---
name: "Violent Ultimatum"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}{R}{R}{R}{G}{G}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "G", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "G", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "206"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Raymond Swanland"
oracle_id: "a04cfcc5-7bb4-4352-ad8d-9d625585e656"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/violent-ultimatum-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Violent Ultimatum
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}{R}{R}{R}{G}{G}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy three target permanents.

> *"Le parole sono una perdita di tempo. La distruzione è un linguaggio compreso da tutti." —Sarkhan Vol*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ruinous Ultimatum](/printing/ruinous-ultimatum-iko.md) — Sorcery
2. [Decimate](/printing/decimate-dmr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Emergent Ultimatum](/printing/emergent-ultimatum-iko.md) — Sorcery
4. [Casualties of War](/printing/casualties-of-war-war.md) — Sorcery
5. [Cruel Ultimatum](/printing/cruel-ultimatum-ala.md) — Sorcery
6. [Gaze of Granite](/printing/gaze-of-granite-pidw.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #206
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Raymond Swanland
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`