Portent of Calamity 
Sorcery
Oracle text (EN)
Sorcery
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.
Printing details
- Set
- BLB · 306
- Rarity
- Rare
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Justine Mara Andersen
- Released
- 2024-08-02
- Prices
- €0.36 · $0.46
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2026 | €0.56 | €0.28 |
| October 29, 2026 | €0.36 | €0.28 |
| October 28, 2026 | €0.39 | €0.28 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low – trend €0.56 30-day avg €0.54 | low €0.30 trend €1.21 30-day avg €1.15 |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from €0.28 with Zero from €0.54 | NM from €0.89 with Zero from €0.89 |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €0.28 | NM from €0.89 |
Cardmarket updated Oct 30, 2026 · CardTrader updated Oct 30, 2026
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Legality
- standard Legal
- pioneer Legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Legal
- brawl Legal
- competitivebrawl Legal
- duel Legal
- future Legal
- gladiator Legal
- historic Legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Legal
- timeless Legal
- tlr Legal
Rulings
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If the spell you cast has
in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost. -
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.
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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.
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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.