Reckless Brute
Creature — Ogre Warrior
Haste (This creature can attack and 
as soon as it comes under your control.)
This creature attacks each combat if able.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2013
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #29653
Reckless Brute is a 3/1 haste for three mana that attacks every turn if able — cheap aggression with a real drawback attached. It fills a curve slot in low-power red aggro builds but rarely survives long enough to matter.
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 |
Reckless Brute is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that legality overstates its relevance. In Pauper it sits at the bottom of the red aggro pile, outclassed by creatures with better stats or useful enters-the-battlefield effects at the same cost. In Commander the mandatory-attack clause is a genuine liability — you're handing opponents a roadblock to chump-block every turn cycle. Legacy and Vintage don't want a vanilla-adjacent three-drop when the format offers far more efficient threats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Reckless Brute is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any common box at a local game store. That price reflects demand accurately; there's no sleeper-value case to make here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.