Backslide
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Onslaught #70 (common)
- Price
- $0.22 USD
Turn target creature with a morph ability face down.
Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Backslide has 1 printing, first in Onslaught (2002). EDHREC ranks it #23,314 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer decks (534 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Backslide most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer: 534 decks
- Ixidor, Reality Sculptor: 203 decks
- Sash and Waistcoat, Unmen: 32 decks
Often played with Backslide
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.