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"Find me cards equivalent to: Cruel Ultimatum"

Equivalent cards to Cruel Ultimatum (Sorcery, Blue/Black/Red, similar effect or impact):
1. Sphinx's Revelation (U/W) – Draw cards and gain life, but no opponent downside.
2. Rakdos's Return (B/R) – Opponent discards and loses life.
3. Torment of Hailfire (B) – Opponent sacrifices, discards, and loses life (repeatable).
4. Nicole Bolas, Dragon-God (U/B/R) – Planeswalker with hand destruction and card draw effects.
5. Dark Intimations (U/B/R) – Opponent sacrifices, discards; you get a creature back.


Reason: No other card matches all modes of Cruel Ultimatum, but these are closest with overlapping effects and colors. Example card: Rakdos's Return.

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Cruel Ultimatum

Dark Intimations

Rakdos's Return

Sphinx's Revelation

Torment of Hailfire

Cruel Ultimatum #17 Sorcery

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    Rules

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.)

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    Cardmarket 0.5 EUR
    Manapool 0.51 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.03 USD

    Legalities

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    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.

    Dark Intimations #128s Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
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  • Each opponent chooses a permanent to sacrifice from among the creatures and planeswalkers that player controls. You don't choose which type of permanent the player has to sacrifice.
  • If an opponent can't sacrifice a creature or planeswalker, that player still discards a card if able. You still return a creature or planeswalker card to your hand if able, even if no opponent sacrifices a permanent and/or discards a card. You still draw a card even if you can't return a card to your hand.
  • If two or more Dark Intimations are in your graveyard when you cast a Bolas planeswalker spell, you'll exile each of them and that planeswalker will enter the battlefield with that many additional loyalty counters.
  • The draconic Planeswalker Nicol Bolas is not featured in the Aether Revolt set. He must be up to something nefarious elsewhere.
  • When Dark Intimations resolves, first the player whose turn it is (if that player is an opponent) chooses which creature or planeswalker they will sacrifice, then each other opponent in turn order does the same, then all chosen permanents are sacrificed at the same time. Then each opponent in the same order chooses a card in their hand without revealing it, then all chosen cards are discarded at the same time.
  • You choose the creature or planeswalker card to return to your hand while Dark Intimations is resolving. No player may take actions between the time you choose one and the time you put it into your hand.
  • There are many important moments in the story, but the most crucial—called "story spotlights"—are shown on cards. These cards have the Planeswalker symbol in their text box; this symbol has no effect on gameplay. You can read more about these events in the official Magic fiction at http://www.mtgstory.com.

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    Manapool 0.59 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.16 USD
    Cardmarket 0.49 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice, then discards a card. You return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand, then draw a card. When you cast a Bolas planeswalker spell, exile this card from your graveyard. That planeswalker enters with an additional loyaltycounteron it.

    Rakdos's Return #188 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • The target opponent will discard X cards even if some or all of the damage dealt by Rakdos’s Return is prevented or redirected.

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    Cardkingdom / 2.99 USD 0.99 USD
    Manapool / 2.61 USD 0.32 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.59 USD / 3.67 USD
    Cardmarket / 2.29 EUR 0.55 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Rakdos's Return deals X damage to target opponent or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards X cards.

    Sphinx's Revelation #228 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • Instant
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  • If the value chosen for X is larger than the number of cards left in your library, you'll lose the game the next time state-based actions are performed.

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    Manapool / 0.54 USD 0.4 USD
    Tcgplayer / 1.11 USD 1.11 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.71 EUR 0.32 EUR
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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    You gain X life and draw X cards.

    Torment of Hailfire #2287 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Each repetition through this process is done separately. If an opponent sacrifices a creature with an ability that triggers when another creature dies, for example, it will see creatures that are sacrificed before it, but not those are sacrificed after it.
  • If X is 0, Torment of Hailfire resolves with no effect.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, Torment of Hailfire causes both opponents to sacrifice a nonland permanent, discard a card, or lose 3 life X times. Your opponents can choose the same torment or different ones each time.
  • In a multiplayer game, each opponent in turn order makes their choice once, then all of the actions occur simultaneously, then they repeat this process if it hasn’t been done X times yet. Opponents will know choices made by earlier opponents when making their choices, although a card chosen to be discarded this way isn’t revealed until it’s discarded.
  • State-based actions aren’t checked in between repetitions of this process, so the game state may be a little unusual while making the choice. For example, a player may sacrifice a creature and then later sacrifice an Aura that was attached to that creature.
  • While resolving Torment of Hailfire, your opponent chooses a card to be discarded without revealing it, chooses a nonland permanent to be sacrificed, or chooses to do neither. Then that player discards that card, sacrifices that permanent, or loses 3 life, then repeats this process if it hasn’t been done X times yet. Your opponent can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or nonland permanents to sacrifice.

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    Manapool / 38.81 USD 39.12 USD
    Tcgplayer / 38.02 USD 37.55 USD
    Cardmarket 34.13 EUR / 39.09 EUR
    Cardkingdom 49.99 USD / 47.99 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Repeat the following process X times. Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.