Prototype Portal
{4}Artifact
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Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an artifact card from your hand.
{X}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of the exiled card. X is the mana value of that card.
What it does
Tagged as Tokens — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- If the exiled card has {X} in its mana cost (such as Chalice of the Void), that X is considered to be 0. The {X} 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). (2011-01-01)
- You may not activate the second ability if no card has been exiled with Prototype Portal. In that case, the value of {X} is undefined and can't be paid. (2011-01-01)
- You don't choose the value of {X}. Rather, the value of X is defined by the activated ability. (2011-01-01)
- 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. (2011-01-01)
- 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. (2011-01-01)
Printings & prices
Every set Prototype Portal has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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