name: Drain Life
originalText: {X} Drain Life deals X damage to target creature or player. Spend only black mana in this way. Gain 1 life for each 1 damage dealt, but not more than the toughness of the creature or the life total of the player Drain Life damages.
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