Winds of Change
Portal 156 • rare
- Set
- Portal
- Collector number
- 156
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Adam Rex
- Market price
- $13.81
What it does
Each player shuffles the cards from their hand into their library, then draws that many cards.
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
Winds of Change was released in 1997 as part of the Portal base set, a product designed by Wizards of the Coast specifically to introduce new players to the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem. The set utilized simplified rules and flavor-neutral mechanics to lower the barrier to entry for beginners, moving away from the complex stack interactions found in the standard game at the time.
The card was illustrated by Adam Rex, whose work in the 1990s helped define the approachable, fantasy-leaning aesthetic of the Portal series. His design captures the chaotic nature of the spell, which forces all players to discard their hands and draw new cards, serving as a signature 'reset' effect that remains a staple for group-format play despite the card's original intent as a beginner-friendly sorcery.
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