Magic Drain | Decks and Ruling

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update 19/12/2016

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Magic Drain

Type	Trap Card
Property	Counter
Card Effect Type	Activation requirement / Card effect
Passcode	59344077

text

When your opponent activates a Spell Card: They can discard 1 Spell Card to negate this card's effect, otherwise negate the activation of their Spell Card, and if you do, destroy it.

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Pack	Chaotic Compliance [UR]
Level-up reward	--
Victory against	--
Card trader	--
Other	--

Evaluation

Rating

7.0/10

Pros

It's either negate the spell card or decrease your opponent's card by 1.

Cons

Enemy can still activate their spell card if they discard a spell card.

Tips

If you want to simply negate a spell card, it's better to use Magic Jammer.
This card is more effective if you use more than once. The first time you use it, they can maybe discard a spell, but they have less cards to counter a second or third use.
While you can't use it in a chain, you can also bring Terrible Deal in a deck destruction deck.
Since spell cards are often used, this has a high chance of being used, making it really good to get Dark Voltanis out. Regardless if they negate it or not, voltanis can be special summoned (if you have a dark monster on the field) and you can then choose any card on the field to destroy.

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Classifications

Actions	Your opponent discards / Discards for effect
Monster/Spell/Trap categories	Negates itself / Negates the activation of your opponent's Spell Cards / Destroys your opponent's Spell Cards

Comments

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Anonymous

With the new counter faerie support my 3 Magic Drain will finally be usefull

Anonymous

Why does this card work against the 2nd effect of Econ but not against the 1st effect?

Querious

If they discard a spell, does Van Dalgon still go off or no?

Anonymous

Is nobody gonna talk about that weird 🔥 artwork?

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

welcome to yugioh

Anonymous

The best card in the pack no doubt, Especially for duel links format. you should run of these in platinum rank

<< Anonymous

Some guy Reply

You can say that again. This is hands down, the best card in the pack. Although gunsblazing was most likely just joking around when he calls most of the cards gar-bage. He is actually right. Other than Magic drain, crystal seer and a few other cards (gemini cards).. most of the cards in this pack are pathetic. If i didn't want magic drain, I'd just forget this pack altogether.

<< Anonymous(Some guy)

Anonymous Reply

Double summon for 3SD, Gateway to chaos for dkayed balance handless beatdown, Master of oz and gift of the martyr for farming, are you kidding me?this pack is not top priority but its not pathetic.

<< Anonymous(Some guy)

Anonymous Reply

Shut the 🔥 up pleb, psychic just got boosted and brain research lab becoming more relevant. Planet pathfinder for searching toon kingdom and legendary ocean. Jowls combined with dimension gate. Black luster soldier with super soldier synthesis and darkflare dragon, so many card you sleeping on.

<< Anonymous

Some guy Reply

Ok, correction. This pack isn't entirely worthless, but as you said also, it's not top priority. I found valkyrie rage and crimson kingdom to be more worthwhile than this pack overall.
Other "anoymous" You don't know what a "pleb" is because you might as well be calling yourself that. psychics got boosted, but still hardly of much use. They got buffed cos they were underused.

Anonymous

man this card is so underrated here.. maybe it feels underwhelming when you only use one copy but i can definitely see it being an effective counter to many top threats in the current meta (especially econ)

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

i guess this card is just not for every deck, eg. kaibaman decks can use 3 champions vigilance instead. but this may be a good card to use if you have extra space

<< Anonymous

Anonymous. Reply

" Anoymous 25days ago
man this card is so underrated here.. maybe it feels underwhelming"
--
It's not "underrated" you 🔥ing idiot.
Underrated implies that many people think that it's not as good as it really is and doesn't give it the credit it deserves, which is wrong! Just about everyone KNOWS how useful and effective it is. Hardly underrated at all.

Anonymous

"Regardless if they negate it or not, voltanis can be special summoned (if you have a dark monster on the field) and you can then choose any card on the field to destroy" this doesn't seem to be true, as the official card ruling say that it can't be special summoned when they discard a spell

Anonymous

Does it negate hhg?

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Sure why not anyway lmao

Anonymous

Although people say it is better than "magic jammer", I always happy when I face this card more than "magic jammer". Because I often can play game-breaking spell with just discard.

some dude..

This is a great card and way better than "magic jammer" from Ultimate Rising.

Magic jammer, you must discard 1 card of yours to activate it. Magic Drain forces your opponent to discard their spell card - and if they don't have another spell card anyway, they can't cancel it's effect.

Anonymous

Does it work against harpie hunting ground?

dead meme

this card is way better than seven out of ten id give it a 8.5 /10

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