Empty City Ruse
Portal Three Kingdoms 3 • uncommon
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Collector number
- 3
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Qu Xin
- Market price
- $30.74
What it does
Target opponent skips all combat phases of their next turn.
Out of time and options, Kongming was forced to bluff at Xicheng. He tricked an army of 150,000 Wei by leaving the city gates open and calmly playing the zither.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Empty City Ruse was released in 1999 as part of the Portal Three Kingdoms expansion, a set designed by Wizards of the Coast specifically for the Asian market. The card is based on the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, depicting the famous ruse of Zhuge Liang, who successfully tricked his enemy Sima Yi into retreating by sitting calmly at the gates of an empty city to suggest a massive ambush was prepared inside.
The art for the card features the distinct aesthetic of the Portal series, which utilized a simplified rule set intended to introduce new players to the game. While the set was originally limited in distribution to specific regions, its unique mechanics and flavor quickly gained a dedicated following among international collectors and competitive players, leading to its eventual reprinting in later supplemental products.
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