---
name: "Back from the Brink"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ISD"
set_name: "Innistrad"
collector_number: "44"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anthony Palumbo"
oracle_id: "704aaf92-590f-46d3-8b39-4ab84e1c766d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/back-from-the-brink-isd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Back from the Brink
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Exile a creature card from your graveyard and pay its mana cost: Create a token that's a copy of that card. Activate only as a sorcery.

> *Sur Innistrad, la mort n'est qu'un changement de carrière.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ritual of the Returned](/printing/ritual-of-the-returned-jou.md) — Instant
2. [Vile Rebirth](/printing/vile-rebirth-m14.md) — Instant
3. [Supplant Form](/printing/supplant-form-pfrf.md) — Instant
4. [Hour of Eternity](/printing/hour-of-eternity-hou.md) — Sorcery
5. [Cackling Counterpart](/printing/cackling-counterpart-mm3.md) — Instant
6. [Séance](/printing/séance-mm3.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad (ISD) #44
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anthony Palumbo
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`