Recycle
Enchantment
Skip your draw step.
Whenever you play a card, draw a card.
Your maximum hand size is two.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tempest Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16047
Recycle replaces your entire hand with one card per turn and halves your maximum hand size — the upside is that every spell you cast replaces itself immediately, turning your deck into an engine that never stalls. The cost is real: you're one bad draw or one Psychic Miasma away from being empty-handed, so this card belongs in decks built to empty their hand fast, not goodstuff piles that want to hold up interaction. Damia, Sage of Stone erases the downside almost entirely, which is why that pairing is the canonical home.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Damia, Sage of Stone
Damia, Sage of Stone's triggered ability refills your hand to seven at the start of your turn, which means Recycle's reduced hand size cap is functionally irrelevant — you draw up to seven, cast spells, replace each one immediately, and end up back at seven before your turn ends anyway, creating a card-draw engine that costs nothing beyond the initial six mana.
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 |
Recycle is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but in practice it's a Commander card through and through. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster, cheaper card engines — Necropotence, Rhystic Study, and raw draw spells — and at six mana Recycle can't compete on those timelines. In Commander, the slower pace and higher starting hand size make the six-mana investment survivable, and commanders like Damia, Sage of Stone or high-volume spell-slinging generals can weaponize the per-spell replacement clause in ways that 60-card formats simply don't support.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Psychic MiasmaDakmor SalvageBone MiserRecycle
Infinite self-mill; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite self-discard triggers; Near-infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Recycle isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given its narrow Commander application and age, it tends to hold modest value rather than spiking, but stock on older enchantments can be thin — if your deck wants it, pick it up rather than waiting.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.