Empty City Ruse
Portal Three Kingdoms (PTK) #3 · Uncommon · Sorcery
Mana cost: {W}
Target opponent skips all combat phases of their next turn.
Out of time and options, Kongming was forced to bluff at Xicheng. He tricked an army of 150,000 Wei by leaving the city gates open and calmly playing the zither.
Illustrated by Qu Xin · Released May 1, 1999
Prices
- Nonfoil: $32.69 USD · €12.35 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $1.95 USD (6.3%) to $32.69 USD; low $30.74 USD, high $32.69 USD.
Printings
- Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal #3 (TLE) · Mythic · 2025 · $1.88 USD
- Portal Three Kingdoms #3 (this printing) · Uncommon · 1999 · $32.69 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal