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Magic · From the Vault: Twenty · #17 · Mythic

Cruel Ultimatum

Magic card price for Cruel Ultimatum: $1.03 market, from $0.36 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$1.03
+3.0% this week · +3.0% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day0.0%
7 days+3.0%
30 days+3.0%
90 days+13.2%
1 year−10.4%
All time−80.7%

Sellers right now

$0.36lowest listing$54.00highest
Market price$1.03
Mid listing$1.27
30-day avg$1.01

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$1.03
Cardmarket$0.63 €0.56

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

One year

$0.8352-week low$1.3252-week high
In the range41%
All-time low$0.83
All-time high$5.33
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.31$2.14$3.97$5.80
$1.03
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Cruel Ultimatum begins in February 2024 at $5.33; the market price today is $1.03, down 80.7% since then. In the last year the price changed −10.4% and ranged from $0.83 to $1.32, and it now trades in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $5.33, still 417% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.36, and the 30-day average market price is $1.01.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$1.03$0.36$54.00+3.0%

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 – $19.99
All printings
Cruel Ultimatum (164), Shards of Alara — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Cruel Ultimatum Shards of Alara · #164 $19.99 Cruel Ultimatum (158), Modern Masters 2017 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Cruel Ultimatum Modern Masters 2017 · #158 $1.20 Cruel Ultimatum (82), Archenemy: Nicol Bolas — Magic card price −2.0% 7d Cruel Ultimatum Archenemy: Nicol Bolas · #82 $0.49 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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