Key to the City

Key to the City

{2}Artifact

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{T}, Discard a card: Up to one target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Whenever this artifact becomes untapped, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card.

What it does

Tagged as Card draw — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Get it in a precon

Included in 3 preconstructed decks — cheapest sealed first.

Official rulings

  1. Key to the City's last ability triggers during your untap step, but it's put onto the stack at the same time as abilities that trigger at the beginning of your upkeep step. Even though Key to the City's ability triggered first, you may order it before or after other abilities you control that are put onto the stack at this time. (2016-09-20)
  2. Activating Key to the City's ability targeting a creature that has already been blocked won't cause it to become unblocked. (2016-09-20)
  3. You can pay {2} only once each time Key to the City's triggered ability resolves. You can't pay more to draw additional cards. (2016-09-20)
  4. You can activate Key to the City's first ability without targeting any creature. (2016-09-20)

Printings & prices

Every set Key to the City has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.

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