Imperial Seal
Portal Three Kingdoms 78 • rare
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Collector number
- 78
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Li Tie
- Market price
- $976.81
What it does
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
"If Heaven has placed it in your hands, it means that the throne is destined to be yours."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyBanned
- VintageRestricted
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Imperial Seal was released in 1999 as part of the Portal Three Kingdoms set. This expansion was specifically designed to introduce Magic: The Gathering to the Asian market, utilizing a simplified ruleset that diverged from the standard game mechanics of the time to facilitate a lower barrier to entry for new players.
The card features artwork by Li Tie, whose illustrations for the set were commissioned to capture the historical and literary essence of the 14th-century Chinese epic, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. While the set was originally limited in distribution to certain regions, the card’s powerful functional utility—acting as a restricted version of the iconic Vampiric Tutor—eventually led to it becoming a highly sought-after staple in competitive Eternal formats.
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