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Magic · Modern Masters 2017 · #158 · Rare

Cruel Ultimatum

Magic card price for Cruel Ultimatum: $1.20 market, from $0.60 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$1.20
0.0% this week · 0.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days0.0%
90 days0.0%
1 year+37.9%
All time−69.3%

Sellers right now

$0.60lowest listing$29.87highest
Market price$1.20
Mid listing$1.27
30-day avg$1.20

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$1.20
Cardmarket$1.26 €1.12

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

One year

$0.8252-week low$1.3652-week high
In the range70%
All-time low$0.82
All-time high$3.97
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.05$1.48$2.91$4.34
$1.20
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Cruel Ultimatum (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $3.91. Today the market price is $1.20, down 69.3%. Across the past year it went +37.9%, with a low of $0.82 and a high of $1.36; today it sits in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $3.97, 231% above today. Listings currently start at $0.60; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $1.20.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$1.20$0.60$29.870.0%
Normal$0.47$0.15$9.16+2.2%

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 (17), From the Vault: Twenty — Magic card price +3.0% 7d Cruel Ultimatum From the Vault: Twenty · #17 $1.03 Cruel Ultimatum (82), Archenemy: Nicol Bolas — Magic card price 0.0% 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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