Ad Nauseam

Instant

Illustrated by Jeremy Jarvis

€7.47 $10.76 0.03 tix

F

Salt Score

1.8

EDHREC Rank #1,338

Scryfall EDHREC

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.

Rulings (3)

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.

Mar 20, 2026

If a card in a player's library has X generic mana in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

Mar 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.

Mar 20, 2026