Portcullis Vine
Core Set 2021 195 • common
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Collector number
- 195
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- James Paick
- Market price
- $0.22
What it does
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
2 generic mana, tap, Sacrifice a creature with defender: Draw a card.
Nature's way of saying "take the long way home."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Portcullis Vine was released in 2020 as part of the Core Set 2021 for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Designed as a common-rarity green creature, the card functions as an defensive utility piece, intended to help players bridge the early game by providing both a blocker and a method to draw cards when larger creatures enter the battlefield. It fits within the tradition of Core Set mechanics that simplify complex interactions for newer players while remaining functional for limited play environments.
The artwork was illustrated by Johan Grenier, who focused on depicting the plant as a natural, overgrown barrier. Grenier’s design visualizes the creature's mechanical effect, showing the vine twisted into a cage-like structure that embodies its role as a gatekeeper. Upon its release, the card was received as a solid inclusion for draft and sealed deck formats, praised by the community for its thematic cohesion and reliable, low-cost utility in green-based strategies.
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