Curse of Fool's Wisdom
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player draws a card, they lose 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Madness 3 (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Combos with Curse of Fool's Wisdom
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Vilis, Broker of Blood Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
- Drogskol Reaver Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
11 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2019-08-23
Once the enchanted player has drawn one or more cards, they'll still lose life (and you'll still gain life) even if Curse of Fool's Wisdom leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves.
- 2019-08-23
If you become enchanted by your own Curse of Fool's Wisdom, you'll lose 2 life and gain 2 life whenever you draw a card. You won't lose the game if your life total is 0 or less between those events.
- 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
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 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
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
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.
- 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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Curse of Fool's Wisdom, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anje Falkenrath | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Rakdos 1 deck
Curse of Fool's Wisdom price history
The Commander 2019 #16 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2026 | $4.69 |
| Nov 12, 2026 | $4.74 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $4.73 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | $4.75 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | $4.83 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $4.81 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $4.82 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $4.71 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $4.67 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $4.71 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $4.68 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $4.74 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $4.50 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $4.32 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $4.30 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $4.42 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $4.45 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $4.43 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $4.50 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $4.49 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $4.45 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $4.43 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $4.34 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $4.25 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $4.28 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $4.41 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $4.15 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $4.25 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $4.22 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $4.25 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $4.33 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $4.37 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $4.33 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $4.29 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $4.23 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $4.33 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $4.54 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $4.88 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Curse of Fool's Wisdom
1 printing, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.
- Normal
- $4.69
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Curse of Fool's Wisdom. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.