Back on Track

Back on Track

Mana Cost: {4}{B}

Type: Sorcery

Oracle Text:
Return target creature or Vehicle card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Create a 1/1 colorless Pilot creature token with "This token saddles Mounts and crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater."

Power/Toughness: -/-

Rarity: uncommon

Prints: View all prints (1) →

Expansion: Aetherdrift

Price ( USD): $0.09

USD: $0.09 · EUR: €0.15

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Character Background

Back on Track reads like a midrange/value reanimator for Aetherdrift: at {4}{B} you get a returning threat plus a tiny Pilot that effectively crews Mounts and Vehicles as if it had +2 power, so it's tailor-made to revive a late-game beater while immediately powering a crew-3 Vehicle or saddling a Mount to turn a recovered creature into an attacker. It supports a tempo/value plan more than pure aggro or combo—you’re buying board presence and utility while leveraging enter-the-battlefield effects or oversized creatures. Deckbuilding tip: pair it with self-mill and graveyard-fill (things that reliably put targets into your graveyard) and haste enablers or equipment (so the returned creature attacks right away), and prioritize Vehicles with crew thresholds you can meet with the Pilot. Remember it’s a sorcery and vulnerable to graveyard hate, so include redundancy or ways to recur targets in other ways rather than relying on a single Back on Track.

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