Mystery Key

Mystery Key

Artifact — Equipment

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

When equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice this Equipment. If you do, draw three cards.

triggered —

triggered — draws you 3 cards

Equip {1}

Causes: sacrifice an Equipment, an Equipment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Cares about: a creature deals combat damage.

Works well with

an Equipment in a graveyard — 37 cards in the game can cause this (Mystery Key is one).

When Mystery Key is in the graveyard:

  1. Magnetic Snuffler — can bring it back
  2. Ratonhnhaké꞉ton — can bring it back
  3. Nahiri, the Lithomancer — can bring it back
  4. Cid, Freeflier Pilot — can bring it back
  5. Auriok Survivors — can bring it back
  6. Forge Anew — can bring it back

11 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken Equipment enters the battlefield — 649 cards in the game can cause this (Mystery Key is one).

  1. Firion, Wild Rose Warrior — When Mystery Key enters, Firion, Wild Rose Warrior makes a token

an Equipment enters the battlefield — 658 cards in the game can cause this (Mystery Key is one).

When Mystery Key enters:

  1. Puresteel Paladin — draws you 1 card
  2. Sokka and Suki — makes a token
  3. Barret, Avalanche Leader — makes a token
  4. The Mighty Thor, Jane Foster — draws you 1 card
  5. Giott, King of the Dwarves — draws and discards
  6. Hammer of Nazahn — triggers
  7. Sigarda's Aid — triggers

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is sacrificed — 761 cards in the game can cause this (Mystery Key is one).

When you sacrifice Mystery Key:

  1. Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force — deals the sacrificed artifact's mana value damage
  2. Moonstone Eulogist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Gleaming Geardrake — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Esoteric Duplicator — makes a token
  5. Biotech Specialist — deals 2 damage
  6. Jaws, Relentless Predator — deals 1 damage
  7. Crime Novelist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Vengeful Tracker — deals 2 damage

6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Mystery Key is one).

When Mystery Key is in the graveyard:

  1. Loran, Disciple of History — can bring it back
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — gets bigger
  3. Builder's Talent — can bring it back
  4. Trading Post — can bring it back
  5. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — can bring it back
  6. Serpent of the Pass — gets bigger
  7. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  8. Goblin Engineer — can bring it back
  9. Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer — can bring it back
  10. Scrap Welder — can bring it back

179 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Mystery Key is one).

When Mystery Key is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Pia's Revolution — deals 3 damage
  2. Farid, Enterprising Salvager — makes a token
  3. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Sly Requisitioner — makes a token
  5. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token
  6. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact goes to a graveyard — 1,250 cards in the game can cause this (Mystery Key is one).

When Mystery Key hits the graveyard:

  1. Ultron the Annihilator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Ultron's Auxiliary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,254 cards in the game can cause this (Mystery Key is one).

When Mystery Key is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Party Dude — draws you 1 card
  2. Tezzeret's Touch — brings a card back
  3. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — makes a token
  4. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Shard of the Void Dragon — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  6. Kibo, Uktabi Prince — puts a counter on an Ape or Monkey
  7. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Gremlin Infestation — makes a token
  9. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  10. Marionette Master — makes each opponent lose life equal to this creature's power

32 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact leaves the battlefield — 1,680 cards in the game can cause this (Mystery Key is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When Mystery Key leaves the battlefield, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Mystery Key is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice Mystery Key, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Mystery Key is one).

When Mystery Key is cast:

  1. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  2. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  3. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  4. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  5. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  6. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  7. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token

274 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Mystery Key is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Mystery Key makes a player draw a card, Toothy, Imaginary Friend puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

66 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it grants abilities to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Mm'menon, the Right Hand — Mm'menon, the Right Hand gives Mystery Key an extra ability
  2. Energy Flux — Energy Flux gives Mystery Key an extra ability
  3. Chief Engineer — Chief Engineer gives Mystery Key convoke
  4. Darksteel Forge — Darksteel Forge gives Mystery Key indestructible
  5. Encroaching Mycosynth — Encroaching Mycosynth gives Mystery Key an extra ability

4,526 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it applies untap to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Unwinding Clock — Unwinding Clock gives Mystery Key an extra untap

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it applies animate to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. March of the Machines — March of the Machines gives Mystery Key life as a creature

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.