Reckless Air Strike
Sorcery
Choose one —
• Reckless Air Strike deals 3 damage to target creature with flying.
• Destroy target artifact.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2020
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #20407
Reckless Air Strike destroys an artifact or enchantment and deals 2 damage to any target — two lines of effect on a one-mana instant. It's a clean role-player in formats that care about flexibility, and bulk filler everywhere else.
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, Reckless Air Strike earns its slot in red decks that need artifact and enchantment removal without dedicating a card to each — the 2 damage rider occasionally closes a game or pings a planeswalker, which is more than most one-mana removal can say. In Pauper, the format's artifact density makes the effect genuinely live, and instant speed at one mana is premium there. Reckless Air Strike is Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Pioneer, but those formats have access to better-targeted answers, so it rarely makes the cut outside of budget builds or draft chaff.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Reckless Air Strike is deep bulk — you're picking these out of a dollar-bin or grabbing a playset for the price of a gumball. That price is a floor with nowhere meaningful to go; run it because it does the job, not because it might be worth something.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.