---
name: "Key to the City"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "FIC"
set_name: "Final Fantasy Commander"
collector_number: "348"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Sean Murray"
oracle_id: "a242c9bf-dab6-4996-bb3a-b4356f9ed0c9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/key-to-the-city-fic"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Key to the City
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Manifold Key](/printing/manifold-key-clb.md) — Artifact
2. [Tezzeret's Gatebreaker](/printing/tezzerets-gatebreaker-m19.md) — Artifact
3. [Enter the Enigma](/printing/enter-the-enigma-dsk.md) — Sorcery
4. [Renegade Tactics](/printing/renegade-tactics-cmr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Panic Spellbomb](/printing/panic-spellbomb-cm2.md) — Artifact
6. [Bola Warrior](/printing/bola-warrior-nem.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #348
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Sean Murray
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2016-09-20)* You can activate Key to the City's first ability without targeting any creature.
- *(2016-09-20)* 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)* 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)* Activating Key to the City's ability targeting a creature that has already been blocked won't cause it to become unblocked.