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Cruel Ultimatum

Sorcery

$0.26

Market price

$0.38

Foil

12

Public decks

Cruel Ultimatum
$0.26$0.38
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Rules Text

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.

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Card Facts

Mana value
7
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#5,976
Rarity
Rare

Legality

Brawl

Legal

Commander

Legal

Competitive Brawl

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Gladiator

Legal

Historic

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Modern

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

Penny Dreadful

Legal

PreDH

Legal

Timeless

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Alchemy

Not legal

Future

Not legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

Pioneer

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

Standard

Not legal

Standard Brawl

Not legal

TLR

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Apr 12, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    If the target opponent is an illegal target as Cruel Ultimatum tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. (I'm not going to list them all here because it would just be disappointing to hear all of the things you won't get to do.)

  2. Mar 14, 2017 · Wizards of the Coast

    Cruel Ultimatum's only target is an opponent. You don't choose which creature card in your graveyard you'll return to your hand until Cruel Ultimatum resolves.

  3. Mar 14, 2017 · Wizards of the Coast

    All of the actions for Cruel Ultimatum are performed sequentially, in the order listed. Earlier actions may affect how you perform later actions. For example, if the opponent sacrifices a creature that they control but you own, it will end up in your graveyard. When Cruel Ultimatum lets you return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand, you can choose that one.

  4. Mar 14, 2017 · Wizards of the Coast

    If, as Cruel Ultimatum begins to resolve, your opponent's life total is 5 or less and you have two or fewer cards in your library, the game will result in a draw. Your opponent's life total will drop to 0 or less, but Cruel Ultimatum must finish resolving completely before state-based actions are performed. You'll then be forced to draw three cards and fail to draw one. When state-based actions are finally performed, you and your opponent will both lose the game at the same time, which means the game is a draw.

Printings

Every version

Each printing we have of this card; pick one to see its price and set.


7 printings
Breaking News
Breaking NewsOTP · $0.26
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas
Archenemy: Nicol BolasE01 · $0.49
Modern Masters 2017
Modern Masters 2017MM3 · $0.47
Commander 2013
Commander 2013C13 · $0.38
From the Vault: Twenty
From the Vault: TwentyV13 · $1.02
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol BolasDDH · $0.39
Shards of Alara
Shards of AlaraALA · $0.46
Community

Decks using this card

12 public decks run Cruel Ultimatum; here are the 8 most recently updated.


MTGCommander

Commandant

RE
Redbaby26 days ago
200
MTGCube

(The Real) Budget Spellslinger Commander Cube

TheGentleman
TheGentleman29 days ago
3900
MTGCommanderB1

Zevlor Méchant

SE
SeliSelo3 months ago
400
MTGCommanderB1

under construction

AR
Arbeja5 months ago
900
MTGCommanderB1

Atomic

AR
Arbeja5 months ago
700