Boiling Seas
Portal 119 • uncommon
- Set
- Portal
- Collector number
- 119
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Tom Wänerstrand
- Market price
- $5.11
What it does
Destroy all Islands.
What burns the land, boils the seas.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Boiling Seas was released in 1997 as part of the Portal expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Designed as an entry-level set, Portal focused on simplifying the game's mechanics to attract new players who found the standard rules too complex. The card itself represents a powerful sorcery spell intended to provide a thematic, high-impact red effect that wipes the board of islands and creatures dependent on them, reflecting the chaotic nature of maritime warfare.
The artwork was illustrated by Val Mayerik, a veteran comic book artist known for his work on characters like Man-Thing and Howard the Duck. Mayerik’s contribution to Portal sought to capture a sense of immediate, visceral intensity suitable for a card that fundamentally changes the state of the game. While the card is not considered a competitive staple in advanced formats, it remains a recognized example of the bold, stylized aesthetic that defined the Portal set during a transitional era of the game's history.
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