Ad Nauseam
Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #25 · Mythic · Instant
Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}
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.
"Some areas are off limits for the preservation of the books. Others for the preservation of the students."
—Isabough, Biblioplex archivist
Illustrated by Matthew G. Lewis · Released April 24, 2026
Prices
- Nonfoil: $10.09 USD · €7.79 EUR
- Foil: $13.39 USD · €9.44 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.34 USD (3.3%) to $10.09 USD; low $9.60 USD, high $11.30 USD.
Printings
- Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive #25 (this printing) · Mythic · 2026 · $10.09 USD
- Double Masters #76 (2XM) · Rare · 2020 · $9.89 USD
- Shards of Alara #63 (ALA) · Rare · 2008 · $10.42 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Banned
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2026-03-20 · wotc — 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.
- 2026-03-20 · wotc — 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.
- 2026-03-20 · wotc — 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.
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