Ral's Reinforcements
Sorcery
Create two 1/1 blue and red Elemental creature tokens.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #9054
Ral's Reinforcements puts three 1/1 Soldiers with haste onto the battlefield and replaces itself for three mana — that's a meaningful board presence and card parity in a single spell. Magnus the Red copies it for free and turns a solid rate into a ludicrous one, which is exactly why this card overperforms its price tag.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Magnus the Red
Magnus the Red's triggered copy ability means Ral's Reinforcements regularly produces six hasty bodies and two cards for three mana, which is the kind of rate that ends games rather than just advancing them.
Zada, Hedron Grinder
Zada, Hedron Grinder doesn't copy Ral's Reinforcements directly, but the three Soldier tokens it creates become additional targets for every cantrip and pump spell Zada copies — more creatures means more copies means more gas.
Kasla, the Broken Halo
Kasla, the Broken Halo rewards casting noncreature spells with +1/+1 counters on creatures, so Ral's Reinforcements does double duty: it triggers Kasla and immediately hands you three fresh bodies to receive future counter payoffs.
Balmor, Battlemage Captain
Every instant or sorcery cast under Balmor, Battlemage Captain grants the team +1/+0 and trample, so Ral's Reinforcements fires that trigger and simultaneously widens the board that benefits from it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Ral's Reinforcements earns its slot in any Izzet or Boros spells-matter shell where token count and spell velocity both matter — it's not a build-around, but it's a clean two-for-one that scales with copy effects. In Pauper it's legal but competes against tighter, more focused token payoffs at common, so it won't find a home there. Modern and Pioneer have access to better rate cards, and Ral's Reinforcements lacks the raw power to justify the slot in those cut-throat environments. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at all — the floor is simply too low when the format is defined by one-mana spells that end games.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Ral's Reinforcements is firmly bulk — you're acquiring it as a throw-in, not a purchase. The price is unlikely to climb meaningfully unless a breakout Commander list pushes sustained demand, so grab it now if you need it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.