Burst of Speed
Sorcery
Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn. (They can attack and 
even if they just came under your control.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2010
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #18016
Burst of Speed gives your entire team haste until end of turn for a single red mana — no conditions, no targeting, no threshold to meet. It's a one-card alpha strike enabler, and the only question is whether your deck actually needs that effect.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Burst of Speed earns a slot in exactly one archetype: go-wide aggro that needs to end the game the turn it floods the board — think Krenko, Mob Boss or Jetmir, Nexus of Revels, where summoning-sick tokens suddenly become lethal. In Legacy, Vintage, and Pauper it's technically legal but crowded out by more efficient options or irrelevant to the formats' actual game plans. Modern doesn't want it either — the decks that care about haste run creatures with it baked in. Burst of Speed is a Commander-specific card in practice, even if the other formats are open to it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Burst of Speed is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard and ink, not scarcity. That price is stable by definition; there's no demand spike that could move a card this narrow.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.