Backdraft
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Printing details
- Set
- Legends
- Released
- June 1, 1994
- Language
- en
- Collector no.
- #132
- Rarity
- uncommon
Card text
Oracle text — the current official rules text for this card.
Choose a player who cast one or more sorcery spells this turn. Backdraft deals damage to that player equal to half the damage dealt by one of those sorcery spells this turn, rounded down.
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Beginner guide
Card text above uses Oracle text, the current official rules text for this card.
This costs one mana of any type and one red mana.
- Mana
- Mana is the resource you spend to cast spells and activate abilities.
- Generic mana
- A numbered mana cost can be paid with mana of any type.