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Portal Mage
Card Information
Type: Creature — Human Wizard
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Commander Masters (CMM)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 112
Oracle 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.)
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- August 25, 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.
Source: wotc - August 25, 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.
Source: wotc - August 25, 2017
Reselecting which player or planeswalker a creature is attacking ignores all requirements, restrictions, and costs associated with attacking.
Source: wotc - August 25, 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.
Source: wotc - August 25, 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.
Source: wotc
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