Cruel Ultimatum

Public decks that run Cruel Ultimatum

• Mind Seize - Commander 2013, led by Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge

Commanders that run Cruel Ultimatum most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen: 3,777 decks
• Zevlor, Elturel Exile: 2,881 decks
• Jodah, Archmage Eternal: 1,823 decks
• Anhelo, the Painter: 1,636 decks
• Omnath, Locus of All: 1,579 decks
• Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge: 1,469 decks
• Cormela, Glamour Thief: 884 decks
• Thraximundar: 566 decks

Often played with Cruel Ultimatum

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Clarion Ultimatum
• Violent Ultimatum
• Inspired Ultimatum
• Brilliant Ultimatum
• Titanic Ultimatum
• Wasp of the Bitter End
• Wit's End
• Biomantic Mastery
• Imminent Doom
• Din of the Fireherd

Rulings

• 2017-03-14: All of the actions for Cruel Ultimatum are performed sequentially, in the order listed. Earlier actions may affect how you perform later actions. For example, if the opponent sacrifices a creature that they control but you own, it will end up in your graveyard. When Cruel Ultimatum lets you return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand, you can choose that one.
• 2017-03-14: Cruel Ultimatum's only target is an opponent. You don't choose which creature card in your graveyard you'll return to your hand until Cruel Ultimatum resolves.
• 2017-03-14: If, as Cruel Ultimatum begins to resolve, your opponent's life total is 5 or less and you have two or fewer cards in your library, the game will result in a draw. Your opponent's life total will drop to 0 or less, but Cruel Ultimatum must finish resolving completely before state-based actions are performed. You'll then be forced to draw three cards and fail to draw one. When state-based actions are finally performed, you and your opponent will both lose the game at the same time, which means the game is a draw.
• 2024-04-12: If the target opponent is an illegal target as Cruel Ultimatum tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. (I'm not going to list them all here because it would just be disappointing to hear all of the things you won't get to do.)