name: Drain Life
originalText: 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 current toughness.
printings: 2ED, 30A, 3ED, 4BB, 4ED, 5ED, BTD, CED, CEI, F02, FBB, LEA, LEB, MIR, OLEP, PRM, PTC, SUM
text: 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.
type: Sorcery