Borough Backup

Borough Backup

Sorcery

Mana cost: {4}{W}

How we read this card

Create two 3/2 white Hero creature tokens with vigilance.

on-cast — makes 2 tokens

Basic landcycling {2}

activated — searches a library

Causes: create a Hero creature token, put a Hero creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a sorcery is discarded — 68 cards in the game can cause this (Borough Backup is one).

When Borough Backup 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 Hero enters the battlefield — 375 cards in the game can cause this (Borough Backup is one).

When a Hero enters thanks to Borough Backup:

  1. Hawkeye, Trick Shot — deals damage
  2. Captain America, Team Leader — grants haste and vigilance
  3. Nighthawk, Dark Defender — gives +1/+1
  4. Team Transmitter — gains you 1 life

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

When Borough Backup 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 creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Borough Backup is one).

When a Hero enters thanks to Borough Backup:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Borough Backup is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Borough Backup makes a Hero token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

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

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Borough Backup is one).

When a Hero enters thanks to Borough Backup:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

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

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Borough Backup is one).

When Borough Backup makes a Hero token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Borough Backup is one).

When Borough Backup is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  3. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

424 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 (Borough Backup is one).

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

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