-05	common	$62.88

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