---
name: "Decorum Dissertation"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery — Lesson"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Paradigm"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "78"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Mila Pesic"
oracle_id: "f4c57454-d36f-4f38-b7ac-76477a516c3e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/decorum-dissertation-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Decorum Dissertation
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Lesson
- **Keywords:** Paradigm

## Oracle Text
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Paradigm (Then exile this spell. After you first resolve a spell with this name, you may cast a copy of it from exile without paying its mana cost at the beginning of each of your first main phases.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Painful Lesson](/printing/painful-lesson-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Gruesome Realization](/printing/gruesome-realization-bro.md) — Sorcery
3. [Sign in Blood](/printing/sign-in-blood-gn3.md) — Sorcery
4. [Cost of Brilliance](/printing/cost-of-brilliance-sos.md) — Sorcery
5. [Night's Whisper](/printing/nights-whisper-ddm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Davriel's Shadowfugue](/printing/davriels-shadowfugue-war.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #78
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Mila Pesic
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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