Backslide

Backslide

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

Turn target creature with a morph ability face down.

on-cast — turns something into a creature

Cycling {U}

Causes: a creature is turned face up.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an instant is discarded — 100 cards in the game can cause this (Backslide is one).

When Backslide makes a player discard a card:

  1. Bone Miser — draws you 1 card
  2. Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer — brings a card back
  3. Conspiracy Theorist — brings a card back
  4. Veronica, Dissident Scribe — makes a token
  5. Green Goblin, Nemesis — puts a counter on a Goblin
  6. Surly Badgersaur — deals damage

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is turned face up — 238 cards in the game can cause this (Backslide is one).

  1. Den Protector — When Den Protector is turned face up thanks to Backslide, it brings a card back
  2. Printlifter Ooze — When a creature is turned face up thanks to Backslide, Printlifter Ooze makes a token
  3. Experiment Twelve — When a creature is turned face up thanks to Backslide, Experiment Twelve puts its power counters on a permanent
  4. Pyrotechnic Performer — When a creature is turned face up thanks to Backslide, Pyrotechnic Performer deals its power damage
  5. Pine Walker — When a creature is turned face up thanks to Backslide, Pine Walker untaps a permanent
  6. Fugitive Codebreaker — When Fugitive Codebreaker is turned face up thanks to Backslide, it draws and discards
  7. Fatal Mutation — When a creature is turned face up thanks to Backslide, Fatal Mutation kills it

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Backslide is one).

When Backslide makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

51 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Backslide is one).

When Backslide makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Backslide is one).

When Backslide is cast:

  1. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  2. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  3. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  4. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  5. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  6. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  7. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  8. Harness the Storm — brings a card back
  9. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Backslide is one).

  1. Transplant Theorist — When Backslide is in the graveyard, Transplant Theorist can bring it back
  2. Heart-Shaped Herb — When Backslide is in the graveyard, Heart-Shaped Herb can bring it back
  3. Wayward Angel — Backslide fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  4. Victimize — When Backslide is in the graveyard, Victimize can bring it back
  5. Bound // Determined — When Backslide is in the graveyard, Bound // Determined can bring it back
  6. Enlightened Confidant — When Backslide is in the graveyard, Enlightened Confidant can bring it back
  7. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — When Backslide is in the graveyard, Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring it back
  8. Aerith, Last Ancient — When Backslide is in the graveyard, Aerith, Last Ancient can bring it back
  9. Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker — When Backslide is in the graveyard, Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker can bring it back
  10. Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld — When Backslide is in the graveyard, Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld can bring it back

434 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Backslide is one).

When Backslide hits the graveyard:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  3. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  4. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Backslide is one).

When Backslide is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Master of Winds — triggers

9 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.