Um, he's literally saying that it's not it. I can't see how this could ever be seen as a "hint". Even if Mana Drain was printed as a judge promo, looking back at this question it would only be apparent that MaRo was hiding the truth, not doing anything to hint at it. He's just making a reference to the recently revealed FoW promo, that's all.
Mana Drain unfortunately is on the reserve list and we've seen how bad the reserve list has become, due to the fact that there's some prominent legacy staples on said list, so they would never be able to reprint mana drain unless they somehow abolish the reserve list at some point in time.
The reason mana drain is talked about as a reprint target from time to time is due to it not being on the reserved list like mnk said. Just because a card is worth a lot of money and is from an old set doesn't mean it's reserved list, end of story.
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It would make sense for them to reprint it this way, since judge promos are really limited and it would be a nice compensation for judges. It also won't enter standard or modern this way.
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On a serious note, it's good to see some confirmation that FoW couldn't be done in Standard.