Turn Combat Into Card Advantage
The Key to the Vault is a practical piece of toolkit for blue players who plan around damage and tempo. The Key to the Vault rewards aggression by converting combat damage into card selection. Whenever an equipped creature deals combat damage to a player you inspect that many cards from the top of your library, exile one nonland card among them and put the rest on the bottom in a random order. You can then cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost, so a single successful attack can change the course of a game.
This light play foil from Outlaws of Thunder Junction carries the familiar equipment rhythm. Attach it to a consistent attacker, push through damage, and gain access to high impact spells ahead of schedule. The card reads cleanly and fits into control shells that want extra threats and tempo plays, or into aggressive lists that value free answers. Play it with creatures that survive combat or with evasion to maximize the number of cards you get to see and the chance of exiling something game altering.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost — {1}{U}
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Card Type — Legendary Artifact Equipment
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Subtypes — Legendary Artifact Equipment
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) — 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}.
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Power / Toughness — N A
