Embrace the Paradox
Embrace the Paradox: Instant, Secrets of Strixhaven. Draw three cards. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{G}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue and green (UG)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 186
- Artist
- Julian Kok Joon Wen
- Commander rank
- 10,459 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Embrace the Paradox
Embrace the Paradox is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue and green instant from Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS), an expansion set released in April 2026. It is collector number 186 in that set, with art by Julian Kok Joon Wen. It costs {3}{G}{U} (three generic, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is blue and green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. Secrets of Strixhaven is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
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
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Embrace the Paradox by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Embrace the Paradox.
- 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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