First printed in Legends (1994)
All 15 prints
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Breaking News (OTP) #11, 2024
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Breaking News (OTP) #67, 2024
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Magic Online Promos (PRM) #102241, 2022 (digital)
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Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #348, 2022
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Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #432, 2022
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Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #57, 2022
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Magic Online Promos (PRM) #86070, 2020 (digital)
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Commander Legends (CMR) #637, 2020
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Commander Legends (CMR) #80, 2020
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Iconic Masters (IMA) #65, 2017
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Judge Gift Cards 2016 (J16) #2, 2016
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Magic Online Promos (PRM) #46934, 2014 (digital)
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Vintage Masters (VMA) #78, 2014 (digital)
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Masters Edition III (ME3) #43, 2009 (digital)
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Legends (LEG) #65, 1994
Mana Drain 
Instant
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of 
equal to that spell's mana value.
In the last 30 days 3.7% of Vintage decks played it (16 of 438). Most played in Tinker Vault. In the last 30 days 5.3% of Commander decks played it (323 of 6150). Most played in Kraum, Ludevic's Opus + Tymna the Weaver.
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
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| Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), Premier Draft | 59.3% | +5.1 | +9.3 | 6399 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Staple
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Vintage staples:
main deck, 5% of decks (#118)
Blue, Instants, Counterspells, Ramp -
Commander staples:
main deck, 6% of decks (#312)
Blue, Instants, Counterspells, Ramp
Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Not legal
- Modern Not legal
- Legacy Banned
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Not legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Banned
- Timeless Legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Not legal
- Premodern Not legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Banned
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Banned
- Pauper Commander Not legal
- PreDH Legal
- Tiny Leaders Legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Banned
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Legal
