Magic: The Gathering

Ad Nauseam

Double Masters 76 • rare

Set: Double Masters
Collector number: 76
Rarity: Rare
Mana cost: 3 generic mana black mana black mana
Type: Instant
Colors: Black
Artist: Jeremy Jarvis
Market price: $11.90

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What it's worth

$11.90market price via TCGplayer · Aug 19, 2026$11.90 – $16.21 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As an instant, this card offers a high-risk, high-reward mechanic that allows a player to draw a significant number of cards at the cost of their own life total. Its status as a rare within this specific set makes it a compelling centerpiece for those looking to build powerful, combo-oriented strategies.

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Card face

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.

Formats

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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Provenance

Where it came from

Ad Nauseam was originally introduced in the 2008 set Shards of Alara, designed by the Magic: The Gathering development team to explore high-risk, high-reward gameplay mechanics. The card’s design encourages players to sacrifice life totals for significant card advantage, a concept that quickly solidified its place in eternal formats like Modern and Legacy, where it serves as the centerpiece for dedicated combo decks that aim to win the game in a single, explosive turn.

The Double Masters edition, released in 2020, sought to showcase powerful and popular cards with updated artistic treatments. Jeremy Jarvis, a veteran designer and artist for Wizards of the Coast, provided the artwork for this specific printing. His illustration leans into the macabre, surreal aesthetic typical of the card's theme, utilizing unsettling imagery to visually represent the physiological and psychological toll of the card's namesake effect on the player.

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About

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