---
name: "The Key to the Vault"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Artifact — Equipment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "320"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Leon Tukker"
oracle_id: "7a75d565-b0a7-46bf-94a0-c9255c8abd6d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-key-to-the-vault-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# The Key to the Vault
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
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}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mystery Key](/printing/mystery-key-clb.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Dream-Thief's Bandana](/printing/dream-thiefs-bandana-otc.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Masterpiece Vault](/printing/masterpiece-vault-ydft.md) — Artifact
4. [Knowledge Vault](/printing/knowledge-vault-leg.md) — Artifact
5. [Oracle's Vault](/printing/oracles-vault-pakh.md) — Artifact
6. [Memorial Vault](/printing/memorial-vault-peoe.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #320
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Leon Tukker
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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