Nagging Thoughts
~$0.07 low · ~$0.19 high
Blue. Sorcery

Shadows over Innistrad #74 · Illustrated by Seb McKinnon
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Oracle text
Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Format legality
All 2 printings of Nagging Thoughts
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The List plst #SOI-74· 2019common· Cardmarket €0.13 | common | $0.10 | No foil printing | €0.13 | |
Shadows over Innistrad soi #74· 2016common· Cardmarket €0.05 · €0.40 foil | common | $0.07 | $0.19 | €0.05€0.40 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2016
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #20,771 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Madness
- Artist
- Seb McKinnon
Rulings (10)
2016-04-08
If there is only one card left in your library, you'll put it into your hand. You won't lose the game for having zero cards in your library until you're required to draw a card.
2022-12-08
If you discard a card with madness to pay the cost of a spell or activated ability, that card's madness triggered ability (and the spell that card becomes, if you choose to cast it) will resolve before the spell or ability the discard paid for.
2022-12-08
Madness works independently of why you're discarding the card. You could discard it to pay a cost, because a spell or ability tells you to, or because you have too many cards in your hand during your cleanup step. You can't discard a card with madness just because you want to, though.
2022-12-08
If you choose not to cast a card with madness when the madness triggered ability resolves, it's put into your graveyard. Madness doesn't give you another chance to cast it later.
2022-12-08
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a madness cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.
2022-12-08
A card with madness that's discarded counts as having been discarded even though it's put into exile rather than a graveyard. If it was discarded to pay a cost, that cost is still paid. Abilities that trigger when a card is discarded will still trigger.
2022-12-08
If you discard a card with madness while a spell or ability is resolving, it moves immediately to exile. Continue resolving that spell or ability, noting that the card you discarded is not in your graveyard at this time. Its madness triggered ability will be placed onto the stack once that spell or ability has completely resolved.
2022-12-08
Cards are discarded in a Magic game only from a player's hand. Effects that put cards into a player's graveyard from anywhere else do not cause those cards to be discarded.
2022-12-08
A spell cast for its madness cost is put onto the stack like any other spell. It can be countered, copied, and so on. As it resolves, it's put onto the battlefield if it's a permanent card or into its owner's graveyard if it's an instant or sorcery card.
2022-12-08
Casting a spell with madness ignores the timing rules based on the card's card type. For example, you can cast a sorcery with madness if you discard it during an opponent's turn.
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