Mana Drain
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of equal to that spell's mana value.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2020-11-10
Mana Drain's delayed triggered ability will usually trigger at the beginning of your precombat main phase. However, if you cast Mana Drain during your precombat main phase or during your combat phase, its delayed triggered ability will trigger at the beginning of that turn's postcombat main phase.
- 2020-11-10
If the target spell is an illegal target by the time Mana Drain tries to resolve, Mana Drain doesn't resolve. You don't add mana at the beginning of your next main phase. If the target is legal but not countered (most likely because an effect says that the spell can't be countered), you do add mana.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Mana Drain, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urza, Lord High Artificer | 1 | 10 | 20% |
| Bard, King of Dale | 1 | 0 | — |
| Cosmic Spider-Man | 1 | 0 | — |
| Eluge, the Shoreless Sea | 1 | 0 | — |
| Etrata, the Silencer | 1 | 0 | — |
| Jori En, Ruin Diver | 1 | 0 | — |
| Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm | 1 | 0 | — |
| Phenax, God of Deception | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Dimir 3 decks
- Izzet 3 decks
- Five-Color 3 decks
- Mono-Blue 2 decks
- Temur 1 deck
- Azorius 1 deck
- Esper 1 deck
Mana Drain price history
The Double Masters 2022 #57 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | $56.04 | $61.25 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $56.04 | $61.25 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $55.96 | $61.25 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $56.41 | $61.25 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $56.33 | $61.25 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $56.12 | $61.02 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $56.17 | $61.02 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $56.17 | $61.49 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $56.43 | $61.49 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $56.44 | $61.49 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $56.89 | $61.49 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $56.89 | $61.25 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $56.97 | $61.25 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $57.00 | $61.25 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $57.19 | $61.25 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $57.31 | $60.52 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Mana Drain
10 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Showcase
Breaking News
- Normal
- $47.71
- Foil
- $65.16
Inverted
Breaking News
- Foil
- $359.31
Inverted
- Normal
- $69.31
- Foil
- $84.97
Etched
- Etched
- $130.33
- Normal
- $56.04
- Foil
- $61.25
Extended Art
- Normal
- $74.59
- Foil
- $120.35
- Normal
- $53.21
- Foil
- $58.95
- Normal
- $56.09
- Foil
- $62.88
Promo
Judge Gift Cards 2016
- Foil
- $206.86
- Normal
- $239.08
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Mana Drain. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
