Back for More
Back for More: Instant, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{B}{G}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Black and green (BG)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO)
- Released
- 2020-04-24
- Collector number
- 177
- Artist
- Daarken
- Commander rank
- 11,751 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Fight
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About Back for More
Back for More is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black and green instant from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO), an expansion set released in April 2020. It is collector number 177 in that set, with art by Daarken. It costs {4}{B}{G} (four generic, one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020) to Breaking News (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. When you do, it fights up to one target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
"How can you be sure you pierced its heart? Do you even know where its heart is?" -Trundan, Indatha poacher
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Back for More by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Back for More
Back for More has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Breaking News (OTP) #36 | Uncommon | 2024 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Back for More, newest first.
- You don't choose a target creature you don't control at the time you cast Back for More. Rather, a "reflexive" ability triggers when you return the target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal. Notably, Back for More isn't a crime, but the reflexive triggered ability potentially is.
- If the target creature is an illegal target when the reflexive triggered ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. If the creature you put onto the battlefield is no longer on the battlefield or no longer a creature, the target creature won't deal or be dealt damage.
- The reflexive triggered ability from Back for More is put onto the stack at the same time as any other triggered abilities caused by the creature entering the battlefield.
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