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Magic · Commander: March of the Machine · #246 · Uncommon

Ambition's Cost

Magic card price for Ambition's Cost: $0.34 market, from $0.11 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$0.34
0.0% this week · −2.9% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−2.9%
90 days0.0%
1 year+70.0%
All time+112.5%

Sellers right now

$0.11lowest listing$9,999.00highest
Market price$0.34
Mid listing$0.35
Direct$0.26
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$0.34
Cardmarket$0.18 €0.16

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

One year

$0.1852-week low$0.4252-week high
In the range67%
All-time low$0.09
All-time high$0.42
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.09$0.21$0.32$0.44
$0.34
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Ambition's Cost entered our records in February 2024 at $0.16 and stands at $0.34 today, up 113% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +70.0%, trading between $0.18 and $0.42. The current price is in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.42, still 23.5% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.11, and the 30-day average market price is $0.34.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.34$0.11$9,999.000.0%

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 – $18.60
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 (118), 8th Edition — Magic card price −43.6% 7d Ambition's Cost 8th Edition · #118 $3.54 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 (110), Commander: Dominaria United — Magic card price −2.9% 7d Ambition's Cost Commander: Dominaria United · #110 $0.34

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