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Erratic Portal
Oracle Text
{1}, {T}: Return target creature to its owner's hand unless its controller pays {1}.
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Mana CostCharacter Background
Erratic Portal is a deceptively simple artifact that shines in tempo- and control-oriented decks, where every mana point matters and forcing awkward decisions can buy crucial turns. For {1} and tapping, it functions like a repeatable tax effect: either the opponent pays to keep a creature in play, or you effectively Time Walk that threat back to hand and reset their attack, ETB, or equipment investment. It is especially strong against decks leaning on expensive threats, aura stacks, or creatures without haste, and it pairs nicely with bounce-heavy strategies that want to keep the board light while advancing their own engine. In Commander, it can repeatedly protect your own key creatures from removal by targeting them before a sweeper, or combine with flicker and ETB value creatures to reuse enters-the-battlefield effects at will. Because it only demands colorless mana, it fits almost any shell that wants patient, grindy board control.
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Character Background
Erratic Portal is a deceptively simple artifact that shines in tempo- and control-oriented decks, where every mana point matters and forcing awkward decisions can buy crucial turns. For {1} and tapping, it functions like a repeatable tax effect: either the opponent pays to keep a creature in play, or you effectively Time Walk that threat back to hand and reset their attack, ETB, or equipment investment. It is especially strong against decks leaning on expensive threats, aura stacks, or creatures without haste, and it pairs nicely with bounce-heavy strategies that want to keep the board light while advancing their own engine. In Commander, it can repeatedly protect your own key creatures from removal by targeting them before a sweeper, or combine with flicker and ETB value creatures to reuse enters-the-battlefield effects at will. Because it only demands colorless mana, it fits almost any shell that wants patient, grindy board control.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 07:40:43 UTC