---
name: "Ad Nauseam"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "63"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jeremy Jarvis"
oracle_id: "981b0e21-e5e6-4a1e-bfde-679d56623f7f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ad-nauseam-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Ad Nauseam
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle 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.

> *When the task spilled over into undeath, he stopped calling it his life's work.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dark Tutelage](/printing/dark-tutelage-m11.md) — Enchantment
2. [Spoils of the Vault](/printing/spoils-of-the-vault-mrd.md) — Instant
3. [Bitter Revelation](/printing/bitter-revelation-cmr.md) — Sorcery
4. [Baneful Omen](/printing/baneful-omen-roe.md) — Enchantment
5. [Dark Confidant](/printing/dark-confidant-mm2.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Reviving Vapors](/printing/reviving-vapors-inv.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #63
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jeremy Jarvis
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`