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Portal: Three Kingdoms is the third Magic: The Gathering expansion of the Portal block. Like the other expansions in the Portal block, Portal: Three Kingdoms is designed for beginners to Magic. The setting is heavily based on the Three Kingdoms. Each card, including each basic land, was illustrated by a Chinese artist.

Set History

Portal: Three Kingdoms was released only in Asia-Pacific markets.

As of October 20, 2005, all cards in the Portal block are legal in Vintage and Legacy tournaments.

Mechanics

Portal: Three Kingdoms contains a cycle of cards based on the Chinese Zodiac and only one new keyword mechanic.

Horsemanship - horsemanship works like flying in that creatures with horsemanship can be blocked only by creatures with horsemanship. Creatures with horsemanship can block creatures without horsemanship as well. To date no errata changes have restricted or rewritten the use of horsemanship to change it to flying. As such, these creatures are effectively 'unblockable' by almost all other creatures. However, like all other Portal sets, Three Kingdoms can only be used in Vintage and Legacy formats where most decks function with limited or no creature base.

Notable Cards

' - this card was liked enough to be promoted into standard Magic in 8th Edition
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' - an inferior Vampiric Tutor, this card has nonetheless sparked secondary markets to high prices. It was pre-emptively restricted in Vintage and banned in Legacy, as Portal: Three Kingdoms became legal in Vintage and Legacy. A PSA 10 Imperial Seal was sold at auction in January 2006 for $160 USD.
' - he gives all of a player's creatures horsemanship, making a large attack difficult for an opponent to block.

' - the most expensive Three Kingdoms card on the secondary market. A PSA 10 Zodiac Dragon was sold at auction in January 2006 for $285 USD.

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