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Ambition's Cost
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Mana cost
Foundations CommanderFDC · #84
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.25 € · 0.33 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Black
Card text
You draw three cards and lose 3 life.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Zezhou Chen
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2024-11-15
Flavour text
"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
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