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Ambition's Cost | MTG Deck Rec

Ambition's Cost

Ambition's Cost

Sorcery

You draw three cards and lose 3 life.

Legal in Commander
About $0.10

What it does

burst draw
life for cards
pure draw

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Art from Ambition's Cost by Zezhou Chen

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