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Magic · Shards of Alara · #164 · Rare

Cruel Ultimatum

Magic card price for Cruel Ultimatum: $22.50 market, from $3.75 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 19, 2026
$22.50
+12.6% this week · +12.6% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+12.6%
30 days+12.6%
90 days+51.8%
1 year+352.7%
All time+362.0%

Sellers right now

$3.75lowest listing$42.09highest
Market price$22.50
Mid listing$7.27
30-day avg$20.16

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$22.50
Cardmarket$2.84 €2.53

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

One year

$4.9852-week low$22.5052-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$4.00
All-time high$22.50
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market price
$3.92$10.70$17.47$24.25
$22.50
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer market price · via tcgcsvtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Cruel Ultimatum (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $4.87. Today the market price is $22.50, up 362%. Across the past year it went +353%, with a low of $4.98 and a high of $22.50; today it sits near the top of that range. Today's price is the highest we have recorded for this card. Listings currently start at $3.75; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $20.16.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$22.50$3.75$42.09+12.6%
Normal$0.46$0.25$1,000.460.0%

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 · $0.38 – $22.50
All printings
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 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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