Haste Magic
Instant
Target creature gets +3/+1 and gains haste until end of turn. Exile the top card of your library. You may play it until your next end step.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #4668
Haste Magic gives your entire team haste at instant speed for a single red mana — that's a combat-ending rate. The cost is the narrowness: it does nothing outside of an attack step, so it earns its slot only in decks that can copy it or chain it into something broken, with Zada, Hedron Grinder being the canonical payoff.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zada, Hedron Grinder
Zada, Hedron Grinder copies Haste Magic onto every creature you control the moment you cast it targeting Zada, turning a one-mana cantrip-adjacent spell into a full-board haste enabler that also draws cards if you have any other copy triggers running. It shows up in nearly 39% of Zada lists for exactly this reason.
Fire Lord Zuko
Fire Lord Zuko's attack-trigger engine wants haste so he can swing immediately after landing, and Haste Magic fills that role at the lowest possible mana cost. The 33% inclusion rate reflects how reliably one red mana accelerates the entire Zuko gameplan.
Vadrik, Astral Archmage
Vadrik, Astral Archmage reduces instant and sorcery costs based on his power, so Haste Magic can come down for zero or one mana deep in a turn cycle, enabling immediate-attack lines after a big pump spell. About 15% of Vadrik lists run it as a cheap enabler that scales with the deck's primary mechanic.
Vivi Ornitier
Vivi Ornitier rewards casting instants and sorceries, and Haste Magic is among the cheapest triggers available — showing up in roughly 14% of Vivi lists as a low-cost spell that both fuels his ability and sets up an attack in the same turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Haste Magic is legal everywhere, but Commander is where it actually matters. In 60-card formats it competes with Expedite, Crimson Wisps, and other one-mana haste spells that draw a card on resolution — Haste Magic doesn't replace itself, which is a hard sell when deck slots are tight and redundancy is the goal. In Pauper it's similarly outclassed by cantripping alternatives. Commander is the exception because the copy-spell infrastructure — Zada, Hedron Grinder chief among the payoffs — turns a non-drawing spell into a mass-haste effect that scales with board state in ways a cantrip never could.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Haste Magic is deep bulk — you're picking this out of a dollar box or grabbing a playset for less than a pack. Bulk rares fluctuate; bulk commons like this one don't, so expect the price to stay flat indefinitely.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.