Cruel Ultimatum

Breaking News · #40 · rare · EN

$0.15 · Foil $0.25

cheapest of 37 store offers · see all

market $0.25 · Foil $0.39

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

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.25
  • TCGplayer foil: $0.39
  • Cardmarket: €0.14
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.38
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$0.40$0.19
233 days of daily prices for Cruel Ultimatum: $0.20 to $0.25
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 233 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
CardTraderNM · 5 days agoNMregular€0.145 days ago
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.15today
CardTraderSP · 5 days agoSPregular€0.195 days ago
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$0.25today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.26today
The Comic HunterNM · foil · 3 days agoNMfoilCA$0.573 days ago
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€0.38today
The Mystic StoreSP · 6 days agoSPregularCA$0.646 days ago
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.50today
Magic StrongholdSP · foil · yesterdaySPfoilCA$0.95yesterday
CardTraderSP · foil · 5 days agoSPfoil€0.625 days ago
CardTraderMP · foil · 5 days agoMPfoil€1.145 days ago

Truncated: 23 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 37 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 26 lists
  • Played in 1 deck
  • 29 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