Reckless Scholar
Innistrad Remastered 81 • common
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered
- Collector number
- 81
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Steve Prescott
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
tap: Target player draws a card, then discards a card.
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Reckless Scholar was originally introduced in the 2009 set Zendikar, designed to evoke the high-adventure themes of exploration and discovery. The card features a recurring mechanical identity within Magic: The Gathering, specifically the 'looting' ability, which allows players to draw and discard cards to filter their hands. This iteration, appearing in the 2025 Innistrad Remastered set, serves as a reprint that bridges the flavor of the original adventurer with the Gothic horror aesthetic central to the Innistrad plane.
The art for this version maintains the character's focused, scholarly disposition while updating the presentation to align with the stylistic consolidation of the Remastered release. These sets are curated to distill the mechanical essence of previous blocks, emphasizing cards that provide consistent utility in Limited environments. The design aims to balance early-game utility with late-game card selection, a role that has solidified the card's reputation as a reliable, if understated, staple for players who value tactical hand management.
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