MTG · Concept

◇ Concept · 19 printings

Ambition's Cost

Sorcery

printings

#3472

EDHREC rank

#9851

penny rank

Std

normal

—

in vault

—

for trade

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wishlisted

Value

$19.0090d high · 17 printings

90-dayhigh $19low $0.03range 63233.3%n 1477

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

PreDHlegal

futurenot legal

legacylegal

modernlegal

paupernot legal

alchemynot legal

pioneernot legal

vintagelegal

historiclegal

standardnot legal

Timelesslegal

commanderlegal

Gladiatorlegal

Old Schoolnot legal

Premodernnot legal

Oathbreakerlegal

Standard Brawlnot legal

Pauper Commandernot legal

Context

Across the 17 printings of this card, the trailing-90-day price band runs from $0.03 to $19.00 across 1,477 observations.

Rarix catalogs 19 distinct printings of this card concept, spanning every set the card has appeared in. The Printings grid below lists each one with its own variant treatment, price, and collector signal.

Card type: Sorcery. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {3}{B} (4 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card concept #3,472 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

The representative printing on this page is illustrated by Junko Taguchi.