- Cruel Ultimatum
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Cruel Ultimatum
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mana_cost
Types
Sorcery
types
Prices
Normal
Foil
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Near Mint
$0.41
$0.30
Lightly Played
$0.33
$0.20
Moderately Played
$0.30
$0.22
Heavily Played
$0.32
$0.25
Damaged
$0.09
$0.33
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Near Mint
$4.97
$8.86
Lightly Played
$3.43
$3.35
Moderately Played
$1.81
$1.76
Heavily Played
$1.30
$0.99
Damaged
$0.94
$0.95
Details
Rules
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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Power
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Toughness
toughness
Color Identity
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Rarity
Rare
rarity
Number
164
number
Artist
Ralph Horsley
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Language
English
language
(EN)
language_code
Expansion
Shards of Alara
expansion.name
Rulings
All of the actions for Cruel Ultimatum are performed sequentially, in the order listed. Earlier actions may affect how you perform later actions. For example, if the opponent sacrifices a creature that they control but you own, it will end up in your graveyard. When Cruel Ultimatum lets you return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand, you can choose that one.
2017-03-14
Cruel Ultimatum's only target is an opponent. You don't choose which creature card in your graveyard you'll return to your hand until Cruel Ultimatum resolves.
2017-03-14
If, as Cruel Ultimatum begins to resolve, your opponent's life total is 5 or less and you have two or fewer cards in your library, the game will result in a draw. Your opponent's life total will drop to 0 or less, but Cruel Ultimatum must finish resolving completely before state-based actions are performed. You'll then be forced to draw three cards and fail to draw one. When state-based actions are finally performed, you and your opponent will both lose the game at the same time, which means the game is a draw.
2017-03-14
If the target opponent is an illegal target as Cruel Ultimatum tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. (I'm not going to list them all here because it would just be disappointing to hear all of the things you won't get to do.)
2024-04-12
rulings
There is always a greater power.
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Discussion
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Model attributes
id
string
The id of the card
ALA-164
name
string
The name of the card
Cruel Ultimatum
mana_cost
string
The cost to cast the card
{U}{U}{B}{B}{B}{R}{R}
types
string[]
The types of card, such as Creature.
Sorcery
color_identity
string
The color identity of the card (the colors that appear on the card)
B, R, U
variants
object[]
The variants the card is available in, such as normal or foil, and their prices.
variants.name
string
The variant name, such as normal or foil
normal
variants.prices
object[]
The variant name, such as normal or coldFoil
rarity
string
The rarity of the card
Rare
number
string
The card number
164
artist
string
The artist of the card
Ralph Horsley
language
string
The language of the card, such as English.
English
language_code
string
The language code, such as EN.
EN
images
object[]
The images of the card
images.large
string
The large url of the image
https://images.scrydex.com/magicthegathering/ALA-164/large
expansion
object
The expansion the card belongs to
expansion.name
string
The name of the expansion
Shards of Alara
flavor_text
string
The flavor text of the card
There is always a greater power.