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Magic · Commander 2017 · #95 · Uncommon

Ambition's Cost

Magic card price for Ambition's Cost: $0.33 market, from $0.13 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 17, 2026
$0.33
−5.7% this week · +3.1% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days−5.7%
30 days+3.1%
90 days−2.9%
1 year+65.0%
All time+32.0%

Sellers right now

$0.13lowest listing$7.08highest
Market price$0.33
Mid listing$0.35
Direct$0.24
30-day avg$0.34

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$0.33
Cardmarket$0.17 €0.15

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

One year

$0.1852-week low$0.3552-week high
In the range88%
All-time low$0.13
All-time high$0.35
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.14$0.22$0.29$0.37
$0.33
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Ambition's Cost since February 2024, when it sold for $0.25. Today the market price is $0.33, up 32.0%. Across the past year it went +65.0%, with a low of $0.18 and a high of $0.35; today it sits near the top of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $0.35, 6.1% above today. Listings currently start at $0.13; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.34.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.33$0.13$7.08−5.7%

The card in play

Type line
Sorcery
Rules text

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

Flavor

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier."
—Ob Nixilis

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 (118), 8th Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Ambition's Cost 8th Edition · #118 $6.28 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

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