The Master of Keys
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SetDSC
Collector #4
Released2024-09-27
Raritymythic
ArtistWisnu Tan
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesBorderless
ScryfallOpen ↗

The Master of Keys

MythicColour IDMV 3
Legendary Enchantment Creature — Horror
Flying
When The Master of Keys enters, put X +1/+1 counters on it and mill twice X cards.
Each enchantment card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.)
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Keywords
FlyingMill
Card capabilities
CreatureEnchantmentGraveyard interactionLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (11)
wotc20 Sept 2024
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an escape cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was and no matter whether an alternative cost was paid.
wotc20 Sept 2024
Once you begin casting a spell with escape, it immediately moves to the stack. Players can't take any other actions until you're done casting the spell.
wotc20 Sept 2024
If you're casting a Room with escape, you choose which half to cast, then pay the appropriate cost plus exiling three cards. The same is true for split cards, adventurer cards, and prototype cards.
wotc20 Sept 2024
After an escaped spell resolves, it returns to its owner's graveyard if it's not a permanent spell. If it is a permanent spell, it enters and will return to its owner's graveyard if it dies later. It can escape again.
wotc20 Sept 2024
If a spell you're casting with escape has an additional cost of discarding cards or sacrificing permanents, you may exile cards discarded or sacrificed this way to pay that part of its escape cost.
wotc20 Sept 2024
If The Master of Keys is no longer on the battlefield when its second ability resolves, you'll still mill twice X cards.
Ranked by shared capabilities, colour identity, mana value and type — never by strategic judgement.