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Magic · Outlaws of Thunder Junction: Breaking News · #40 · Rare

Cruel Ultimatum

Magic card price for Cruel Ultimatum: $0.38 market, from $0.10 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Apr 12, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 19, 2026
$0.38
+2.7% this week · +8.6% in 30 days
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1 day+2.7%
7 days+2.7%
30 days+8.6%
90 days+2.7%
1 year+22.6%
All time−2.6%

Sellers right now

$0.10lowest listing$27.40highest
Market price$0.38
Mid listing$0.42
30-day avg$0.38

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$0.38
Cardmarket$0.37 €0.33

EUR converted at 1.1225 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.3152-week low$0.4052-week high
In the range78%
All-time low$0.15
All-time high$0.40
First priceApr 12, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.14$0.23$0.33$0.43
$0.38
Apr 2024Feb 2025Dec 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Cruel Ultimatum (Foil) came out in April 2024; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. Across the past year it went +22.6%, with a low of $0.31 and a high of $0.40; today it sits in the middle of that range. Listings currently start at $0.10; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.38.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.38$0.10$27.40+2.7%
Normal$0.29$0.10$1,000.30−3.3%

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

Rage on the Omenport Express! Cramped Dragon Takes Matter into Own Claws

Other printings of Cruel Ultimatum

6 more · $0.38 – $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 (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

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