Ad Nauseam
Ad Nauseam: Instant, Double Masters. Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Double Masters (2XM)
- Released
- 2020-08-07
- Collector number
- 76
- Artist
- Jeremy Jarvis
- Commander rank
- 1,313 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Ad Nauseam
Ad Nauseam is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black instant from Double Masters (2XM), a Masters set released in August 2020. It is collector number 76 in that set, with art by Jeremy Jarvis. It costs {3}{B}{B} (three generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It is banned in Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Shards of Alara (2008) to Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $9.75 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $9.75 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Ad Nauseam by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Banned |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Ad Nauseam
Ad Nauseam has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #155 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #25 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #90 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Shards of Alara (ALA) #63 | Rare | 2008 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Ad Nauseam, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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