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Magic · 8th Edition · #118 · Uncommon

Ambition's Cost

Magic card price for Ambition's Cost: $3.54 market, from $3.50 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$3.54
−43.6% this week · −27.6% in 30 days
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1 day−43.6%
7 days−43.6%
30 days−27.6%
90 days−27.6%
1 year−19.6%
All time−26.6%

Sellers right now

$3.50lowest listing$9.51highest
Market price$3.54
Mid listing$4.72
30-day avg$5.73

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$3.54
Cardmarket$0.26 €0.23

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

One year

$3.5452-week low$6.2852-week high
In the range0%
All-time low$3.54
All-time high$6.28
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market price
$3.38$4.44$5.49$6.55
$3.54
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
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 $3.54, down 26.6% since then. In the last year the price changed −19.6% and ranged from $3.54 to $6.28, and it now trades near the bottom of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $6.28, 77.4% above today. Listings currently start at $3.50; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $5.73.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$3.54$3.50$9.51−43.6%
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 – $18.60
All printings
Ambition's Cost (67), Portal Three Kingdoms — Magic card price +26.2% 7d Ambition's Cost Portal Three Kingdoms · #67 $18.60 Ambition's Cost (46), Commander Anthology — Magic card price −6.8% 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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