Portal Manipulator

two generic mana one white or blue mana Creature — Human WizardPower and toughness3/2

Flash

When this creature enters during the declare attackers step, choose target player and any number of target attacking creatures their opponents control. Those creatures are now attacking that player.

"The next punch you throw hits the back of your own head."

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Portal Manipulator rulings

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You may cast Portal Manipulator outside of a declare attackers step. If Portal Manipulator enters the battlefield outside of a declare attackers step, its ability simply doesn't trigger.
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Portal Manipulator's triggered ability ignores all requirements, restrictions, and costs associated with attacking.
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Portal Manipulator's triggered ability doesn't cause "whenever this creature attacks" abilities to trigger.
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Once Portal Manipulator's triggered ability resolves, the target attacking creatures are still considered to have attacked the player, planeswalker, or battle they were initially declared as attacking, but they are now attacking the target player.
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If an ability targets something controlled by the "defending player" of an attacking creature and the defending player for that creature changes before that ability resolves, the ability won't resolve because its target has become illegal.

Portal Manipulator keyword rules

Flash Rule 702.8

Flash is a static ability that functions in any zone from which you could play the card it’s on. “Flash” means “You may play this card any time you could cast an instant.”

Multiple instances of flash on the same object are redundant.