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Borough Backup

Sorcery4 generic manaWhite mana

Five mana buys six power split across two vigilant bodies, and the split is the point: two 3/2s block two attackers, press two points through a stalled board, or feed two separate triggers into anything counting creatures entering or leaving. Vigilance means the tokens hold the line the same turn they swing, so the tempo does not mortgage your next attack step to a decision about whether to hold back. What lifts a bulk token-maker like this above pure filler is the landcycling line, which is the safety valve for the hand where a five-mana board addition is exactly what you do not need: the clunky opener, the mana-starved midgame where you would trade this token spell for the land that lets you cast anything at all. Discard it, fetch a basic, and your hand size holds steady while its shape improves. This sits inside a long design tradition of go-wide payoffs you never mind drawing early, because they convert into fixing when the board does not want them. The token half and the cycling half rarely both matter in the same game, and that is deliberate. One line rewards the aggressive draw that wants pressure; the other rescues the stumbling draw that needs land. The card is built so the copy in your hand is doing useful work in either direction, which is more than most token spells at this rate can claim.

Borough Backup (msh)
MSH · #7common
Pricing
Normal: $0.14
Foil: $0.24
Oracle Text

Rules text

Create two 3/2 white Hero creature tokens with vigilance. Basic landcycling 2 generic mana (2 generic mana, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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