There and Back Again

Enchantment — Saga

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Up to one target creature can't block for as long as you control this Saga. The Ring tempts you.
II — Search your library for a Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
III — Create Smaug, a legendary 6/6 red Dragon creature token with flying, haste, and "When Smaug dies, create fourteen Treasure tokens."

Legality

Legal in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Not legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl

MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of There and Back Again in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), Premier Draft	59.3%	+3.7	+5.1	16945
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), Sealed	60.2%	+3.5	+3.6	1040

GIH WR: win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set: points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD: improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games: games in which the card was seen

Combos

101 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Clockspinning + There and Back Again
Near-infinite lifeloss: Academy Manufactor + Mirkwood Bats + There and Back Again
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: There and Back Again + Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Freed from the Real + Hex Parasite + Satsuki, the Living Lore + There and Back Again
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Eternal Witness + There and Back Again + Twinflame
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Aggravated Assault + Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer + There and Back Again
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + There and Back Again + Thornbite Staff
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: There and Back Again + Timeless Witness + Twinflame
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Aggravated Assault + Esika's Chariot + There and Back Again
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Freed from the Real + Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance + There and Back Again

See all 101 on Commander Spellbook