If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #54p
The Key to the Vault
potj·#54p·rare·foil
Illus. Leon Tukker
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Apr '24
2 yr ago
Value
$1.16+$0 (+0.0%)
30 days high $1.16 · low $1.16
Volatility · stable
USD$1.16EUR€0.33
NM$1.16
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #2,105 · Niche pick
Variants
Gameplay
Legendary Artifact — Equipment
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}
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 3
wotc
wotc
You choose whether to cast the exiled card as The Key to the Vault’s triggered ability resolves. If you do, you do so as part of the resolution of that ability. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on the card’s types are ignored.
wotc
If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Leon Tukker
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