Cruel Ultimatum

Cruel Ultimatum

Sorcery

Mana cost: {U}{U}{B}{B}{B}{R}{R}

How we read this card

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.

on-cast —

on-cast —

on-cast — makes each opponent lose 5 life

on-cast — brings a card back

on-cast — draws you 3 cards

on-cast — gains you 5 life

on-cast — drains each opponent

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, discard a card, make a player lose life, a creature leaves a graveyard, draw a card, gain life.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Ultimatum is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Cruel Ultimatum:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Ultimatum is one).

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cruel Ultimatum, Fumulus, the Infestation makes a token

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Ultimatum is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cruel Ultimatum:

  1. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — makes 2 tokens
  2. Malik, Grim Manipulator — makes a token
  3. Thraximundar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — makes a token
  7. Mortician Beetle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

22 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Ultimatum is one).

When a permanent makes a player discard a card thanks to Cruel Ultimatum:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  3. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  4. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  6. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  7. Fell Specter — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  8. Spirit Cairn — makes a token
  9. Confessor — gains you 1 life
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

53 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Ultimatum is one).

When Cruel Ultimatum gains life:

  1. Titanbones, Towering Heart — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  2. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  4. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  6. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  8. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  10. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

84 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Ultimatum is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Cruel Ultimatum:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — Cruel Ultimatum puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Dementia Master can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — Cruel Ultimatum puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — Cruel Ultimatum puts cards into the graveyard that Afterlife from the Loam can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — Cruel Ultimatum puts cards into the graveyard that Crypt Champion can bring back
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — Cruel Ultimatum puts cards into the graveyard that Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal can bring back
  6. Push // Pull — Cruel Ultimatum puts cards into the graveyard that Push // Pull can bring back
  7. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Cruel Ultimatum can bring back
  8. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard that Cruel Ultimatum can bring back
  9. Cryoshatter — Cryoshatter puts cards into the graveyard that Cruel Ultimatum can bring back
  10. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that Cruel Ultimatum can bring back
  11. Frozen Solid — Frozen Solid puts cards into the graveyard that Cruel Ultimatum can bring back
  12. Mire Blight — Mire Blight puts cards into the graveyard that Cruel Ultimatum can bring back
  13. Death Pits of Rath — Death Pits of Rath puts cards into the graveyard that Cruel Ultimatum can bring back
  14. Dead-Iron Sledge — Dead-Iron Sledge puts cards into the graveyard that Cruel Ultimatum can bring back
  15. Dwindle — Dwindle puts cards into the graveyard that Cruel Ultimatum can bring back
  16. Total War — Total War puts cards into the graveyard that Cruel Ultimatum can bring back

965 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Ultimatum is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Cruel Ultimatum:

  1. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  2. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card

68 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Ultimatum is one).

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — When a creature dies thanks to Cruel Ultimatum, Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity brings a card back

464 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Ultimatum is one).

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Cruel Ultimatum, Zahur, Glory's Past raises your speed

55 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Ultimatum is one).

  1. Krile Baldesion — When Cruel Ultimatum is cast, Krile Baldesion brings a card back

433 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Ultimatum is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Cruel Ultimatum makes a player draw a card, Toothy, Imaginary Friend puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

66 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.