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The cards are exiled face up.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #159
Brilliant Ultimatum
ala·#159·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Anthony Francisco
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Oct '08
17 yr ago
Value
$2.62+$0 (+0.0%)
30 days high $1.62 · low $1.58
Volatility · stable
EUR€0.75TIX0.02 tixUSD$1.62
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #12,021 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Sorcery
Exile the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. You may play lands and cast spells from one of those piles. If you cast a spell this way, you cast it without paying its mana cost.
Revealing the truth only deepened Tezzeret's curiosity for the secrets still buried.
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 6
wotc
The cards in the pile that wasn’t chosen remain exiled. Likewise, any cards in the chosen pile that you can’t play or you choose not to play remain exiled.
wotc
If you cast a card “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t pay any alternative costs. You can pay additional costs, such as conspire costs and kicker costs.
Context
Last observed at $1.62, stable around $1.62 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $1.62 across 40 observations. Headline volatility reads stable. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 10 minutes ago at $1.62.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ALA — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
This card belongs to *Shards of Alara* (released October 2008).
Card #159 in Shards of Alara.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Sorcery. Color identity: black/blue/white. Mana cost: {W}{W}{U}{U}{U}{B}{B} (7 converted).
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #12,021 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Anthony Francisco. Rarix tracks 153 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Anthony Francisco
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