The earlier ban of Goblin Lackey had proved ineffective in slowing the deck down, which went on barely scathed
Each opponent loses X life, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
Mana Drain is the most powerful hard counter ever printed without an alternative cost, and became strictly better than Counterspell once the mana burn was eliminated in the Magic 2010 rule changes
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On the other hand, it's held back a bit by being a stax piece that lets opponents choose which phase they're least likely to miss that turn
