
Thran Portal
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. As this land enters, choose a basic land type. This land is the chosen type in addition to its other types. Mana abilities of this land cost an additional 1 life to activate.
Rulings (6)
Sep 9, 2022 · Thran Portal will have the appropriate intrinsic mana ability for the basic land type chosen as it enters the battlefield. It is still a Gate and still has its other abilities, including the last ability, which makes the mana ability associated with its basic land type cost 1 life to activate.
Sep 9, 2022 · You still have to pay that mana ability's other costs. Usually, this is just tapping the land.
Sep 9, 2022 · If Thran Portal somehow gains another mana ability, that ability also costs an additional 1 life to activate.
Sep 9, 2022 · If a land enters the battlefield as a copy of Thran Portal (as opposed to a land that is already on the battlefield becoming a copy of it), its controller gets to choose a basic land type for it and it has that type.
Sep 9, 2022 · If a Thran Portal somehow enters the battlefield without a basic land type having been chosen for it, it does not have any mana abilities. The same is true for a land that is already on the battlefield that becomes a copy of it.
Sep 9, 2022 · If you control more than one Thran Portal, the last ability of each of them applies only to itself. That is, controlling a second Thran Portal does not make mana abilities of all cards named Thran Portal cost an additional 2 life.
Where it’s played now
Inclusion by archetype · cEDH
| Archetype | Format | Inclusion | Copies | Decks (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nine-Fingers Keene / Omo, Queen of Vesuva | cEDH | 100% | 1× | 1 |
| Vivi Ornitier | cEDH | 33.3% | 1× | 6 |