---
name: "Back to Basics"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "62"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Andrew Robinson"
oracle_id: "05c2dec2-d2f7-4036-b91f-4fccba10a8bb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/back-to-basics-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Back to Basics
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Nonbasic lands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rising Waters](/printing/rising-waters-wc00.md) — Enchantment
2. [Winter Moon](/printing/winter-moon-mh3.md) — Artifact
3. [Fieldmist Borderpost](/printing/fieldmist-borderpost-arb.md) — Artifact
4. [Mistvein Borderpost](/printing/mistvein-borderpost-arc.md) — Artifact
5. [One Does Not](/printing/one-does-not-unk.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Primal Order](/printing/primal-order-hml.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #62
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Andrew Robinson
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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