Recoup
Sorcery
Target sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (Mana cost includes color.)
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- World Championship Decks 2003
- Price
- $1.50
- EDHREC rank
- #13067
Recoup gives you a sorcery back from the graveyard and flashes itself in for free — two casts on one card is a strong rate before you factor in any cost-reduction synergies. Ral, Monsoon Mage turns that flash clause into a trigger magnet, making Recoup one of the cleanest includes in that deck.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ral, Monsoon Mage
Ral, Monsoon Mage cares about casting instants and sorceries from anywhere other than your hand, so Recoup's flashback clause is a free trigger on top of the spell you're already recovering — you're getting two storm-style payoffs for one mana investment.
Vadrik, Astral Archmage
Vadrik, Astral Archmage reduces instant and sorcery costs based on his power, which means Recoup's flashback cost shrinks right alongside every other spell in the deck — late in the game, you're often flashing it back for nothing to rebuy a game-ending ritual or bomb sorcery.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Recoup earns its slot in any red deck that leans on high-impact sorceries — ritual chains, board wipes, or tutors that hit the graveyard and beg to be replicated. Legacy allows it but rarely wants it; the format's graveyard-recursion options are deeper and faster, and sorcery-speed flashback at two mana doesn't compete. Vintage is the same story — legal but outclassed. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Recoup can shine, since the smaller deck size and powerful signature spells make rebuying a key sorcery genuinely impactful.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.50 cheap tier
At $1.50, Recoup sits in the comfortable range where you never feel bad sleeving it up and never feel bad trading it away. That price reflects solid but niche demand — it's a role-player, not a staple, so don't expect the number to move much in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ral, Monsoon Mage
- Vadrik, Astral Archmage
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.