Backslide
Onslaught 70 • common
- Set
- Onslaught
- Collector number
- 70
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Pete Venters
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
Turn target creature with a morph ability face down.
Cycling blue mana (blue mana, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Some things are better left unknown.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Backslide was released in 2002 as part of the Onslaught expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was designed to emphasize the mechanics of morph and tribal synergy, reflecting the war-torn lore of the plane of Otaria. The card was conceived as a blue utility spell, intended to provide tempo advantages by returning a permanent to its owner's hand, a staple effect for the color within the game's established color pie.
The artwork for Backslide was commissioned from artist Greg Staples, whose dark, illustrative style was frequently employed by the game during this era to evoke the grim atmosphere of the Onslaught storyline. Staples aimed to capture the fluid, ethereal nature of the card's effect, depicting a figure caught in a moment of displacement. Upon release, the card was received as a functional, if niche, inclusion in blue control strategies, favored primarily for its ability to reset morph creatures or disrupt an opponent's board state.
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