Portal Mage

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Portal Mage: Creature - Human Wizard, Commander Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Human Wizard
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Commander Masters (CMM)
Released
2023-08-04
Collector number
112
Artist
Yongjae Choi
Commander rank
10,300 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flash

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About Portal Mage

Portal Mage is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 112 in that set, with art by Yongjae Choi. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Commander 2017 (2017) to Commander Masters (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

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.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Portal Mage by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Portal Mage

Portal Mage has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander 2020 (C20) #122Rare2020
Commander 2017 (C17) #13Rare2017

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Portal Mage, newest first.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Reselecting which player or planeswalker a creature is attacking ignores all requirements, restrictions, and costs associated with attacking.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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