Ad Nauseam
3Instant
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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
Market prices
updated on 06/17/2026| Source | Normal | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardhoarder | 0.06 tix | — |
| Card Kingdom | $12.99 | $15.99 |
| Cardmarket | €7.56 | €10.24 |
| CardTrader Buy | €8.05 | €10.12 |
| TCGplayer | $12.52 | $14.61 |
Trend · last 90 days · EUR
€7.56CardTrader market
71 offers · from €8.05 · avg €15.35 · max €49.99
Near Mint: 65 · Slightly Played: 6
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.
03/20/2026If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
03/20/2026Each 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.
03/20/2026Legality by format
| Brawl | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Banned |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Pioneer | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| Standard | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Not legal |
| Extended | Not legal |
| Frontier | Not legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Not legal |