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"Find me cards equivalent to: Ad Nauseam"

Closest equivalents to Ad Nauseam (keeping instant, black, and life-for-cards):
1. Bolas's Citadel (not instant, but similar effect in black)
2. Peer into the Abyss (sorcery, but draws many cards for life)
3. Dark Confidant (creature, repeatable card draw for life)
4. Necropotence (enchantment, pays life for cards)
5. Griselbrand (creature, pay life to draw)

No other black instant exists with exactly the Ad Nauseam effect—it's unique as an instant.

Found Cards

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Ad Nauseam

Bolas's Citadel

Dark Confidant

Griselbrand

Necropotence

Peer into the Abyss

Ad Nauseam #155 Instant

Variations: v1 v2 v3
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Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 5
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Each time you put the revealed card into your hand and lose the appropriate amount of life, you decide whether to continue by revealing another card. You don't decide in advance how many cards to put into your hand this way.
  • If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
  • You may continue to reveal cards with Ad Nauseam even if your life total has been reduced to 0 or less. If you continue, you will continue to lose life, dropping your life total into negative numbers. As soon as you stop, you'll lose the game as a state-based action.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 321.97 USD
    Cardmarket 230.01 EUR
    Manapool 352.3 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    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.

    Bolas's Citadel #1187 Legendary Artifact

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Artifact
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Bolas's Citadel lets you look at the top card of your library whenever you want (with one restriction—see below), even if you don't have priority. This action doesn't use the stack. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand.
  • Bolas's Citadel may be one of the permanents you sacrifice to activate its last ability.
  • If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you can't look at the new top card until you finish doing so. This means that if you cast the top card of your library, you can't look at the next one until you're done paying for that spell.
  • If you cast a spell for another cost "rather than pay its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Spark Harvest, those must be paid to cast the card.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, the last ability of Bolas's Citadel causes the opposing team to lose 20 life.
  • You can play a land card from the top of your library only if you have available land plays remaining.
  • You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the cards you play from your library.

    • Prices

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    Cardmarket / 13.47 EUR 11.77 EUR
    Manapool / 20.74 USD 20.84 USD
    Cardkingdom / 23.99 USD 19.99 USD
    Tcgplayer / 21.88 USD 20.6 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost. ,Sacrificeten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

    Dark Confidant #94s aka. Bob Creature — Human Wizard

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 21.4 USD
    Cardmarket 14.53 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.

    Griselbrand #160★ Legendary Creature — Demon

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Color:
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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 8
    Power/Toughness: 7/7
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
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    Layout:
    Normal

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Lifelink

    Rules

  • You can’t activate Griselbrand’s ability if you have 6 or less life.

    • Prices

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    Cardmarket 7.15 EUR / 9.17 EUR
    Manapool 11 USD / 11 USD
    Tcgplayer 10.65 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Flying, lifelink Pay 7 life: Draw seven cards.

    Necropotence #21 aka. Necro Enchantment

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • If a discarded card isn't put into your graveyard (due to an effect such as that of Obstinate Baloth) or leaves your graveyard (perhaps because another effect returned it to your hand), it won't be exiled.
  • If you discard a card with madness and wish to cast it, Necropotence's ability won't exile that card. If you don't wish to cast it, you choose whether it ends up exiled or in your graveyard.
  • Necropotence's last ability creates a delayed triggered ability that will put the exiled card into your hand. That ability still triggers even if Necropotence is removed from the battlefield before your end step.
  • You can't look at the cards exiled by the last ability while they're face down.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Skip your draw step. Whenever youdiscarda card, exile that card from your graveyard. Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.

    Peer into the Abyss #2002 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • The life lost is rounded up, not the remaining life total. For example, if the target player has 7 life, they lose 4 life and end up with 3. Similarly, the number of cards drawn is rounded up, not the number of cards remaining in the library.
  • To draw the cards, first the player determines how many cards to draw, then draws them. This event may be modified so that a different number of cards are actually drawn.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 6.99 USD / 7.99 USD
    Manapool / 4.9 USD 4.93 USD
    Cardmarket 5.4 EUR / 6.26 EUR
    Tcgplayer 5.13 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Target player draws cards equal to half the number of cards in their library and loses half their life. Round up each time.