Run Amok
Instant
Target attacking creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #7011
Run Amok turns a single attacker into a serious threat — +3/+3 and trample for one red mana is above-rate on its own. The ceiling is dramatically higher in Zada, Hedron Grinder decks, where one cast copies to every creature you control and ends games on the spot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zada, Hedron Grinder
Zada, Hedron Grinder copies Run Amok to each of your attacking creatures, converting a token flood into a lethal trample-over-everything swing for a single red mana.
Fire Lord Azula
Fire Lord Azula cares about dealing combat damage with multiple creatures, and Run Amok ensures a key attacker punches through blockers while the stat boost keeps it alive to trigger on the other side.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Run Amok is a role-player in go-wide red strategies — unremarkable alone, but one of the better pump spells in Zada, Hedron Grinder lists precisely because it copies. In Pauper, trample is genuinely scarce at common and one mana, so Run Amok earns a look in aggressive red shells where evasion is otherwise hard to find. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have enough redundancy that Run Amok rarely clears the bar outside of dedicated Zada-style combo builds, which don't meaningfully exist in those formats. Pioneer sits similarly — the card is legal but has no natural home that pushes it ahead of better options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Run Amok is deep bulk — no reason to hesitate on picking up copies for any deck that wants it. Bulk commons rarely move on price, so expect this to stay in the dime-to-quarter range indefinitely.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.