Reckless Ransacking
Instant
Target creature gets +3/+2 until end of turn. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #9842
Reckless Ransacking puts two Treasure tokens on the battlefield and impulse-draws two cards for three mana — that's meaningful acceleration and card advantage stapled together. In Zada, Hedron Grinder decks it copies to every creature you control, turning one spell into a storm of Treasures and free draws that ends games on the spot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zada, Hedron Grinder
Zada, Hedron Grinder is the reason Reckless Ransacking exists in Commander — cast it targeting Zada and every creature you control gets its own copy, flooding the board with Treasures and chaining through your deck in a single turn.
Vadrik, Astral Archmage
Vadrik, Astral Archmage reduces instant and sorcery costs based on his power, so Reckless Ransacking can cost one or even zero mana by mid-game, making it a reliable engine piece in a deck that wants to cast a flurry of spells each turn.
Feather, the Redeemed
Feather, the Redeemed returns instants and sorceries that target your creatures, so Reckless Ransacking comes back to hand every turn — two Treasures and two impulse-drawn cards on a reusable loop is exactly the kind of incremental advantage Feather decks are built to exploit.
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 |
Reckless Ransacking is a Commander card through and through — the Treasure plus impulse-draw package is designed for the long, multiplayer game where mana acceleration and refilling your hand both matter. In Zada, Hedron Grinder shells specifically, it's one of the highest-impact three-mana spells in the format. Elsewhere — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — three mana for two Treasures and two impulse draws is too slow and too conditional to compete with dedicated ramp or draw spells. Pauper is the one non-Commander context where it could see fringe play in a Treasure-synergy shell, but it hasn't broken through there either.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Reckless Ransacking is firmly bulk — easy to acquire and unlikely to move up from there given its narrow home in specific Commander strategies. Pick it up for the Zada or Feather deck without a second thought; there's no financial friction here.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.