In this set, harness the power of +1/+1 counters, deadly cycling, and embalm to bring your strongest cards back from the grave
Ace's appeal is character-driven rather than meta-driven, so market commentary still treats him as one of the safer long-term singles: his demand does not depend on the competitive meta the way a tournament staple's would
Cards like Castle Ardenvale and Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin dont mind when you flood because they give you a mana sink
Ive personally been playing a lot so far with Ixalan and I dont think Ive ever been as confident about a Top 20 list as I am with this one today, but only time will tell how accurate it is
Heres the interesting part right now, graded prices have eased back from their recent peaks
Home Spoiler Archive Search Resources Most expensive magic cards Magic banned cards Strongest magic cards Magic cards size Magic rare cards Magic Card Value Magic rules Tipi di creature starter Portal Three Kingdoms 180 cards - 05-01-1999 Related sets Jack Wei Details Release date: 05-01-1999 Block name: Portal Type: Starter Code: ptk Most expensive card: Imperial Seal ($855.70) Cards average price: 42.97 Most popular card: Three Visits Card count: 180 Mythic card count: 6 Rare card count: 40 Uncommon card count: 48 Common card count: 86 Preview mode Compact mode Deck Rarity Name Type Subtype Cost CMC Edhrec USD EUR TIX Alert Shu Infantry Creature (2/2) Human Soldier 3 30803 $15.43 2.92 0.00 Ambition's Cost Sorcery - 4 3509 $18.20 9.08 0.00 Balance of Power Sorcery - 5 24745 $39.67 26.93 0.00 Barbarian General Creature (3/2) Human Barbarian Soldier 5 27399 $25.75 9.05 0.00 Barbarian Horde Creature (3/3) Human Barbarian Soldier 4 30604 $1.47 0.70 0.00 Blaze Sorcery - 1 11203 $6.14 3.31 0.00 Borrowing 100,000 Arrows Sorcery - 3 6972 $28.12 4.70 0.00 Borrowing the East Wind Sorcery - 2 26515 $122.98 27.51 0.00 Brilliant Plan Sorcery - 5 21231 $4.98 1.50 0.00 Broken Dam Sorcery - 1 25235 $8.14 2.33 0.00 Burning Fields Sorcery - 5 30084 $2.77 1.80 0.00 Burning of Xinye Sorcery - 6 25282 $60.99 36.47 0.00 Cao Cao, Lord of Wei Legendary Creature (3/3) Human Soldier 5 21973 $42.86 16.11 0.00 Cao Ren, Wei Commander Legendary Creature (3/3) Human Soldier Warrior 4 26439 $101.82 24.34 0.00 Capture of Jingzhou Sorcery - 5 5007 $199.94 90.55 0.00 Champion's Victory Instant - 1 29076 $8.70 4.74 0.00 Coercion Sorcery - 3 22031 $3.79 1.16 0.00 Control of the Court Sorcery - 2 19283 $28.85 14.63 0.00 Corrupt Court Official Creature (1/1) Human Advisor 2 16045 $17.71 9.11 0.00 Corrupt Eunuchs Creature (2/2) Human Advisor 4 31114 $8.54 4.52 0.00 Council of Advisors Creature (1/1) Human Advisor 3 26549 $6.46 3.46 0.00 Counterintelligence Sorcery - 4 27925 $10.49 5.67 0.00 Cunning Advisor Creature (1/1) Human Advisor 4 26843 $5.54 3.38 0.00 Deception Sorcery - 3 29200 $2.46 0.58 0.00 Desert Sandstorm Sorcery - 3 28471 $2.76 1.36 0.00 Desperate Charge Sorcery - 3 30344 $14.24 4.38 0.00 Diaochan, Artful Beauty Legendary Creature (1/1) Human Advisor 4 19273 $107.51 44.77 0.00 Dong Zhou, the Tyrant Legendary Creature (3/3) Human Soldier 5 23733 $178.66 75.58 0.00 Eightfold Maze Instant - 3 30147 $44.17 17.13 0.00 Empty City Ruse Sorcery - 1 19248 $46.07 11.95 0.00 Eunuchs' Intrigues Sorcery - 3 30301 $17.09 5.39 0.00 Exhaustion Sorcery - 3 17154 $19.53 7.33 0.00 Extinguish Instant - 2 27697 $1.18 0.76 0.00 False Defeat Sorcery - 4 21743 $20.12 10.32 0.00 False Mourning Sorcery - 1 27007 $15.28 8.26 0.00 Famine Sorcery - 5 24628 $18.88 5.07 0.00 Fire Ambush Sorcery - 2 29323 $3.52 4.87 0.00 Fire Bowman Creature (1/1) Human Soldier Archer 1 30594 $8.65 4.61 0.00 Flanking Troops Creature (2/2) Human Soldier 4 30248 $2.56 1.67 0.00 Forced Retreat Sorcery - 3 27457 $2.63 0.54 0.00 Forest Basic Land Forest 0 - $5.16 1.38 0.04 Forest Basic Land Forest 0 - $12.67 5.66 0.04 Forest Basic Land Forest 0 - $8.82 3.98 0.04 Forest Bear Creature (2/2) Bear 2 14297 $25.13 6.03 0.00 Ghostly Visit Sorcery - 3 29985 $2.06 0.84 0.00 Guan Yu's 1,000-Li March Sorcery - 6 28340 $53.96 26.97 0.00 Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior Legendary Creature (3/5) Human Soldier Warrior 5 24572 $62.93 15.53 0.00 Heavy Fog Instant - 2 24325 $27.75 11.11 0.00 Hua Tuo, Honored Physician Legendary Creature (1/2) Human 3 13991 $85.30 17.01 0.00 Huang Zhong, Shu General Legendary Creature (2/3) Human Soldier 4 29127 $100.77 22.27 0.00 Hunting Cheetah Creature (2/3) Cat 3 22338 $34.11 14.43 0.00 Imperial Edict Sorcery - 2 28850 $3.64 1.66 0.00 Imperial Recruiter Creature (1/1) Human Advisor 3 634 $131.63 67.58 0.00 Imperial Seal Sorcery - 1 509 $855.70 355.13 0.00 Independent Troops Creature (2/1) Human Soldier 2 31277 $1.65 0.72 0.00 Island Basic Land Island 0 - $2.19 1.13 0.04 Island Basic Land Island 0 - $6.52 1.97 0.04 Island Basic Land Island 0 - $2.61 1.90 0.04 Kongming's Contraptions Creature (2/4) Human Soldier 4 30522 $41.65 18.76 0.00 Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon" Legendary Creature (2/2) Human Advisor 4 17156 $19.89 13.11 0.00 Lady Sun Legendary Creature (1/1) Human Advisor 3 26907 $55.31 65.20 0.00 Lady Zhurong, Warrior Queen Legendary Creature (4/3) Human Soldier Warrior 5 25702 $116.64 42.03 0.00 Liu Bei, Lord of Shu Legendary Creature (2/4) Human Soldier 5 25600 $34.23 15.42 0.00 Lone Wolf Creature (2/2) Wolf 3 20902 $12.83 6.04 0.00 Loyal Retainers Creature (1/1) Human Advisor 3 10639 $38.68 18.97 0.00 Lu Bu, Master-at-Arms Legendary Creature (4/3) Human Soldier Warrior 6 24456 $101.65 23.82 0.00 Lu Meng, Wu General Legendary Creature (4/4) Human Soldier 5 25847 $73.68 13.42 0.00 Lu Su, Wu Advisor Legendary Creature (1/2) Human Advisor 5 28014 $43.73 15.96 0.00 Lu Xun, Scholar General Legendary Creature (1/3) Human Soldier 4 16596 $27.45 11.15 0.00 Ma Chao, Western Warrior Legendary Creature (3/3) Human Soldier Warrior 5 26795 $72.56 23.25 0.00 Marshaling the Troops Sorcery - 2 28272 $63.24 19.11 0.00 Meng Huo's Horde Creature (4/5) Human Soldier 5 30888 $1.65 0.77 0.00 Meng Huo, Barbarian King Legendary Creature (4/4) Human Barbarian Soldier 5 28987 $78.93 18.79 0.00 Misfortune's Gain Sorcery - 4 30591 $1.15 0.53 0.00 Mountain Basic Land Mountain 0 - $17.70 2.85 0.04 Mountain Basic Land Mountain 0 - $22.47 7.62 0.04 Mountain Basic Land Mountain 0 - $18.17 6.68 0.04 Mountain Bandit Creature (1/1) Human Soldier Rogue 1 28175 $1.74 0.58 0.00 Mystic Denial Instant - 3 28489 $9.89 4.45 0.00 Overwhelming Forces Sorcery - 8 9831 $90.99 42.47 0.00 Pang Tong, "Young Phoenix" Legendary Creature (1/2) Human Advisor 3 29673 $13.75 28.22 0.00 Peach Garden Oath Sorcery - 1 20956 $26.56 6.40 0.00 Plains Basic Land Plains 0 - $2.64 0.77 0.04 Plains Basic Land Plains 0 - $1.99 0.90 0.04 Plains Basic Land Plains 0 - $3.88 1.83 0.04 Poison Arrow Sorcery - 6 31061 $41.00 6.45 0.00 Preemptive Strike Instant - 2 28523 $6.47 1.55 0.00 Rally the Troops Instant - 1 26487 $11.18 4.94 0.00 Ravages of War Sorcery - 4 11263 $241.71 90.35 0.00 Ravaging Horde Creature (3/3) Human Soldier 5 30058 $18.44 7.12 0.00 Red Cliffs Armada Creature (5/4) Human Soldier 5 30719 $10.69 3.26 0.00 Relentless Assault Sorcery - 4 1543 $50.71 16.24 0.00 Renegade Troops Creature (4/2) Human Soldier 5 31570 $2.11 0.66 0.00 Return to Battle Sorcery - 1 26355 $5.40 1.04 0.00 Riding Red Hare Sorcery - 3 25885 $11.85 5.42 0.00 Riding the Dilu Horse Sorcery - 3 23230 $539.60 244.17 0.00 Rockslide Ambush Sorcery - 2 26459 $37.29 11.44 0.00 Rolling Earthquake Sorcery - 1 7409 $96.11 45.14 0.00 Sage's Knowledge Sorcery - 3 28054 $3.49 1.87 0.00 Shu Cavalry Creature (2/2) Human Soldier 3 25334 $3.66 1.00 0.00 Shu Defender Creature (2/2) Human Soldier 3 30912 $1.29 0.72 0.00 Shu Elite Companions Creature (3/3) Human Soldier 5 27303 $5.45 1.84 0.00 Shu Elite Infantry Creature (3/3) Human Soldier 4 30669 $3.62 0.56 0.00 Shu Farmer Creature (1/1) Human 2 29498 $3.18 0.90 0.00 Shu Foot Soldiers Creature (2/3) Human Soldier 3 30320 $1.18 0.57 0.00 Shu General Creature (2/2) Human Soldier 4 26314 $6.76 4.10 0.00 Shu Grain Caravan Creature (2/2) Human Soldier 3 30837 $1.12 0.58 0.00 Shu Soldier-Farmers Creature (2/4) Human Soldier 5 30361 $7.18 3.53 0.00 Sima Yi, Wei Field Marshal Legendary Creature (*/4) Human Soldier 6 27891 $39.07 8.52 0.00 Slashing Tiger Creature (3/3) Cat 4 31083 $70.85 19.35 0.00 Southern Elephant Creature (3/4) Elephant 4 30026 $2.08 0.80 0.00 Spoils of Victory Sorcery - 3 14011 $32.04 5.89 0.00 Spring of Eternal Peace Sorcery - 5 31286 $2.92 0.54 0.00 Stalking Tiger Creature (3/3) Cat 4 27976 $4.04 1.35 0.00 Stolen Grain Sorcery - 6 30978 $25.14 5.02 0.00 Stone Catapult Creature (1/2) Human Soldier 5 29977 $45.49 19.13 0.00 Stone Rain Sorcery - 3 13011 $5.38 10.99 0.00 Strategic Planning Sorcery - 2 7663 $17.65 7.99 0.00 Straw Soldiers Creature (1/3) Scarecrow Soldier 2 27754 $2.90 0.93 0.00 Sun Ce, Young Conquerer Legendary Creature (3/3) Human Soldier 5 24865 $109.99 25.91 0.00 Sun Quan, Lord of Wu Legendary Creature (4/4) Human Soldier 6 8202 $64.12 23.27 0.00 Swamp Basic Land Swamp 0 - $7.00 1.80 0.04 Swamp Basic Land Swamp 0 - $7.93 2.95 0.04 Swamp Basic Land Swamp 0 - $3.66 0.92 0.04 Taoist Hermit Creature (2/2) Human Mystic 3 31400 $11.38 5.95 0.00 Taoist Mystic Creature (2/2) Human Mystic 3 31183 $51.90 17.67 0.00 Taunting Challenge Sorcery - 3 22587 $50.59 16.18 0.00 Three Visits Sorcery - 2 43 $81.62 30.05 0.00 Trained Cheetah Creature (2/2) Cat 3 31422 $10.28 5.77 0.00 Trained Jackal Creature (1/2) Jackal 1 27291 $3.89 1.46 0.00 Trip Wire Sorcery - 3 31381 $1.74 1.57 0.00 Vengeance Sorcery - 4 28592 $1.88 1.05 0.00 Virtuous Charge Sorcery - 3 30698 $2.01 0.53 0.00 Volunteer Militia Creature (1/2) Human Soldier 1 29131 $1.09 0.28 0.00 Warrior's Oath Sorcery - 2 7256 $153.61 74.03 0.00 Warrior's Stand Instant - 2 30126 $10.88 5.45 0.00 Wei Ambush Force Creature (1/1) Human Soldier 2 31019 $2.54 0.67 0.00 Wei Assassins Creature (3/2) Human Soldier Assassin 5 25729 $8.52 5.54 0.00 Wei Elite Companions Creature (3/3) Human Soldier 5 28130 $2.70 1.07 0.00 Wei Infantry Creature (2/1) Human Soldier 2 30919 $1.20 0.60 0.00 Wei Night Raiders Creature (2/2) Human Soldier 4 25968 $32.45 8.18 0.00 Wei Scout Creature (1/1) Human Soldier Scout 2 24275 $3.13 1.48 0.00 Wei Strike Force Creature (2/1) Human Soldier 3 26982 $2.16 0.78 0.00 Wielding the Green Dragon Sorcery - 2 28675 $5.19 2.40 0.00 Wolf Pack Creature (7/6) Wolf 8 27632 $112.99 30.10 0.00 Wu Admiral Creature (3/3) Human Soldier 5 30836 $2.16 1.30 0.00 Wu Elite Cavalry Creature (2/3) Human Soldier 4 26359 $2.08 0.64 0.00 Wu Infantry Creature (2/1) Human Soldier 2 30723 $1.12 0.57 0.00 Wu Light Cavalry Creature (1/2) Human Soldier 2 24557 $3.83 1.22 0.00 Wu Longbowman Creature (1/1) Human Soldier Archer 3 26892 $6.47 2.68 0.00 Wu Scout Creature (1/1) Human Soldier Scout 2 23215 $4.18 1.38 0.00 Wu Spy Creature (1/1) Human Soldier Rogue 2 29425 $17.63 5.61 0.00 Wu Warship Creature (3/3) Human Soldier 3 29900 $1.91 1.12 0.00 Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed Legendary Creature (3/2) Human Soldier 4 17611 $184.50 58.99 0.00 Xun Yu, Wei Advisor Legendary Creature (1/1) Human Advisor 3 29826 $52.03 25.82 0.00 Yellow Scarves Cavalry Creature (1/1) Human Soldier 2 25355 $9.17 2.96 0.00 Yellow Scarves General Creature (2/2) Human Soldier 4 28686 $37.78 18.98 0.00 Yellow Scarves Troops Creature (2/2) Human Soldier 2 31395 $1.35 0.62 0.00 Young Wei Recruits Creature (2/2) Human Soldier 2 31525 $3.21 0.91 0.00 Yuan Shao's Infantry Creature (2/2) Human Soldier 4 31157 $4.99 3.83 0.00 Yuan Shao, the Indecisive Legendary Creature (2/3) Human Soldier 5 24621 $134.50 52.20 0.00 Zhang Fei, Fierce Warrior Legendary Creature (4/4) Human Soldier Warrior 6 24819 $169.99 45.33 0.00 Zhang He, Wei General Legendary Creature (4/2) Human Soldier 5 26361 $92.89 41.78 0.00 Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei Legendary Creature (3/3) Human Soldier 6 29696 $34.19 10.89 0.00 Zhao Zilong, Tiger General Legendary Creature (3/3) Human Soldier Warrior 5 25963 $107.11 29.51 0.00 Zhou Yu, Chief Commander Legendary Creature (8/8) Human Soldier 7 29207 $127.86 40.66 0.00 Zhuge Jin, Wu Strategist Legendary Creature (1/1) Human Advisor 3 27054 $69.57 36.29 0.00 Zodiac Dog Creature (2/2) Dog 3 25560 $10.87 4.74 0.00 Zodiac Dragon Creature (8/8) Dragon 9 25430 $512.57 249.02 0.00 Zodiac Goat Creature (1/1) Goat 1 27193 $10.02 4.24 0.00 Zodiac Horse Creature (3/3) Horse 4 28022 $58.69 14.82 0.00 Zodiac Monkey Creature (2/1) Monkey 2 12082 $7.36 4.17 0.00 Zodiac Ox Creature (3/3) Ox 4 29294 $20.32 13.68 0.00 Zodiac Pig Creature (3/3) Boar 4 30159 $64.05 18.29 0.00 Zodiac Rabbit Creature (1/1) Rabbit 1 22705 $20.62 5.58 0.00 Zodiac Rat Creature (1/1) Rat 1 22410 $50.18 9.74 0.00 Zodiac Rooster Creature (2/1) Bird 2 25575 $25.04 6.86 0.00 Zodiac Snake Creature (2/2) Snake 3 28270 $12.05 5.04 0.00 Zodiac Tiger Creature (3/4) Cat 4 29326 $43.01 18.15 0.00 Zuo Ci, the Mocking Sage Legendary Creature (1/2) Human Advisor 3 29451 $39.97 19.46 0.00 Card image Card Details Text Alert Shu Infantry Rarity: Uncommon TYPE: Creature SUBTYPE: Human Soldier CMC: 3 Mana cost: USD: $15.43 EUR: 2.92 TIX: 0.00 EDHREC RANK: 30803 (2/2) Vigilance Ambition's Cost Rarity: Uncommon TYPE: Sorcery SUBTYPE: - CMC: 4 Mana cost: USD: $18.20 EUR: 9.08 TIX: 0.00 EDHREC RANK: 3509 You draw three cards and you lose 3 life
