Cruel Bargain

Portal · #86 · rare · EN

$3.99

cheapest of 22 store offers · see all

market $6.27

Mana cost: {B}{B}{B}

Type: Sorcery

Commonly played as: Draw

Draw four cards. You lose half your life, rounded up.

Artist: Adrian Smith

Released: 1997-05-01

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $6.27
  • Cardmarket: €4.83
  • MTGO tix: 0
$6.39$5.52
233 days of daily prices for Cruel Bargain: $5.52 to $6.27
2026-01-252026-11-12
233 days tracked · $5.52 → $6.27 (+14%) · low $5.52 · high $6.39
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Portal #86) in 6 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
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$3.99today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$5.01today
401 GamesMP · todayMPregularCA$7.50today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€4.83today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$5.42today
Le Coin Du JeuMP · todayMPregularCA$8.20today
CardTraderMP · 6 days agoMPregular€5.646 days ago
GamezillaSP · todaySPregularCA$9.00today
401 GamesSP · todaySPregularCA$9.00today
CardTraderHP · 6 days agoHPregular€5.906 days ago
GamezillaNM · todayNMregularCA$10.00today
House Of CardsNM · 2 days agoNMregularCA$10.202 days ago

Truncated: 10 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 22 in total.

Format legality

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

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 2 lists
  • 2 copies tracked

All printings of Cruel Bargain

USD · low $6.27

Set#RarityUSD
Vintage Masters#111 · rare111rare—
Portal#86 · rare86rare$6.27