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◇ Catalog #186

Embrace the Paradox

sos·#186·common·foil

Illus. Julian Kok Joon Wen

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Apr '26

3 mo ago

Value

$0.30+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.31 · low $0.28

NM$0.30

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.28–$0.32modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.33low $0.01range 3200.0%n 46

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #13,711 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.30

Nonfoil$0.19

Gameplay

Instant

Draw three cards. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.

"Every lecture you attended—every theorem you memorized and equation you solved—has led to this first step into uncertainty." —Professor Deekah

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2026-03-20wotc

Putting a land card onto the battlefield with Embrace the Paradox doesn't count as playing a land. You can put a land card onto the battlefield this way even if you've already played a land for the turn.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.30. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.01 and $0.33 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from SOS — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #186 of *Secrets of Strixhaven*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Secrets of Strixhaven release.

Card type: Instant, color identity green/blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {3}{G}{U} (5 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #13,711 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Julian Kok Joon Wen. Rarix catalogs 165 other cards credited to this artist.