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Ad Nauseam

{3}{B}{B}

Instant

ALAShards of Alara#63rare
Game Changer
Banned in Oathbreaker

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

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
Illustrator
Jeremy Jarvis
Found in
Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption · Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings5Combos16EDHREC rank#1,318
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerBanned
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
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.
Plays as:
Life OutletMill Finisher
Market · per finishspark updated 47m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-28.5%
$11.19
$8.00 low$0.75 gapTCGplayer
Foil+21.2%
$133.81
$100.00 low$28.00 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$10.54· across 5 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

3 · latest Mar 20, 2026
  • WotCMar 20, 2026

    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.

  • WotCMar 20, 2026

    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.

  • WotCMar 20, 2026

    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.