Brilliant Ultimatum — Shards of Alara #159

Brilliant Ultimatum

Shards of Alara · No. 159 · Sorcery · 2008-10-03

Illustrated by Anthony Francisco

Card details

Mana cost
7
Type
Sorcery
Rarity
Sorcery

Oracle text

Remove the top five cards of your library from the game. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. You may play any number of cards from one of those piles without paying their mana costs.

Flavor

Revealing the truth only deepened Tezzeret's curiosity for the secrets still buried.

Brilliant Ultimatum price & value

ConditionMarketLow
Near Mint$8.10$8.85
Lightly Played$3.27$4.98
Moderately Played$2.23$3.69
Heavily Played$2.11$4.00
Damaged$4.77

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