Drain Power
Sorcery
Target player activates a mana ability of each land they control. Then that player loses all unspent mana and you add the mana lost this way.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Price
- $3.94
- EDHREC rank
- #16204
Drain Power strips one opponent of all their mana and hands it to you — the effect is backbreaking when it resolves at the right moment. Two blue mana for that swing is an honest rate, but the card is narrow enough that only dedicated blue control and combo shells can justify the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Drain Power has a real home, specifically in blue combo decks that want to untap with a massive mana surplus — hitting a player who just tapped out for a big ritual or land-untap effect can fuel a same-turn kill. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but essentially invisible; the formats move too fast and too redundantly for a two-mana spell that does nothing against an opponent already tapped out on their own turn. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's high-mana dynamics that the same logic applies, though the smaller life totals and faster clocks make the window tighter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.94 cheap tier
At $3.94, Drain Power sits in budget territory for a card with this narrow a use case. The price is stable rather than rising — demand is real but capped by how few decks genuinely want it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.