Backslide is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
Turn target creature with a morph ability face down. Cycling(
How it works : Backslide
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Ixidor, Reality Sculptor + Brine Elemental + Isochron Scepter + Backslide
Opponents skip their untap stepsLock
- 1Activate Isochron Scepter by paying
and tapping it, casting a copy of Backslide without paying its mana cost. - 2Resolve Backslide, turning Brine Elemental face down.
- 3Activate Ixidor by paying , turning Brine Elemental face up.
- 4Brine Elemental triggers, causing each opponent to skip their next untap step.
- 5Repeat during each of your turns.
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Legal formats
legacypaupervintagepennycommanderoathbreakerpaupercommanderduelpremodernpredhtlr
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