Ad Nauseam
Shards of Alara 63 • rare
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Collector number
- 63
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Jeremy Jarvis
- Market price
- $10.42
What it does
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.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerBanned
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Where it came from
Ad Nauseam was released in 2008 as part of the Shards of Alara expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed as a rare black instant that draws upon the game's mechanics of exchanging life totals for card advantage, reflecting the set's focus on the distinct five-colored shards of the plane of Alara. The card was conceptualized during a design period where Wizards of the Coast was exploring high-risk, high-reward spells that pushed the boundaries of traditional resource management.
The artwork for the card was provided by Jeremy Jarvis, who chose a haunting, visceral aesthetic to complement the card's grim name and function. The illustration depicts a skeletal, ethereal figure in a state of decay, visually representing the literal exhaustion of one's life force to acquire knowledge. Upon release, the card garnered significant attention from competitive players for its unique ability to draw large portions of a deck, eventually becoming the namesake card for a powerful combo archetype in the Modern and Legacy formats.
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