The Key to the Vault

The Key to the Vault

Legendary Artifact — Equipment

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

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.

triggered —

triggered —

Equip {2}{U}

Causes: exile an artifact, exile a battle, exile a creature, exile an enchantment, exile an instant, exile a planeswalker, exile a sorcery, cast an artifact, cast a battle, cast a creature, cast an enchantment, cast an instant, cast a planeswalker, cast a sorcery.

Cares about: a creature deals combat damage.

Works well with

a battle is cast — 100 cards in the game can cause this (The Key to the Vault is one).

When The Key to the Vault is cast:

  1. Defiler of Dreams — draws you 1 card
  2. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  3. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  4. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  5. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  6. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  7. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  8. Tellah, Great Sage — makes a token
  9. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature
  10. Artist's Talent — draws and discards

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

a planeswalker is exiled — 231 cards in the game can cause this (The Key to the Vault is one).

  1. Kaya's Ghostform — When a creature is exiled thanks to The Key to the Vault, Kaya's Ghostform blinks a permanent

a nontoken artifact is exiled — 334 cards in the game can cause this (The Key to the Vault is one).

When The Key to the Vault is exiled:

  1. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token

an artifact is exiled — 336 cards in the game can cause this (The Key to the Vault is one).

  1. Shard of the Void Dragon — When The Key to the Vault is exiled, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

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

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (The Key to the Vault is one).

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — When a planeswalker is cast thanks to The Key to the Vault, Jaya's Phoenix returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — When a planeswalker is cast thanks to The Key to the Vault, Interplanar Beacon gains you 1 life
  3. Varis, Silverymoon Ranger — When a creature is cast thanks to The Key to the Vault, Varis, Silverymoon Ranger triggers

246 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 (The Key to the Vault is one).

  1. Firion, Wild Rose Warrior — When The Key to the Vault enters, Firion, Wild Rose Warrior makes a token

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

When The Key to the Vault 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.

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (The Key to the Vault is one).

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to The Key to the Vault, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (The Key to the Vault is one).

  1. Elemental Expressionist — When Elemental Expressionist is exiled thanks to The Key to the Vault, it makes a token
  2. Ashnod's Intervention — When a creature is exiled thanks to The Key to the Vault, Ashnod's Intervention brings a card back
  3. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — When a creature is exiled thanks to The Key to the Vault, Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — When a creature is exiled thanks to The Key to the Vault, Kaya, Spirits' Justice copies a permanent
  5. Soulherder — When a creature is exiled thanks to The Key to the Vault, Soulherder puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (The Key to the Vault is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When The Key to the Vault is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to The Key to the Vault, it triggers

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (The Key to the Vault is one).

When an enchantment is cast thanks to The Key to the Vault:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

255 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 (The Key to the Vault is one).

When The Key to the Vault is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (The Key to the Vault is one).

  1. Spellweaver Volute — When a sorcery is cast thanks to The Key to the Vault, Spellweaver Volute copies a spell
  2. Riku of Two Reflections — When an instant is cast thanks to The Key to the Vault, Riku of Two Reflections copies a spell
  3. Sword of Wealth and Power — When an instant is cast thanks to The Key to the Vault, Sword of Wealth and Power copies a spell
  4. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — When an instant is cast thanks to The Key to the Vault, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  5. Metallurgic Summonings — When an instant is cast thanks to The Key to the Vault, Metallurgic Summonings makes a token
  6. Storm-Kiln Artist — When an instant is cast thanks to The Key to the Vault, Storm-Kiln Artist makes a token
  7. Mica, Reader of Ruins — When an instant is cast thanks to The Key to the Vault, Mica, Reader of Ruins sacrifices an artifact

427 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 The Key to the Vault an extra ability
  2. Energy Flux — Energy Flux gives The Key to the Vault an extra ability
  3. Chief Engineer — Chief Engineer gives The Key to the Vault convoke
  4. Darksteel Forge — Darksteel Forge gives The Key to the Vault indestructible
  5. Encroaching Mycosynth — Encroaching Mycosynth gives The Key to the Vault 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 The Key to the Vault 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 The Key to the Vault life as a creature

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