Ambition's Cost
Commander 2020 129 • uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Collector number
- 129
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Zezhou Chen
- Market price
- $0.28
What it does
You draw three cards and 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
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Ambition's Cost was introduced in the Commander 2020 set, which featured a series of preconstructed decks built around the mechanics of the Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths release. This card serves as a functional reprint of a classic black sorcery effect, designed to provide card advantage at the expense of life, a core balancing mechanic in the color identity of black within the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem. It was released in the Timeless Wisdom deck, a cycling-themed strategy that utilized card draw as a primary engine.
The card features illustration by Magali Villeneuve, a prominent artist known for her elegant and often somber character portraits in the fantasy genre. Villeneuve’s design captures the thematic weight of a desperate bargain, aligning with the card's function of trading vitality for power. Upon its release, the card was well-received by the Commander community for its reliability and its clear, functional art style that fits seamlessly into the broader aesthetic of modern Magic expansions.
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