Cruel Ultimatum

Shards of Alara · #164 · rare · EN

$0.21 · Foil $2.06

cheapest of 48 store offers · see all

market $0.42 · Foil $25.00

Mana cost: {U}{U}{B}{B}{B}{R}{R}

Type: Sorcery

Commonly played as: Removal, Draw, Recursion, Lifegain, Drain

Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice, discards three cards, then loses 5 life. You return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand, draw three cards, then gain 5 life.

Artist: Ralph Horsley

Released: 2008-10-03

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.42
  • TCGplayer foil: $25.00
  • Cardmarket: €0.20
  • Cardmarket foil: €2.54
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$25.00$0.42
240 days of daily prices for Cruel Ultimatum: $0.60 to $0.42
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 240 days tracked · $0.60 → $0.42 (-30%) · low $0.42 · high $25.00
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Shards of Alara #164) in 8 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.21today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.19today
CardTraderMP · 3 days agoMPregular€0.213 days ago
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.24today
CardTraderHP · 3 days agoHPregular€0.223 days ago
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.25today
CardTraderSP · 3 days agoSPregular€0.253 days ago
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.30today
401 GamesHP · todayHPregularCA$0.45today
CardTraderNM · 3 days agoNMregular€0.293 days ago
The Comic HunterNM · 2 days agoNMregularCA$0.522 days ago
Le Coin Du JeuMP · 3 days agoMPregularCA$0.553 days ago
The Mystic StoreSP · 2 days agoSPregularCA$0.642 days ago
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$2.06today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$2.71today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€2.54today
CardTraderHP · foil · 3 days agoHPfoil€3.083 days ago
CardTraderMP · foil · 3 days agoMPfoil€3.363 days ago
CardTraderSP · foil · 3 days agoSPfoil€5.063 days ago
CardTraderNM · foil · 3 days agoNMfoil€15.113 days ago
The Games CubeNM · foil · yesterdayNMfoil30.22 AUDyesterday

Truncated: 27 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 48 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 10 lists
  • Played in 2 decks
  • 10 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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All printings of Cruel Ultimatum

USD · low $0.10 · high $0.99

Set#RarityUSD
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Art Series#43 · common43common$0.10
Breaking News#40 · rare40rare$0.25
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas#82 · rare82rare$0.49
Modern Masters 2017#158 · rare158rare$0.48
Commander 2013#182 · rare182rare$0.37
From the Vault: Twenty#17 · mythic17mythic$0.99 foil
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas#69 · rare69rare$0.40
Shards of Alara#164 · rare164rare$0.42