---
name: "Brilliant Ultimatum"
mana_cost: "{W}{W}{U}{U}{U}{B}{B}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "U", "W"]
color_identity: ["B", "U", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "159"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anthony Francisco"
oracle_id: "a9d58cad-c1c2-4bd2-80f2-da9ce60801df"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brilliant-ultimatum-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Brilliant Ultimatum
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}{W}{U}{U}{U}{B}{B}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Exile the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. You may play lands and cast spells from one of those piles. If you cast a spell this way, you cast it without paying its mana cost.

> *Encontrar la verdad sólo profundizó la curiosidad de Tezzeret por los secretos todavía ocultos.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Emergent Ultimatum](/printing/emergent-ultimatum-iko.md) — Sorcery
2. [Genesis Ultimatum](/printing/genesis-ultimatum-prm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Abstract Performance](/printing/abstract-performance-soc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Colorless Ultimatum](/printing/colorless-ultimatum-unk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Villainous Wealth](/printing/villainous-wealth-ktk.md) — Sorcery
6. [Aminatou's Augury](/printing/aminatous-augury-pz2.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #159
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anthony Francisco
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`