Backup Plan — ruling 1

Conspiracies aren't legal for any sanctioned Constructed format, but may be included in other Limited formats, such as Cube Draft.

Backup Plan — ruling 2

A conspiracy's static and triggered abilities function as long as that conspiracy is face-up in the command zone.

Backup Plan — ruling 3

Conspiracies are colorless, have no mana cost, and can't be cast as spells.

Backup Plan — ruling 4

Conspiracies are never put into your deck. Instead, you put any number of conspiracies from your card pool into the command zone as the game begins. These conspiracies are face up unless they have hidden agenda, in which case they begin the game face down.

Backup Plan — ruling 5

A conspiracy doesn't count as a card in your deck for purposes of meeting minimum deck size requirements. (In most drafts, the minimum deck size is 40 cards.)

Backup Plan — ruling 6

You don't have to play with any conspiracy you draft. However, you have only one opportunity to put conspiracies into the command zone, as the game begins. You can't put conspiracies into the command zone after this point.

Backup Plan — ruling 7

You can look at any player's face-up conspiracies at any time. You'll also know how many face-down conspiracies a player has in the command zone, although you won't know what they are.

Backup Plan — ruling 8

If, through a combination of Backup Plan and/or other conspiracies, you have fewer cards in your deck than you must draw as the game begins, you'll lose the game when state-based actions are checked during the upkeep of the first turn.

Backup Plan : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Backup Plan 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.

Official card text

(Start the game with this conspiracy face up in the command zone.) Draw an additional hand of seven cards as the game begins. Before taking mulligans, shuffle all but one of your hands into your library.

How it works : Backup Plan

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1August 23, 2016· Wizards of the Coast
Conspiracies aren't legal for any sanctioned Constructed format, but may be included in other Limited formats, such as Cube Draft.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2August 23, 2016· Wizards of the Coast
A conspiracy's static and triggered abilities function as long as that conspiracy is face-up in the command zone.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3August 23, 2016· Wizards of the Coast
Conspiracies are colorless, have no mana cost, and can't be cast as spells.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4August 23, 2016· Wizards of the Coast
Conspiracies are never put into your deck. Instead, you put any number of conspiracies from your card pool into the command zone as the game begins. These conspiracies are face up unless they have hidden agenda, in which case they begin the game face down.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#5August 23, 2016· Wizards of the Coast
A conspiracy doesn't count as a card in your deck for purposes of meeting minimum deck size requirements. (In most drafts, the minimum deck size is 40 cards.)
No other card is named in this ruling.
#6August 23, 2016· Wizards of the Coast
You don't have to play with any conspiracy you draft. However, you have only one opportunity to put conspiracies into the command zone, as the game begins. You can't put conspiracies into the command zone after this point.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#7August 23, 2016· Wizards of the Coast
You can look at any player's face-up conspiracies at any time. You'll also know how many face-down conspiracies a player has in the command zone, although you won't know what they are.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#8May 29, 2014· Wizards of the Coast
If, through a combination of Backup Plan and/or other conspiracies, you have fewer cards in your deck than you must draw as the game begins, you'll lose the game when state-based actions are checked during the upkeep of the first turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#9May 29, 2014· Wizards of the Coast
The effect of Backup Plan is cumulative. If you have two in your command zone to start the game, you'll draw three hands of seven cards and shuffle all but one of them into your library.
No other card is named in this ruling.