Key to the City
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
The Brothers' War Retro ArtifactsBRR · #90
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.67 € · ★ 1.56 € · 0.57 $ · ★ 1.33 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
, Discard a card: Up to one target creature can't be blocked this turn. Whenever this artifact becomes untapped, you may pay . If you do, draw a card.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Sean Murray
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2022-11-18
Flavour text
"Presented to the Chief Artificer in recognition of his unparalleled service to Yotia." —Rusted plaque
Rulings
Activating Key to the City's ability targeting a creature that has already been blocked won't cause it to become unblocked.
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.
You can activate Key to the City's first ability without targeting any creature.
You can pay only once each time Key to the City's triggered ability resolves. You can't pay more to draw additional cards.
