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Essence Drain

Multiverse ID: 50536

Essence Drain

Comments (7)

Gomorrah
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0) (3 votes)
Lightning Helix, anyone?
CeremonialBathory
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (3 votes)
Even if Lightning Helix didn't exist, this is still a waste of mana. You can get Corrupt out for 1 more and drain 6 life if you're only using swamps. And if you're running something that isn't mono-black it's unlikely you'd use this type of card anyway. Who rated this above 1?
Gabriel422
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (4 votes)
I miss Lightning Helix.
Areps
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
i rated it above a one. damn baby planeswalkers.
Ferlord
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"I said I wanted the acid-FREE bath!"
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
pretty terrible compared to drain life. The effect is a drain life stuck at a bad mana cost so you can't use it as a finisher, nor can you use it earlier if you need to, nor can you do any of the myriad other bonuses that comes with a lower CMC card (tutoring based on CMC, transmute, taking less damage from dark confident or similar sources, etc)

It's terrible; but it IS still limited removal and stalling.


Also, he's flipping you off, I don't know why no one noticed that.
tcollins
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is almost as bad as it's art, almost.