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Magic · Archenemy: Nicol Bolas · #82 · Rare

Cruel Ultimatum

Magic card price for Cruel Ultimatum: $0.49 market, from $0.22 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$0.49
0.0% this week · −2.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−2.0%
90 days−7.6%
1 year−7.6%
All time−12.5%

Sellers right now

$0.22lowest listing$25.44highest
Market price$0.49
Mid listing$0.54
30-day avg$0.50

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$0.49
Cardmarket$0.39 €0.35

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

One year

$0.4952-week low$0.5752-week high
In the range0%
All-time low$0.37
All-time high$0.65
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.24$0.39$0.54$0.69
$0.49
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Cruel Ultimatum entered our records in February 2024 at $0.56 and stands at $0.49 today, down 12.5% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved −7.6%, trading between $0.49 and $0.57. The current price is near the bottom of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.65, still 32.7% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.22, and the 30-day average market price is $0.50.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.49$0.22$25.440.0%

The card in play

Type line
Sorcery
Rules text

Target opponent sacrifices a creature, 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.

Flavor

There is always a greater power.

Other printings of Cruel Ultimatum

6 more · $0.37 – $22.50
All printings
Cruel Ultimatum (164), Shards of Alara — Magic card price +12.6% 7d Cruel Ultimatum Shards of Alara · #164 $22.50 Cruel Ultimatum (158), Modern Masters 2017 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Cruel Ultimatum Modern Masters 2017 · #158 $1.20 Cruel Ultimatum (17), From the Vault: Twenty — Magic card price +3.0% 7d Cruel Ultimatum From the Vault: Twenty · #17 $1.03 Cruel Ultimatum (182), Commander 2013 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Cruel Ultimatum Commander 2013 · #182 $0.39 Cruel Ultimatum (69), Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas — Magic card price +5.4% 7d Cruel Ultimatum Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas · #69 $0.39

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