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Magic · 8th Edition · #118 · Uncommon

Ambition's Cost

Magic card price for Ambition's Cost: $6.28 market, from $3.50 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$6.28
0.0% this week · +28.4% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+28.4%
90 days+28.4%
1 year+42.7%
All time+30.3%

Sellers right now

$3.50lowest listing$9.51highest
Market price$6.28
Mid listing$5.10
30-day avg$5.77

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$6.28
Cardmarket$0.26 €0.23

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$4.4052-week low$6.2852-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$3.98
All-time high$6.28
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market price
$3.84$4.73$5.62$6.51
$6.28
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer market price · via tcgcsvtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Ambition's Cost (Foil) begins in February 2024 at $4.82; the market price today is $6.28, up 30.3% since then. In the last year the price changed +42.7% and ranged from $4.40 to $6.28, and it now trades near the top of that range. Today's price is the highest we have recorded for this card. Listings currently start at $3.50; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $5.77.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$6.28$3.50$9.510.0%
Normal$0.33$0.09$9.990.0%

The card in play

Type line
Sorcery
Rules text

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

Flavor

"Knowledge demands sacrifice."

Other printings of Ambition's Cost

15 more · $0.10 – $18.59
All printings
Ambition's Cost (67), Portal Three Kingdoms — Magic card price +2.1% 7d Ambition's Cost Portal Three Kingdoms · #67 $18.59 Ambition's Cost (46), Commander Anthology — Magic card price −18.0% 7d Ambition's Cost Commander Anthology · #46 $0.41 Ambition's Cost (113), Commander 2015 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Ambition's Cost Commander 2015 · #113 $0.36 Ambition's Cost (246), Commander: March of the Machine — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Ambition's Cost Commander: March of the Machine · #246 $0.34 Ambition's Cost (110), Commander: Dominaria United — Magic card price −2.9% 7d Ambition's Cost Commander: Dominaria United · #110 $0.34

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