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The two piles don’t have to have the same number of cards in them. One of the piles may have zero cards.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #217
Phyrexian Portal
DIGITAL ONLY
me2·#217·rare·foil
Illus. Pete Venters
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Sep '08
17 yr ago
Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #19,537 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Artifact
{3}: If your library has ten or more cards in it, target opponent looks at the top ten cards of your library and separates them into two face-down piles. Exile one of those piles. Search the other pile for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle the rest of that pile into your library.
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 1
Context
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME2 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
This card belongs to *Masters Edition II* (released September 2008).
Card #217 in Masters Edition II.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Artifact. Mana cost: {3} (3 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.
EDHrec ranks this card #19,537 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Pete Venters. Rarix tracks 943 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
Notes
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Pete Venters
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