---
name: "Key to the Archive"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Draft from a spellbook"]
set: "YMID"
set_name: "Alchemy: Innistrad"
collector_number: "59"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Andreas Zafiratos"
oracle_id: "16cdfb7f-43af-4561-bfff-1c8477c73990"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/key-to-the-archive-ymid"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Key to the Archive
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact
- **Keywords:** Draft from a spellbook

## Oracle Text
This artifact enters tapped.
When this artifact enters, draft a card from this artifact's spellbook, then discard a card.
{T}: Add two mana in any combination of colors.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [The Mystical Archive](/printing/the-mystical-archive-ysos.md) — Land
2. [Eumidian Lifeseed](/printing/eumidian-lifeseed-yeoe.md) — Artifact
3. [Celestial Vault](/printing/celestial-vault-ysnc.md) — Artifact
4. [Hedron Archive](/printing/hedron-archive-blc.md) — Artifact
5. [Archivist](/printing/archivist-8ed.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Arcane Encyclopedia](/printing/arcane-encyclopedia-clb.md) — Artifact — Book

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Innistrad (YMID) #59
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Andreas Zafiratos

## Format Legalities
Commander: `not_legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `not_legal` | Vintage: `not_legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`