---
name: "Possessed Portal"
mana_cost: "{8}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "5DN"
set_name: "Fifth Dawn"
collector_number: "144"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tony Szczudlo"
oracle_id: "33345c43-3e77-4d9c-a9b5-5d723e1e5c69"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/possessed-portal-5dn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Possessed Portal
- **Mana Cost:** `{8}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
If a player would draw a card, that player skips that draw instead.
At the beginning of each end step, each player sacrifices a permanent of their choice unless they discard a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Necropotence](/printing/necropotence-ptc.md) — Enchantment
2. [Yawgmoth's Bargain](/printing/yawgmoths-bargain-uds.md) — Enchantment
3. [Grafted Skullcap](/printing/grafted-skullcap-usg.md) — Artifact
4. [Omen Machine](/printing/omen-machine-nph.md) — Artifact
5. [Dragon Appeasement](/printing/dragon-appeasement-arb.md) — Enchantment
6. [Obstinate Familiar](/printing/obstinate-familiar-ody.md) — Creature — Lizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fifth Dawn (5DN) #144
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tony Szczudlo
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`