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◇ Catalog #95

Ambition's Cost

c17·#95·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Zezhou Chen

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '17

9 yr ago

Value

$0.29+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.30 · low $0.27

NM$0.29

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.27–$0.31modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.29low $0.22range 31.8%n 45

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #3,437 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$0.29

Gameplay

Sorcery

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.29. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.22 and $0.29 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from C17 — the lineup includes 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.

Card #95 of *Commander 2017*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2017 Commander 2017 release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3}{B} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #3,437 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Zezhou Chen. Rarix catalogs 360 other cards credited to this artist.