Ad Nauseam
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical ArchiveSOA · #25
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- 7.27 € · ★ 9.79 € · 10.68 $ · ★ 13.32 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value. You may repeat this process any number of times.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerBanned
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Matthew G. Lewis
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2026-04-24
Flavour text
"Some areas are off limits for the preservation of the books. Others for the preservation of the students." —Isabough, Biblioplex archivist
Rulings
Each time you put the revealed card into your hand and lose the appropriate amount of life, you decide whether to continue by revealing another card. You don't decide in advance how many cards to put into your hand this way.
If a card in a player's library has in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
You may continue to reveal cards with Ad Nauseam even if your life total has been reduced to 0 or less. If you continue, you will continue to lose life, dropping your life total into negative numbers. As soon as you stop, you'll lose the game as a state-based action.
