Reckless Charge
Sorcery
Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Vintage Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #6496
Reckless Charge puts a creature through for haste and +3/+0 on turn one for a single red mana, then flashbacks for two mana when you need a second swing — that's a lot of combat impact for a card that costs almost nothing. In Vadrik, Astral Archmage builds, the instant and sorcery count makes it effectively free late, which is where the card stops being a trick and starts being a finisher.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Vadrik, Astral Archmage
Vadrik, Astral Archmage reduces instant and sorcery costs based on his power, and Reckless Charge can flashback for zero or one mana once Vadrik has grown — making it a repeatable haste-and-pump effect that also triggers any prowess or spell-count payoffs in the deck.
Zada, Hedron Grinder
Cast Reckless Charge targeting Zada, Hedron Grinder, and every creature you control gets haste and +3/+0 for one mana — the copy-to-all-creatures text turns a marginal pump spell into a one-sided combat wipe.
Feather, the Redeemed
Feather, the Redeemed returns instants and sorceries that target your creatures to your hand at end of turn, so Reckless Charge effectively becomes a repeatable haste enabler and pump spell every single combat for one red mana.
Redshift, Rocketeer Chief
Redshift, Rocketeer Chief cares about cheap spells and getting creatures into combat fast, and Reckless Charge delivers haste plus a meaningful power boost at the lowest possible mana investment while the flashback gives the deck a second activation later in the game.
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, Reckless Charge is a role-player rather than a staple — it earns its slot in specific spell-matters builds like Feather, the Redeemed and Zada, Hedron Grinder, where the cheap targeting and flashback generate outsized value, but it's too narrow for generic aggro lists. In Pauper it sees fringe play as a one-mana haste-plus-pump tool in aggressive red decks, though the format has enough efficient threats that Reckless Charge usually sits on the bubble of inclusion. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it — those formats demand interaction or broken effects, and a conditional haste spell doesn't clear the bar. The flashback clause is what keeps Reckless Charge relevant in Commander at all; without it, one-shot combat tricks rarely justify a deck slot at the 100-card scale.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Reckless Charge is a bulk common that typically runs well under $0.50 and is easy to find in any collection or bulk bin. At that price there's no reason to hesitate — if your deck wants it, just pick one up.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.