Portable Hole
Artifact
When this artifact enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value 2 or less until this artifact leaves the battlefield.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #9715
Portable Hole exiles any nonland permanent with mana value 2 or less the moment it resolves — one mana, no questions asked. It's the cleanest answer white has to mana dorks, Arcane Signet, Sol Ring, and utility creatures below the waterline, and Oswald Fiddlebender decks treat it as a sacrificial artifact that doubles as interaction.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Oswald Fiddlebender
Oswald Fiddlebender can sacrifice Portable Hole to tutor up any artifact with mana value 2 — meaning it pulls double duty as a removal spell on the way in and a tutor engine once it's no longer needed.
Gandalf the White
Gandalf the White blinks permanents repeatedly, and Portable Hole becomes a recurring removal engine when its exile trigger resets each time it re-enters — every blink cycle is a new target.
Tameshi, Reality Architect
Tameshi, Reality Architect bounces artifacts back to hand and replays them for land drops, so Portable Hole re-exiling a new target each time it hits the battlefield turns a one-mana spell into persistent removal.
Queen Kayla bin-Kroog
Queen Kayla bin-Kroog's activated ability pitches artifacts directly onto the battlefield, and Portable Hole is one of the cheapest artifacts she can deploy that immediately impacts the board by locking down a low-cost threat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Portable Hole punches well above its mana cost — the format is saturated with two-mana artifacts like Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, and Mana Crypt, and exiling any of them on turn one is a tempo swing that can define the early game. In Modern and Pioneer, it fills a role similar to a cheap catch-all that answers creatures, artifacts, and enchantments under the threshold — relevant against fast aggressive decks and combo setups that lean on low-cost enablers. Legacy's card pool is deep enough that Portable Hole competes with narrower but more powerful options, though its flexibility keeps it fringe-playable in white midrange strategies. Across all formats, the exile clause matters — bouncing, regenerating, or indestructible creatures below MV 2 are not a problem.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available at this moment, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the current market rate. Portable Hole has seen multiple printings and tends to stay accessible — it's rarely a budget barrier for any deck that wants it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.