Portal Manipulator

Commanders that run Portal Manipulator most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Chromium, the Mutable: 446 decks
• Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy: 140 decks
• Jem Lightfoote, Sky Explorer: 80 decks
• Lavinia of the Tenth: 79 decks

Often played with Portal Manipulator

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Slitherwisp
• Cunning Nightbonder
• Storm Seeker
• Windshaper Planetar
• Portal Mage
• Nymris, Oona's Trickster
• Delirium
• Angel of the Dire Hour
• Voracious Tome-Skimmer
• Weeping Angel

Rulings

• 2024-02-02: Portal Manipulator's triggered ability doesn't cause "whenever this creature attacks" abilities to trigger.
• 2024-02-02: If an ability targets something controlled by the "defending player" of an attacking creature and the defending player for that creature changes before that ability resolves, the ability won't resolve because its target has become illegal.
• 2024-02-02: Once Portal Manipulator's triggered ability resolves, the target attacking creatures are still considered to have attacked the player, planeswalker, or battle they were initially declared as attacking, but they are now attacking the target player.
• 2024-02-02: Portal Manipulator's triggered ability ignores all requirements, restrictions, and costs associated with attacking.
• 2024-02-02: You may cast Portal Manipulator outside of a declare attackers step. If Portal Manipulator enters the battlefield outside of a declare attackers step, its ability simply doesn't trigger.