MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #203

Reckless Handling

mat·#203·uncommon·showcase

Illus. Aenami

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

May '23

3 yr ago

Value

$13.24+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $14 · low $12

NM$13.2

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$12–$14modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $13low $2.85range 364.6%n 51

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

Showcase$13

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.

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 $13.24. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $2.85 and $13.24 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from MAT — the lineup includes Showcase 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 #203 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 Aenami. Rarix catalogs 10 other cards credited to this artist.