Strong Back

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Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

Equip abilities you activate that target enchanted creature cost Magic the Gathering symbol less to activate.

Aura spells you cast that target enchanted creature cost Magic the Gathering symbol less to cast.

Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura and Equipment attached to it.

qElizabeth Peiró
standard
Not Legal
alchemy
Not Legal
pioneer
Not Legal
explorer
Not Legal
modern
Not Legal
historic
Not Legal
standard brawl
Not Legal
historic brawl
Not Legal
timeless
Not Legal

Rulings

Strong Back’s third ability won’t reduce its own cost.
(wotc2024-03-08)
Strong Back’s abilities reduce only the amount of generic mana in equip abilities that target the enchanted creature and in the total cost of Aura spells that target the enchanted creature. For example, it will reduce the total cost of Animal Friend from {1}{G} to {G}.
(wotc2024-03-08)
Some Equipment creature cards in other sets have reconfigure, a different ability that attaches them to a creature. Reconfigure is not an equip ability, and reconfigure costs are not reduced by Strong Back’s second ability. Equip variants or equip abilities with restrictions, like the “equip Citizen” ability of Ceremonial Groundbreaker from the Streets of New Capenna® set, are still equip abilities, and their costs will be reduced by Strong Back’s second ability.
(wotc2024-03-08)
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