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"Find me cards equivalent to: Cruel Ultimatum"

Cruel Ultimatum is unique, but here are similar Grixis-colored (U, B, R) sorceries with related effects:
1. Rakdos's Return — Sorcery that makes a player discard and lose life.
2. Kolaghan's Command — Not a sorcery, but offers discard, recursion, small damage.
3. Siphon Mind (B) — Discard and card draw, though not the same color or effect.
4. Mastermind's Acquisition (U, B) — Tutor, not direct value but in similar colors.

Nothing combines all effects like Cruel Ultimatum, but these achieve partial effects in the same colors.

Found Cards

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Cruel Ultimatum

Kolaghan's Command

Mastermind's Acquisition

Rakdos's Return

Cruel Ultimatum #17 Sorcery

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Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 7
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  • 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 0.88 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD
    Manapool 0.51 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.91 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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    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.

    Kolaghan's Command #224s Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • As the spell resolves, follow the instructions of the modes you chose in the order they are printed on the card. For example, if you chose the second and fourth modes of Ojutai's Command, you would gain 4 life and then draw a card. (The order won't matter in most cases.)
  • If a Command is copied, the effect that creates the copy will usually allow you to choose new targets for the copy, but you can't choose new modes.
  • If all targets for the chosen modes become illegal before the Command resolves, the spell won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. If at least one target is still legal, the spell will resolve but will have no effect on any illegal targets.
  • You can choose a mode only if you can choose legal targets for that mode. Ignore the targeting requirements for modes that aren't chosen. For example, you can cast Ojutai's Command without targeting a creature spell provided you don't choose the third mode.
  • You choose the two modes as you cast the spell. You must choose two different modes. Once modes are chosen, they can't be changed.

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    Cardmarket / 2.49 EUR 1.38 EUR
    Tcgplayer 3.99 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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    Choose two — • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. • Target player discards a card. •Destroytarget artifact. • Kolaghan's Command deals 2 damage to any target.

    Mastermind's Acquisition #77s Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
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  • Sorcery
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  • In a casual game, a card you choose from outside the game comes from your personal collection. In a tournament event, a card you choose from outside the game must come from your sideboard. You may look at your sideboard at any time.
  • 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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    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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    Choose one — • Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, thenshuffle • Put a card you own from outside the game into your hand.

    Rakdos's Return #188 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Sorcery
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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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    Tcgplayer / 3.77 USD 0.57 USD
    Cardmarket / 2.35 EUR 0.66 EUR
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    Manapool 0.25 USD / 1.65 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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    Rakdos's Return deals X damage to target opponent or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards X cards.