Cruel Ultimatum

All 7 printings of Cruel Ultimatum

Printing	Rarity	Non-foil	Foil	Cardmarket (EUR)	My collection
Breaking News otp #40· 2024BorderlessShowcaserare· Cardmarket €0.23 · €0.33 foil	rare	$0.29	$0.37	€0.23€0.33 foil	+ Add, Cruel Ultimatum, Breaking News #40
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas e01 #82· 2017rare· Cardmarket €0.35	rare	$0.49	—No foil printing	€0.35	+ Add, Cruel Ultimatum, Archenemy: Nicol Bolas #82
Modern Masters 2017 mm3 #158· 2017rare· Cardmarket €0.33 · €1.12 foil	rare	$0.46	$1.20	€0.33€1.12 foil	+ Add, Cruel Ultimatum, Modern Masters 2017 #158
Commander 2013 c13 #182· 2013rare· Cardmarket €0.21	rare	$0.39	—No foil printing	€0.21	+ Add, Cruel Ultimatum, Commander 2013 #182
From the Vault: Twenty v13 #17· 2013mythic· Cardmarket €0.60 foil	mythic	—No non-foil printing	$1.03	€0.60 foil	+ Add, Cruel Ultimatum, From the Vault: Twenty #17
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas ddh #69· 2011rare· Cardmarket €0.30	rare	$0.37	—No foil printing	€0.30	+ Add, Cruel Ultimatum, Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas #69
Shards of Alara ala #164· 2008rare· Cardmarket €0.39 · €2.42 foil	rare	$0.46	$19.99	€0.39€2.42 foil	+ Add, Cruel Ultimatum, Shards of Alara #164

Prices are TCGplayer market prices in USD for each printing and finish, via Scryfall. They are a guide, not an appraisal.

Rulings (4)

1. 2017-03-14

   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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 2024-04-12

   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.)