Prototype Portal

Magic the Gathering symbol
Artifact

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an artifact card from your hand.

Magic the Gathering symbol, Magic the Gathering symbol: Create a token that's a copy of the exiled card. X is the mana value of that card.

qDrew Baker
The List (PLST)
• #SOM-195
standard
Not Legal
alchemy
Not Legal
pioneer
Not Legal
explorer
Not Legal
modern
Legal
historic
Not Legal
standard brawl
Not Legal
historic brawl
Not Legal
timeless
Not Legal

Rulings

If the exiled card has {X} in its mana cost (such as Chalice of the Void), that X is considered to be 0. The {X} in Prototype Portal's activation cost takes this into account, though it may be greater than 0 if the exiled card has other mana symbols in its mana cost (such as Riptide Replicator).
(wotc2011-01-01)
You may not activate the second ability if no card has been exiled with Prototype Portal. In that case, the value of {X} is undefined and can't be paid.
(wotc2011-01-01)
You don't choose the value of {X}. Rather, the value of X is defined by the activated ability.
(wotc2011-01-01)
Any "enters" abilities of the exiled card will trigger when the token is put onto the battlefield. Any "as [this permanent] enters" or "[this permanent] enters with" abilities of the exiled card will also work.
(wotc2011-01-01)
If Prototype Portal has left the battlefield by the time its second ability resolves, you'll still put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of the exiled card. On the other hand, if Prototype Portal is still on the battlefield at this time but there is no exiled card (because, perhaps, Riftsweeper's ability caused the exiled card to be put into its owner's library), no token is created.
(wotc2011-01-01)
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