There and Back Again

There and Back Again

Enchantment — Saga

Mana cost: {3}{R}{R}

How we read this card

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
Up to one target creature can't block for as long as you control this Saga. The Ring tempts you.

triggered —

Search your library for a Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

triggered — searches a library

triggered —

triggered —

Create Smaug, a legendary 6/6 red Dragon creature token with flying, haste, and that ability

triggered — makes a token

When Smaug dies, create fourteen Treasure tokens.

Causes: the Ring tempts you, search land mountain , put a Mountain land onto the battlefield, shuffle a library, create a Dragon creature token, put a Dragon creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

the Ring tempts you — 49 cards in the game can cause this (There and Back Again is one).

When There and Back Again has the Ring tempt you:

  1. Ringwraiths — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Nazgûl — puts a counter on a Wraith
  3. Sauron, the Dark Lord — draws and discards
  4. Sméagol, Helpful Guide — puts a land onto the battlefield
  5. Call of the Ring — makes you lose life

a Mountain enters the battlefield — 64 cards in the game can cause this (There and Back Again is one).

When a Mountain enters thanks to There and Back Again:

  1. Last Light of Durin's Day — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Staff of the Flame Magus — gains you 1 life
  3. Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle — deals 3 damage

a Saga in a graveyard — 186 cards in the game can cause this (There and Back Again is one).

When There and Back Again is in the graveyard:

  1. Rydia, Summoner of Mist — can bring it back
  2. Satsuki, the Living Lore — can bring it back

a Dragon enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (There and Back Again is one).

When a Dragon enters thanks to There and Back Again:

  1. Dragon Tempest — deals damage
  2. Bloomvine Regent // Claim Territory — gains you 3 life
  3. Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Ganax, Astral Hunter — makes a token
  5. Scourge of Valkas — deals damage
  6. Bladewing's Thrall — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Sarkhan, Soul Aflame — copies a permanent
  8. Teeming Dragonstorm — triggers
  9. Corroding Dragonstorm — triggers
  10. Roiling Dragonstorm — triggers

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

an enchantment is sacrificed — 588 cards in the game can cause this (There and Back Again is one).

  1. Narci, Fable Singer — When you sacrifice There and Back Again, Narci, Fable Singer draws you 1 card

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

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (There and Back Again is one).

When There and Back Again is in the graveyard:

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — gets bigger
  2. Lotus-Eye Mystics — can bring it back
  3. Builder's Talent — can bring it back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — can bring it back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — can bring it back
  8. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — can bring it back
  9. Deadbridge Chant — can bring it back
  10. Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky — can bring it back

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

an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 987 cards in the game can cause this (There and Back Again is one).

When There and Back Again is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Neva, Stalked by Nightmares — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Knight of Doves — makes a token
  3. Warehouse Tabby — makes a token
  4. Starfield Mystic — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Femeref Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  6. Savior of the Sleeping — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Ashiok's Reaper — draws you 1 card
  8. Wicked Visitor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  9. Martyr's Bond — makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

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

a land enters the battlefield — 1,560 cards in the game can cause this (There and Back Again is one).

When a Mountain enters thanks to There and Back Again:

  1. Claim the Kingdom — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Primeval Bounty — gains you 3 life
  3. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Dancing from Dark to Dawn — makes a token
  5. Quest for the Necropolis — puts a quest counter on itself
  6. Soul Stair Expedition — puts a quest counter on itself
  7. Nissa of Shadowed Boughs — puts counters on a permanent
  8. Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally — makes a token
  9. Silvan Reveler — returns itself from the graveyard
  10. Floral Evoker — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Industrial Advancement — There and Back Again makes fodder for Industrial Advancement
  2. Divergent Transformations — There and Back Again makes fodder for Divergent Transformations
  3. Transmogrify — There and Back Again makes fodder for Transmogrify

2,717 other cards cause 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 (There and Back Again is one).

When a Dragon enters thanks to There and Back Again:

  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 (There and Back Again is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When There and Back Again makes a Dragon 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.

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (There and Back Again is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice There and Back Again, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (There and Back Again is one).

When There and Back Again is cast:

  1. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  2. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  3. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  5. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life

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