---
name: "Mind Drain"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "ZNR"
set_name: "Zendikar Rising"
collector_number: "114"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Grzegorz Rutkowski"
oracle_id: "0a88d1b1-ac3c-41da-b3f5-b689af0e45d7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mind-drain-znr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mind Drain
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
Target opponent discards two cards, mills a card, and loses 1 life. You gain 1 life. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

> *"Il pasto è stato squisito. La conversazione un po' meno."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Psychic Drain](/printing/psychic-drain-rav.md) — Sorcery
2. [Demogorgon's Clutches](/printing/demogorgons-clutches-afr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Syphon Mind](/printing/syphon-mind-ons.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rakshasa's Secret](/printing/rakshasas-secret-ktk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Atrocious Experiment](/printing/atrocious-experiment-clb.md) — Sorcery
6. [Essence Drain](/printing/essence-drain-m13.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #114
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Grzegorz Rutkowski
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`