Illuminate History
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{R}
- Type
- Sorcery — Lesson
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages #312 (rare)
- Price
- $0.50 USD
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.
Illuminate History has 5 printings, first in Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021). EDHREC ranks it #10,639 among Commander cards. It appears most in Iroh, Grand Lotus decks (7,271 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Illuminate History most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Iroh, Grand Lotus: 7,271 decks
- The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell: 1,094 decks
- Quintorius, Loremaster: 540 decks
- Quintorius, Field Historian: 100 decks
- Ran and Shaw: 67 decks
- Sokka, Bold Boomeranger: 60 decks
- Uncle Iroh: 41 decks
- Living Laser: 19 decks
Often played with Illuminate History
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : 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.