Prototype Portal Prototype Portal is like Soul Foundry except youre exiling an artifact card for imprinting rather than a creature card
The front side is fairly costed, and the pseudo-cascade-plus-draw ability oozes value and naturally synergizes with Yorion in Pioneer
Early pressure, Treasure generation, and pseudo-card advantage make it threatening far beyond its mana cost
- They only provide ally colors, they are not fetchable, and they don't have any special abilities like Scry or Cycling, but it hardly matters
Its rare to see a card that makes a 2/2 token for just 1 mana, and that gets pretty strong with untap effects
Theres so many powerful abilities from Magics expansive history that have some sort of combat or enter the battlefield, or even activated ability that Delney can duplicate, making it an instant vital card for many decks.