Portal Mage
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SetC20
Collector #122
Released2020-04-17
Rarityrare
ArtistYongjae Choi
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Portal Mage

RareColour IDMV 3
Creature — Human Wizard
Flash
When this creature enters during the declare attackers step, you may reselect which player or permanent target attacking creature is attacking. (It can't attack its controller or their permanents.)
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Flash
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Creature
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Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2017-08-25Newest 2023-08-04Cheapest priced $0.27 in CMM
Rulings (5)
wotc25 Aug 2017
Reselecting which player or planeswalker a creature is attacking doesn’t cause “whenever this creature attacks” abilities to trigger. Notably, the Curses in this set (such as Curse of Vitality) won’t trigger while Portal Mage’s ability is resolving.
wotc25 Aug 2017
Reselecting which player or planeswalker a creature is attacking ignores all requirements, restrictions, and costs associated with attacking.
wotc25 Aug 2017
If an ability targets something controlled by the “defending player” of an attacking creature and the defending player for that creature changes before that ability resolves, the ability won’t resolve because its target has become illegal.
wotc25 Aug 2017
You may cast Portal Mage outside of a declare attackers step. If Portal Mage enters the battlefield outside of a declare attackers step, its ability simply doesn’t trigger.
wotc25 Aug 2017
If you reselect which player or planeswalker an attacking creature is attacking, that creature is still considered to have attacked the player or planeswalker as declared, but it is now attacking the new player or planeswalker.