Portal

Tier 4

The intro-set planes (1997-1999) — Portal, Portal Second Age, and Portal Three Kingdoms.

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Card pool

469

distinct cards legal on Portal

Shared with other planes

112

24% of pool also legal elsewhere

Banned cards

per-plane + universal bans

Mechanical themes

beginner-friendlyhorsemanshipwarlords

Anchor sets

Magic expansions whose cards are canonically from Portal, listed in release order.

Portalpor· 1997 Portal Second Agep02· 1998 Portal Three Kingdomsptk· 1999

Signature cards

A sample of cards anchored to Portal, ordered by rarity then most-recent printing. The card pool is 469 cards in total.

Capture of Jingzhou

Loyal Retainers

Sun Quan, Lord of Wu

Last Chance

Imperial Seal

Warrior's Oath

Imperial Recruiter

Temporal Manipulation

Armageddon

Natural Order

Personal Tutor

Wrath of God

Banlist

17 cards banned on Portal. Bans include the universal baseline (Power Nine, Sol Ring, etc.) plus any plane-specific additions.

Black Lotus

Power Nine — format-warping fast mana.

Ancestral Recall

Power Nine — degenerate draw.

Time Walk

Power Nine — extra-turn engine.

Timetwister

Power Nine — hand-reset combo enabler.

Mox Pearl

Power Nine — zero-cost mana.

Mox Sapphire

Power Nine — zero-cost mana.

Mox Jet

Power Nine — zero-cost mana.

Mox Ruby

Power Nine — zero-cost mana.

See all 17 bans for Portal

Card-pool sizes update weekly from the latest Scryfall bulk via the card_planes derivation job.