Cruel Ultimatum

8 printings · from $0.10 to $0.99 · pictured: Breaking News #40

$0.15

cheapest of 38 store offers · see all

market $0.25

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: Michal Ivan

Released: 2024-04-19

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.25
  • TCGplayer foil: $0.39
  • Cardmarket: €0.14
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.35
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$0.40$0.19
234 days of daily prices for Cruel Ultimatum: $0.20 to $0.25
2026-01-252026-11-13
regular foil · 234 days tracked · $0.20 → $0.25 (+25%) · low $0.19 · high $0.40
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Breaking News #40) 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
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.14today
CardTraderNM · 6 days agoNMregular€0.146 days ago
CardTraderSP · 6 days agoSPregular€0.196 days ago
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$0.25today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.28today
The Comic HunterNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$0.57today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€0.38today
The Mystic StoreSP · 7 days agoSPregularCA$0.647 days ago
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.50today
Magic StrongholdSP · foil · 2 days agoSPfoilCA$0.952 days ago
CardTraderSP · foil · 6 days agoSPfoil€0.626 days ago
CardTraderMP · foil · 6 days agoMPfoil€1.146 days ago

Truncated: 24 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 38 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 64 lists
  • Played in 7 decks

Decks that play this card

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All printings

Set#RarityUSD
Breaking News#40 · rare40rare$0.25
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Art Series#43 · common43common$0.10
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas#82 · rare82rare$0.51
Modern Masters 2017#158 · rare158rare$0.48
Commander 2013#182 · rare182rare$0.38
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