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Prototype Portal

Magic: The GatheringCommander 2018#216

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Magic: The Gathering

Mana cost

Commander 2018C18 · #216
Card type
Artifact
Rarity
Rare
Indicative price
0.37 € · 0.75 $
Mana value
4
Colour
Colourless

Card text

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an artifact card from your hand. , : Create a token that's a copy of the exiled card. X is the mana value of that card.

Format legality

  • CommanderLegal
  • DuelLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • PennyLegal
  • PredhLegal
  • VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.

Printing information

Illustrator
Drew Baker
Card language
English
Release date
2018-08-10

Rulings

Any "enters" abilities of the exiled card will trigger when the token is put onto the battlefield. Any "as [this permanent] enters" or "[this permanent] enters with" abilities of the exiled card will also work.

If Prototype Portal has left the battlefield by the time its second ability resolves, you'll still put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of the exiled card. On the other hand, if Prototype Portal is still on the battlefield at this time but there is no exiled card (because, perhaps, Riftsweeper's ability caused the exiled card to be put into its owner's library), no token is created.

If the exiled card has in its mana cost (such as Chalice of the Void), that X is considered to be 0. The in Prototype Portal's activation cost takes this into account, though it may be greater than 0 if the exiled card has other mana symbols in its mana cost (such as Riptide Replicator).

You don't choose the value of . Rather, the value of X is defined by the activated ability.

You may not activate the second ability if no card has been exiled with Prototype Portal. In that case, the value of is undefined and can't be paid.

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