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Splash Portal

Sorcery

Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. If that creature is a Bird, Frog, Otter, or Rat, draw a card.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Bloomburrow
Price
$0.40
EDHREC rank
#3058
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Splash Portal card art
Splash Portal copies a spell on the stack for two mana, with the copy's controller determined by who you target — that flexibility is the entire point. Clement, the Worrywort decks exploit it as a cheap spell-count trigger, and Dualcaster Mage players reach for it as a redundant copy effect that doubles up on their best instants and sorceries.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Clement, the Worrywort

Clement, the Worrywort

73.2% of decks · synergy 0.70

Clement, the Worrywort runs Splash Portal in nearly three-quarters of its decks because every cheap instant fuels Clement's spell-count payoffs, and copying a spell mid-chain effectively doubles the trigger while leaving up a political tool.

02
Loot, the Pathfinder

Loot, the Pathfinder

31.5% of decks · synergy 0.31

Loot, the Pathfinder wants spells that generate immediate value on the stack, and Splash Portal copies a key instant or sorcery at instant speed — fitting cleanly into a deck that wants to chain cheap effects and keep the adventure train moving.

03
Cynette, Jelly Drover

Cynette, Jelly Drover

32.1% of decks · synergy 0.29

Cynette, Jelly Drover decks use Splash Portal to copy token-generating spells or pump effects at a low mana investment, stretching the payoff of any spell that already synergizes with Cynette's creature-flood gameplan.

04
Plagon, Lord of the Beach

Plagon, Lord of the Beach

30.3% of decks · synergy 0.28

Plagon, Lord of the Beach cares about spells resolving and effects stacking, and Splash Portal gives those decks a two-mana way to double a key piece at instant speed without requiring any additional setup.

05
Alania, Divergent Storm

Alania, Divergent Storm

25.8% of decks · synergy 0.24

Alania, Divergent Storm copies spells as part of its core identity, and Splash Portal slots in as one of the cheapest ways to trigger that pattern — copying a cantrip or payoff spell to fire Alania's ability a second time in the same turn.

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

Commander is where Splash Portal earns its keep — two-mana copy effects that work at instant speed and offer political targeting options are exactly the kind of flexible utility that multiplayer games reward. In Modern and Pioneer, Splash Portal competes in a crowded space against Expansion // Explosion and similar effects; it's not seeing serious competitive play in those formats but isn't unplayable in the right shell. Legacy and Vintage have access to so many broken copy and storm effects that Splash Portal doesn't carve out a meaningful role. Standard legality gives it the widest casual audience, and that's where budget brewers experimenting with copy-spell decks will find it most accessible.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

873 decks
Preston, the VanisherFelidar GuardianSplash Portal

Preston, the VanisherFelidar GuardianSplash Portal

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite blinking of permanents; Infinite mana lands you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce; Exile all nonland permanents opponents control; Infinite mana lands you control can produce

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Price Context

Current price

$0.40 bulk tier

At $0.40, Splash Portal is firmly bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Given its narrow combo-enabler role and the presence of cheaper or more powerful alternatives in older formats, don't expect the price to move meaningfully unless a specific Standard or Pioneer archetype breaks it out.

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