Name
Ad Nauseam

Flavor Name
むかつき

Mana Cost

Type
Instant

Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive

Rarity
Mythic

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

「一部のエリアは書籍を保存するため立入禁止。それ以外は生徒を保護するため立入禁止。」
――大図書棟の古文書保管人、イサボウ


Number
#155

Other Prints
Double Masters
Shards of Alara

Legal Formats
Brawl | Commander | Duel | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Penny | Timeless | Vintage

Availability
Magic Online | Paper

Rulings

(20/03/2026)
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.


(07/08/2020)
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.


(07/08/2020)
If a card in a player's library has in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.


(07/08/2020)
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.


(20/03/2026)
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.


(20/03/2026)
If a card in a player's library has in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.


Artist
Sawaki Takeyasu

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