Mind Drain

Mind Drain

Sorcery

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

Target opponent discards two cards, mills a card, and loses 1 life. You gain 1 life.

on-cast —

on-cast — mills a card

on-cast — makes each opponent lose 1 life

on-cast — gains you 1 life

on-cast — drains each opponent

Causes: discard a card, mill a card, make a player lose life, gain life.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a card is milled — 772 cards in the game can cause this (Mind Drain is one).

  1. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — When a permanent makes a player mill a card thanks to Mind Drain, Lo and Li, Royal Advisors puts a counter on an Advisor

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Mind Drain is one).

When a permanent makes a player discard a card thanks to Mind Drain:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  3. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  5. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  6. Fell Specter — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  7. Spirit Cairn — makes a token
  8. Confessor — gains you 1 life
  9. Entropic Battlecruiser — makes a player lose 3 life
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

52 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Mind Drain is one).

When Mind Drain gains life:

  1. Titanbones, Towering Heart — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  2. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  4. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  6. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  8. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  10. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

84 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Mind Drain is one).

When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Mind Drain:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  10. Hour of Victory — raises your speed

46 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Mind Drain is one).

When Mind Drain is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  3. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1

429 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.