Clarion Ultimatum
Sorcery
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.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #23417
Clarion Ultimatum puts up to five permanents from your hand onto the battlefield simultaneously — that's a board state, not a tempo play. Eight mana across five colors is a real cost, but in any deck that can pay it, the effect is backbreaking.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Clarion Ultimatum is a Commander card, full stop. The format's 40-life clock, access to mana acceleration, and five-color commanders like Jodah, Archmage Eternal or Najeela, the Blade-Blossom make the color requirement manageable and the payoff enormous. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's technically legal but practically invisible — eight mana for a sorcery-speed effect doesn't compete in those formats' threat landscapes. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's high-mana DNA that it's playable there too, though the 20-life format compresses games enough to make it marginal.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Clarion Ultimatum is deep bulk — the price reflects its narrow playability, not a weak effect. It holds that floor comfortably; there's no competitive demand pushing it up, and casual Commander supply keeps it accessible for anyone who wants it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.