Justiciar's Portal is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. It gains first strike until end of turn.
How it works : Justiciar's Portal
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Once the exiled creature returns, it’s considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was. Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners’ graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled creature will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The creature returns untapped unless another effect causes it to enter the battlefield tapped.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The returned card won’t be the target of any spells or abilities that targeted it before. Spells that don’t target, such as Kaya’s Wrath, may still affect it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won’t return to the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Restoration Angel + Justiciar's Portal
- 1Cast Abdel Adrian either from your hand or from the command zone by paying
and commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Abdel Adrian enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling Restoration Angel until Abedl Adrian leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 3Cast Justiciar's Portal by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 4Abdel Adrian leaves and enters the battlefield, causing Restoration Angel to return to the battlefield from exile, and triggering Abdel Adrian and Restoration Angel's enter abilities.
- 5Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Restoration Angel until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 6Resolve the Restoration Angel trigger, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 7Repeat from step 4.
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Felidar Guardian + Justiciar's Portal
- 1Cast Abdel Adrian either from your hand or from the command zone by paying
and commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Abdel Adrian enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling Felidar Guardian until Abedl Adrian leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 3Cast Justiciar's Portal by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 4Abdel Adrian leaves and enters the battlefield, causing Felidar Guardian to return to the battlefield from exile, and triggering Abdel Adrian and Felidar Guardian's enter abilities.
- 5Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Felidar Guardian until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 6Resolve the Felidar Guardian trigger, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 7Repeat from step 4.
Preston, the Vanisher + Felidar Guardian + Justiciar's Portal
- 1Cast Justiciar's Portal by paying its mana cost, blinking Felidar Guardian.
- 2Felidar Guardian and Preston trigger.
- 3Resolve the Felidar Guardian trigger, blinking another permanent you control.
- 4Resolve the Preston trigger, creating a token copy of Felidar Guardian that is a 0/1 Illusion.
- 5When the Felidar Guardian token enters the battlefield, it triggers, blinking the nontoken Felidar Guardian.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Archaeomancer + Justiciar's Portal
- 1Cast Justiciar's Portal by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Archaeomancer and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Archaeomancer trigger.
- 4Resolve the Archaeomancer trigger, returning Justiciar's Portal from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Justiciar's Portal.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Archaeomancer and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
Dualcaster Mage + Justiciar's Portal
- 1Cast Justiciar's Portal by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, copying Justiciar's Portal, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage.
- 4Resolve the copy of Justiciar's Portal, blinking Dualcaster Mage.
- 5Repeat from step 3.
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Mnemonic Wall + Justiciar's Portal
- 1Cast Justiciar's Portal by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Mnemonic Wall and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Mnemonic Wall trigger.
- 4Resolve the Mnemonic Wall trigger, returning Justiciar's Portal from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Justiciar's Portal.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Mnemonic Wall and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Wispweaver Angel + Justiciar's Portal
- 1Cast Abdel Adrian either from your hand or from the command zone by paying
and commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Abdel Adrian enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling Wispweaver Angel until Abedl Adrian leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 3Cast Justiciar's Portal by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 4Abdel Adrian leaves and enters the battlefield, causing Wispweaver Angel to return to the battlefield from exile, and triggering Abdel Adrian and Wispweaver Angel's enter abilities.
- 5Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Wispweaver Angel until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 6Resolve the Wispweaver Angel trigger, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 7Repeat from step 4.
Preston, the Vanisher + Wispweaver Angel + Justiciar's Portal
- 1Cast Justiciar's Portal by paying its mana cost, blinking Wispweaver Angel.
- 2Wispweaver Angel and Preston trigger.
- 3Resolve the Wispweaver Angel trigger, blinking another creature you control.
- 4Resolve the Preston trigger, creating a token copy of Wispweaver Angel that is a 0/1 Illusion.
- 5When the Wispweaver Angel token enters the battlefield, it triggers, blinking the nontoken Wispweaver Angel.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
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