Rare · Archenemy: Nicol Bolas and 6 other printings

Cruel Ultimatum

Sorcery

Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice, 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.

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How it plays

What it wants, and what it gives

Read from the rules text. A card that enables a keyword makes or is the thing; a card that rewards it gets better when you have it. Two cards interact when one enables what the other rewards.

It rewards

rewardsBig mana & X spellsKeyword page →Produces a lot of mana, or has somewhere to sink it.426 cards enable Big mana & X spells rewardsGraveyardKeyword page →Fills your own graveyard, or uses it as a resource (recursion, reanimation, flashback).2,113 cards enable Graveyard

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Date	Non-foil
12 Nov 2026	$0.49
11 Nov 2026	$0.49

Cruel Ultimatum

What it wants, and what it gives

Cruel Ultimatum

What it wants, and what it gives

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