---
name: "Backdraft"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "LEG"
set_name: "Legends"
collector_number: "132"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Brian Snõddy"
oracle_id: "80734bb0-5032-4355-9304-49f4a4557aba"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/backdraft-leg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Backdraft
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose a player who cast one or more sorcery spells this turn. Backdraft deals damage to that player equal to half the damage dealt by one of those sorcery spells this turn, rounded down.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Reverberation](/printing/reverberation-leg.md) — Instant
2. [Garbage Fire](/printing/garbage-fire-cn2.md) — Instant
3. [Blightning](/printing/blightning-ala.md) — Sorcery
4. [Suffocation](/printing/suffocation-all.md) — Instant
5. [Parallectric Feedback](/printing/parallectric-feedback-gpt.md) — Instant
6. [Quenchable Fire](/printing/quenchable-fire-con.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legends (LEG) #132
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Brian Snõddy
- **Total Printings:** 2 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`