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Ad Nauseam

Ad Nauseam

{3}{B}{B}
Instant

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.

When the task spilled over into undeath, he stopped calling it his life's work.

Illustrated by Jeremy Jarvis

Formats
Not Legalstandard
Legalhistoric
Legaltimeless
Not Legalpioneer
Legalmodern
Legallegacy
Not Legalpauper
Legalvintage
Legalpenny
Legalcommander
Bannedoathbreaker
Legalbrawl
Not Legalalchemy

This printing

Number#76
RarityRare
ReleasedAug 7, 2020
EDHREC rank#1,367

Prices

USD$10.47
USD foil$58.43
EUR€7.58
EUR foil€32.53
MTGO0.03 tix
Rulings (3)
  • 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.

    Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

    Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • 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.

    Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

Printings (5)

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