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Dour Port-Mage

Creature — Frog Wizard

Whenever one or more other creatures you control leave the battlefield without dying, draw a card.
{1}{U}, {T}: Return another target creature you control to its owner's hand.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Bloomburrow Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#1536
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Dour Port-Mage card art
Dour Port-Mage lets you sacrifice a token to copy an extra-turn spell like Time Warp, turning one extra turn into two for the cost of a creature you were probably making anyway. Under Clement, the Worrywort, who generates tokens as a byproduct of his engine, that copy is nearly free — which makes Dour Port-Mage one of the most efficient payoffs in the format.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Clement, the Worrywort

Clement, the Worrywort

93.3% of decks · synergy 0.89

Clement, the Worrywort is the premier home for Dour Port-Mage because Clement floods the board with tokens that exist precisely to be spent, turning every extra-turn spell in the deck into two extra turns at minimal cost.

02
Y'shtola Rhul

Y'shtola Rhul

75.1% of decks · synergy 0.72

Y'shtola Rhul rewards spell-casting loops and values each copy of a key effect, so Dour Port-Mage slotting in as a sacrifice outlet that doubles a Time Warp or similar fits the deck's entire gameplan.

03
Niko, Light of Hope

Niko, Light of Hope

69.1% of decks · synergy 0.60

Niko, Light of Hope produces Shard tokens continuously, and Dour Port-Mage converts that token production directly into copied spells — an efficient exchange that amplifies Niko's incremental advantage into a decisive one.

04
Plagon, Lord of the Beach

Plagon, Lord of the Beach

64.5% of decks · synergy 0.55

Plagon, Lord of the Beach leans on a wide token board, and Dour Port-Mage offers a high-value use for those tokens beyond combat, converting them into spell copies that push Plagon's game-ending turns further.

05
Arthur, Marigold Knight

Arthur, Marigold Knight

50.5% of decks · synergy 0.48

Arthur, Marigold Knight creates Food and creature tokens as a matter of course, giving Dour Port-Mage a steady sacrifice fuel source to copy high-impact spells and compound Arthur's already-snowballing turns.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Dour Port-Mage is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is where it actually matters. In 60-card formats, dedicating a creature slot to a conditional spell-copy effect that requires a token sacrifice is too slow and too narrow to compete. Commander is the exception: token generation is ubiquitous, extra-turn spells are game-ending, and the singleton format means any reliable way to double your best spell is genuinely powerful. In Oathbreaker, the tighter 60-card builds and powerful planeswalker signatures can make Dour Port-Mage viable if the signature spell is a high-value instant or sorcery worth copying.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Dour Port-Mage isn't currently available through standard sources, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate before buying. Given its near-universal inclusion in Clement, the Worrywort decks and strong showing across several other commanders, demand is real — don't assume it's bulk just because it's a newer card.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.