Embrace the Paradox
Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #186 · Common · Instant
Mana cost: {3}{G}{U}
Draw three cards. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
"Every lecture you attended—every theorem you memorized and equation you solved—has led to this first step into uncertainty."
—Professor Deekah
Illustrated by Julian Kok Joon Wen · Released April 24, 2026
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.18 USD · €0.09 EUR
- Foil: $0.30 USD · €0.17 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 25, 2026: down $0.04 USD (18.2%) to $0.18 USD; low $0.18 USD, high $0.29 USD.
Printings
- Secrets of Strixhaven #186 (this printing) · Common · 2026 · $0.18 USD
Legality
- Standard: Legal
- Alchemy: Legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2026-03-20 · wotc — Putting a land card onto the battlefield with Embrace the Paradox doesn't count as playing a land. You can put a land card onto the battlefield this way even if you've already played a land for the turn.
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- Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait · in 6% of 47 decks