Ad Nauseam

Ad Nauseam from Shards of Alara. Rare MTG card for deck building and Commander. View rules, legality, and compare prices from multiple sellers.

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Commander Legal
Duel Legal
Legacy Legal
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Banned
Penny Legal
Predh Legal
Vintage Legal
Card Set Shards of Alara  
Card Type Instant
Rarity   Rare  
Mana Cost
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.
Flavor Text When the task spilled over into undeath, he stopped calling it his life's work.
Card Number #63
Artist Jeremy Jarvis
Card Languages Chinese Simplified , English , French , German , Italian , Japanese , Portuguese (Brazil) , Russian , Spanish
Frame Version 2003
Border Color Black
EDHREC Rank 1086
EDHREC Saltiness 1.98
Reprint? No
Is Promo? No
Oversized? No
Joke Card? No
In Starter? No
Time Shifted? No
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Ad Nauseam Non-Foil ALA #63 Shards of Alara MTG Magic the Gathering

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2026-03-20

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.

2026-03-20

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

2026-03-20

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.