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Portent
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Portent

common · Sorcery · Ice Age
$1.12
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$1.32
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$1.65
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Oracle Text

Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Card Details

-/-Power / Toughness
{U}Mana Cost
1Prints

Character Background

Portent is a quintessential Ice Age blue spell: cold, clinical, and patient, trading one mana now for information and a delayed card to smooth your future draws. In gameplay, it best supports control and combo shells, where knowing the next three cards lets you set up your own draw, deny an opponent key topdecks, or decide whether to force a shuffle to disrupt their setup. The delayed draw makes it less about immediate tempo and more about efficient value, especially in decks that care about manipulating libraries. It pairs nicely with effects like fetchlands or shuffle effects, and it becomes stronger with any cards that reward top-of-library knowledge or repeated cantrips. A practical tip is to cast Portent on an opponent during their upkeep if you want maximum disruption, or on yourself when you need to set up a crucial draw step.

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Character Background

Portent is a quintessential Ice Age blue spell: cold, clinical, and patient, trading one mana now for information and a delayed card to smooth your future draws. In gameplay, it best supports control and combo shells, where knowing the next three cards lets you set up your own draw, deny an opponent key topdecks, or decide whether to force a shuffle to disrupt their setup. The delayed draw makes it less about immediate tempo and more about efficient value, especially in decks that care about manipulating libraries. It pairs nicely with effects like fetchlands or shuffle effects, and it becomes stronger with any cards that reward top-of-library knowledge or repeated cantrips. A practical tip is to cast Portent on an opponent during their upkeep if you want maximum disruption, or on yourself when you need to set up a crucial draw step.

Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 23:10:44 UTC

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