Portal (1997)
Playtime: 30
Min. Age: 13
Number of Players:
2
Publisher:
Wizards of the Coast
Designers:
Richard Garfield
Artists:
Pete Venters,
Daniel Gelon,
Chen Weidong,
Kaja Foglio,
Randy Gallegos,
Xu Xiaoming,
Adam Rex,
Jeffrey R. Busch,
Scott Fischer,
David Ho,
Sam Wood,
Mike Dringenberg,
John Coulthart,
Charles Gillespie,
D. Alexander Gregory,
Romas,
Junko Taguchi,
Jiang Zhuqing,
Yang Hong,
Doug Shuler,
Phil Foglio,
Wang Yuqun,
Kang Yu,
Anson Maddocks,
Quinton Hoover,
Qiao Dafu,
Li Xiaohua,
Gerald Brom,
David Cherry,
Yang Jun Kwon,
Mark Poole,
Qu Xin,
Keith Parkinson,
Heather Hudson,
He Jiancheng,
Ding Songjian,
Roger Raupp,
Zhang Jiazhen,
Jiaming,
Song Shikai,
Ji Yong,
R. K. Post,
Zhao Tan,
Sun Nan,
William Simpson,
Gao Yan,
Kevin Walker,
Christopher Rush,
Li Yousong,
Wang Feng,
Rob Alexander,
Tony DiTerlizzi,
Terese Nielsen,
Ted Naifeh,
Eric Peterson,
Solomon Au Yeung,
Li Tie,
Fang Yue,
Cai Tingting,
Qin Jun,
Andrew Robinson,
Zina Saunders,
Hong Yan,
Ai Desheng,
Ron Spencer,
Susan Van Camp,
Lie Tiu,
Alan Rabinowitz,
Lin Yan,
Steve Luke,
Xu Tan,
Tom Wänerstrand,
Tang Xiaogu,
Gao Jianzhang,
Janine Johnston,
Michael Weaver,
Kuang Sheng,
Dan Frazier,
Lubov,
David Horne,
Robert Eggleton,
Rebecca Guay-Mitchell,
Li Youliang,
Fred Fields,
Yang Guangmai,
Gerry Grace,
Doug Chaffee,
Huang Qishi,
Brad Williams,
Donato Giancola,
Ku Xueming,
Wang Chuxiong,
Mark Tedin,
Matthew Stawicki,
Paolo Parente,
Mitsuaki Sagiri,
Matt Wilson (I),
Mike Raabe,
Cristina McAllister,
John Matson,
Liu Jianjian,
LHQ,
Liu Shangying,
Henry van der Linde,
Li Wang,
Adrian Smith,
Shang Huitong,
John Avon,
Melissa Benson,
Dermot Power,
Colin MacNeil,
Brian Durfee,
Junichi Inoue,
Jeff Miracola,
Una Fricker,
Hannibal King,
Jack Wei,
KOJI,
Quan Xuejun,
Miao Aili,
Qi Baocheng,
Edward Beard, Jr.
Mechanics:
Hand Management
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Portal is a 'stripped-down' version of Magic: the Gathering designed to appeal to new players. While the game retained some of the features of the original game, it also removed a number of abilities and interactions deemed too confusing for the novice player. Though a number of the cards in portal were direct counterparts to cards in the regular-run of Magic: the Gathering, gone were named abilities like Trample, Banding, -walk (though Three Kingdoms did add the ability "Horsemanship", which is almost but not quite flying). Additionally, the game cut back on cards that could be played on another player's turn (i.e. instants and interrupts), leading to a greater focus on creatures and not spell interactions to achieve victory.
Portal cards are recognizable from core and expansion sets of Magic: the Gathering by the expansion symbol, as well as a bolder and larger font in the text box, and symbols next to the attack and defense numbers of creatures.
Portal was printed in three editions:
Portal
Portal Second Age
Portal Three Kingdoms (with an Eastern/Chinese theme)
Portal cards are recognizable from core and expansion sets of Magic: the Gathering by the expansion symbol, as well as a bolder and larger font in the text box, and symbols next to the attack and defense numbers of creatures.
Portal was printed in three editions:
Portal
Portal Second Age
Portal Three Kingdoms (with an Eastern/Chinese theme)
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