Clarion Ultimatum
Shards of Alara 163 • rare
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Collector number
- 163
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- green mana green mana white mana white mana white mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Green · Blue · White
- Artist
- Michael Komarck
- Market price
- $0.29
What it does
Choose five permanents you control. For each of those permanents, you may search your library for a card with the same name as that permanent. Put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Be worthy of a single blessing, and many more will follow.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Clarion Ultimatum was released in 2008 as part of the Shards of Alara expansion for Magic: The Gathering. It represents the color philosophy of the Bant shard, which emphasizes order, vigilance, and community. The card was designed as a high-cost sorcery intended to reward players who could assemble the necessary mana from the three colors of the Bant shard, serving as a powerful 'build-around' centerpiece in the set's cycle of Ultimatum spells.
The card was illustrated by Dave Kendall, whose dark, textured artistic style provided a stark contrast to the typically bright, angelic imagery associated with the Bant region. Kendall’s depiction of the Ultimatum emphasizes the weight of the spell's impact, capturing a moment of profound magical convergence. Upon release, the card was received as a flavorful, albeit challenging to cast, inclusion in casual and Commander formats, praised for its thematic cohesion with the Alara storyline.
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