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◇ Catalog #19

Reckless Handling

mat·#19·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Miguel Mercado

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

May '23

3 yr ago

Value

$0.32+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.33 · low $0.30

NM$0.32

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.30–$0.34modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.34low $0.03range 1033.3%n 57

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #2,668 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.39

Nonfoil$0.32

Gameplay

Sorcery

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.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2023-05-12wotc

You discard a card at random even if you didn't find an artifact card in your library.

2023-05-12wotc

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!

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.32. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.34 across 57 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from MAT — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #19 of *March of the Machine: The Aftermath*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2023 March of the Machine: The Aftermath release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{R} (2 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #2,668 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Miguel Mercado. Rarix catalogs 56 other cards credited to this artist.