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Portent of CalamityHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 3 min read· Bloomburrow· August 2, 2024
Carte Magic Portent of Calamity

Portent of Calamity 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.

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Official card text

Reveal the top X cards of your library. For each card type, you may exile a card of that type from among them. Put the rest into your graveyard. You may cast a spell from among the exiled cards without paying its mana cost if you exiled four or more cards this way. Then put the rest of the exiled cards into your hand.

How it works : Portent of Calamity

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    The card types that can appear on cards you reveal with Portent of Calamity are artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, instant, kindred, land, planeswalker, and sorcery. Legendary, basic, and snow are supertypes, not card types. Raccoon and Scout are subtypes, not card types.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    You choose which spell to cast (if any) as Portent of Calamity resolves. If you choose to cast a spell this way, you do so as part of the resolution of Portent of Calamity. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on the card’s types are ignored.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  3. #3· Wizards of the Coast

    If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  4. #4· Wizards of the Coast

    If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Legal formats

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