The 1994 Magic: The Gathering Foreign Black Border Drain Power card (#56). A rare sorcery from the original 1994 set, perfect for collectors.
1994 • Magic: The Gathering • Foreign Black Border
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Drain Power
Game
Magic: The Gathering
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Rare
Douglas Shuler
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French
{U}{U}
Sorcery
U
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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.
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