Ambition's Cost

Ambition's Cost card image

Ambition's Cost: Sorcery, Foundations Commander. You draw three cards and lose 3 life. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Foundations Commander (FDC)
Released
2026-10-02
Collector number
84
Artist
Zezhou Chen
Commander rank
3,702 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

Build around this card with Grover

About Ambition's Cost

Ambition's Cost is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black sorcery from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 84 in that set, with art by Zezhou Chen. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 18 sets, from Portal Three Kingdoms (1999) to Foundations Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

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

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Ambition's Cost by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Ambition's Cost

Ambition's Cost has been printed in 18 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #C15-113Uncommon2024
March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #246Uncommon2023
Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #66Uncommon2022
Dominaria United Commander (DMC) #110Uncommon2022
Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (HBG) #140Uncommon2022
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #110Uncommon2022
Commander 2021 (C21) #134Uncommon2021
Kaldheim Commander (KHC) #47Uncommon2021
Commander 2020 (C20) #129Uncommon2020
Arena New Player Experience Extras (XANA) #25Uncommon2018
Commander 2017 (C17) #95Uncommon2017
Commander Anthology (CMA) #46Uncommon2017

Similar cards

Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Ambition's Cost is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

Explore Mana Grove