Reckless Handling
Reckless Handling: Sorcery, March of the Machine: The Aftermath. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT)
- Released
- 2023-05-12
- Collector number
- 19
- Artist
- Miguel Mercado
- Commander rank
- 2,684 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Reckless Handling
Reckless Handling is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red sorcery from March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT), an expansion set released in May 2023. It is collector number 19 in that set, with art by Miguel Mercado. It costs {1}{R} (one generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. March of the Machine: The Aftermath is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, shuffle, then discard a card at random. If an artifact card was discarded this way, Reckless Handling deals 2 damage to each opponent.
The relic shattered, and something in Nahiri broke as well.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Reckless Handling by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Reckless Handling
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #119 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #203 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #69 | Uncommon | 2023 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Reckless Handling, newest first.
- You discard a card at random even if you didn't find an artifact card in your library.
- You can't do anything between putting the artifact card you found in your hand and discarding. You may end up discarding that card. But hey, if you do, 2 damage!
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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These card lists include Reckless Handling.