---
name: "Illuminate History"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery — Lesson"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "PSTX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos"
collector_number: "108s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jokubas Uogintas"
oracle_id: "c7c1e7cf-0be2-4129-9bdf-0862be2fba7f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/illuminate-history-pstx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Illuminate History
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Lesson

## Oracle Text
Discard any number of cards, then draw that many cards. Then if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, create a 3/2 red and white Spirit creature token.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Living History](/printing/living-history-sos.md) — Enchantment
2. [Illustrious Historian](/printing/illustrious-historian-stx.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
3. [Occult Epiphany](/printing/occult-epiphany-voc.md) — Instant
4. [Seasoned Pyromancer](/printing/seasoned-pyromancer-2x2.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
5. [Rites of Initiation](/printing/rites-of-initiation-vma.md) — Instant
6. [Spirit Cairn](/printing/spirit-cairn-c20.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos (PSTX) #108s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jokubas Uogintas
- **Total Printings:** 5 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2021-04-16)* You may choose not to discard any cards as Illuminate History resolves. In that case, you will not draw any cards, but you might still create a Spirit.
- *(2021-04-16)* Lesson is a spell subtype found on some instant and sorcery cards in the Strixhaven set. The Lesson subtype has no special rules associated with it.
- *(2021-04-16)* Illuminate History will stay on the stack until it is finished resolving, so it will not count itself as one of the cards in your graveyard.
- *(2021-04-16)* Although you may want to include Lessons in your sideboard if you’re playing with cards that instruct you to learn, Lesson cards can be included in your main deck like other instant or sorcery cards.