Recoil

Instant

Return target permanent to its owner's hand. Then that player discards a card.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

DemonDragonJ on Mind Over Matter

8 months ago

I have replaced Recoil with Obscura Charm, because, while Recoil is an excellent card in its own right, it is rather lackluster in EDH, whereas the charm provides me with greater flexibility.

DemonDragonJ on Diabolical Machinations

8 months ago

I have replaced Recoil with Maestros Charm, because, while Recoil is an excellent card in its own right, it is rather lackluster in EDH, whereas the charm provides me with greater flexibility; I could have replaced Grixis Charm with the newer charm, since the charm is easily the weakest of its cycle, but I shall keep it, as it fits the theme of this deck, from a flavor perspective.

DemonDragonJ on Waste Not

9 months ago

I have replaced Recoil and Voidslime with Overcharged Amalgam and Psychic Drain, since I believe that the newer cards better fit the theme of this deck.

DemonDragonJ on How Can I Put Overcharged …

11 months ago

I have an EDH deck with The Mimeoplasm as its general, and I would like to put a copy of Overcharged Amalgam into that deck, as that card would definitely work with that deck's theme, but I am not certain of what card I should remove, to make room, for it.

I could replace Voidslime, since the amalgam has the same effect as that card, but that would increase this deck's mana curve, and I also am considering replacing Recoil, since that card is only acceptable, at best, but that would also raise this deck's mana curve, but none of the cards that cost 4 mana in this deck are cards that I wish to remove, so I may not be able to put the amalgam into this deck, after all.

What does everyone else say, about this? How can I put overcharged amalgam into my Mimeoplasm deck? I certainly would appreciate any suggestions that anyone here can offer.

SufferFromEDHD on Blue Black Undying Menace

1 year ago

Eternal Witness one of the best ETB.

Vengevine green Squee.

Tortured Existence Survival #2

There are more efficient sac outlets than Eater of Hope

Quagmire Druid neat sac outlet.

You need a few spells that interact with Warped Devotion. Recoil was past tech.

The three color wedge Surveil 1 lands

legendofa on My cognitive dissonance around multicolor …

2 years ago

wallisface Green is super-anti-flying, but {G}{U} cards with flying and a green ability keep being printed. Why is red first strike + green deathtouch a bend? As far as {B}{G} deathstrike goes, first strike is tertiary in black and a non-ability in green, and this only appears on Glissa, the Traitor and Glissa Sunslayer.

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/making-magic/mechanical-color-pie-2021

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Daveslab2022 Would you consider cards like Recoil, Lightning Helix, the guild charms like Selesnya Charm, or Putrefy bad design, boring, or unintuitive? I understand that {R} + {G} =/= {R}{G}. I'm wondering why that's the case.

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I completely understand that there's an active effort to prevent color pairs from feeling too samey, and in interest of completion, I feel obligated to say that Voracious Cobra exists. But I still have some questions.

Is there an absolute prohibition on red-green deathstrike? If so, what distinguishes red-green deathstrike from black-green flying/vigilance?

Is there simply too much overlap between {B}'s dedicated removal and {R}{G} deathstrike?

With Ambush Viper, Ice-Fang Coatl, Winged Coatl, and Fleetfeather Cockatrice, is instant-speed creature spot removal more acceptable in {G}{U} than in {R}{G}?

What makes Golgari Death Swarm a better creative choice than Warrant / Warden, and why did that get printed if it's an inferior choice?

Is there any potential for a card like Warp World or The Great Aurora to be made in {R}{G}? Why or why not?

DemonDragonJ on All Will Be One

2 years ago

I have replaced Countersquall, Recoil, and Grim Affliction with Reject Imperfection, Serum Snare, and Staff of Compleation, which sadly reduced the prevalence of black in this deck, but I feel that those replacements are far superior compared to what I had, before.

bushido_man96 on Should I Make These Replacements?

2 years ago

I'm not a big fan of bounce removal, especially if you are in colors that support solid, more permanent removal spells. I wouldn't run either spell. I don't think I'd run Recoil either.