The Key to the Vault
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Type
- Legendary Artifact — Equipment
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction #373 (rare)
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, look at that many cards from the top of your library. You may exile a nonland card from among them. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost.
Equip {2}{U}
The Key to the Vault has 5 printings, first in Outlaws of Thunder Junction (2024). EDHREC ranks it #2,222 among Commander cards. It appears most in Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima decks (5,971 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run The Key to the Vault most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima: 5,971 decks
- Kellan, the Kid: 5,749 decks
- Fire Lord Azula: 4,473 decks
- Captain America, First Avenger: 4,308 decks
- Felix Five-Boots: 3,168 decks
- Noctis, Heir Apparent: 2,988 decks
- Kotis, the Fangkeeper: 2,051 decks
- Tony Stark // The Invincible Iron Man: 2,006 decks
Often played with The Key to the Vault
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
- : You choose whether to cast the exiled card as The Key to the Vault’s triggered ability resolves. If you do, you do so as part of the resolution of that ability. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on the card’s types are ignored.
- : If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.