Reckless Abandon
Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning 20 • common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning
- Collector number
- 20
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Ron Spears
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Reckless Abandon deals 4 damage to any target.
The climax of a warlord's career is always death.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Reckless Abandon is a sorcery card originally printed in the Tempest expansion in 1997, later reprinted as card number 20 in the 2014 Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning set. The Duel Decks series was designed by Wizards of the Coast to offer ready-to-play, thematic matchups that pitted opposing archetypes against one another. The Speed vs. Cunning iteration focused on the contrast between aggressive, fast-paced gameplay and reactive, strategic control, with Reckless Abandon serving as a quintessential aggressive tool for the Speed deck.
The card features artwork by Kev Walker, a prolific illustrator for Magic: The Gathering known for his gritty, expressive style. In the context of the game, the card's design—which requires the sacrifice of a creature to deal damage—encapsulates the theme of sacrificing long-term board stability for an immediate, potentially game-ending surge of damage. Upon its release, it was regarded as a functional piece of red-aligned utility, valued by players for its ability to convert low-impact creatures into direct damage reach.
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