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Key to the Side-Door

uncommon Artifact

, : Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

, , Discard a card with the same name as a legendary you control: Draw two cards.

D- Grade from the win rate

Win rate when drawn 49.1% −7.1 vs average 1,514 games

Win rates and picks

51.4% 3,826 games
Average pick ()
10.7

Win rates from , 323,114 games. This card is compared with the set average (56.2%).

Reviews

If you happen to have several copies of the same , this could be a nice way to use them up, but spending a whole card just to make creatures unblockable isn't good enough. Key to the Side-Door is a cool idea, but it seems bad.

How to draft it

Roles in each deck

  • Removal Midrange Filler

    For you get a card that does nothing alone. Paying and tapping it makes one creature unblockable for the turn, and its draw-two ability costs , a and a discarded copy of a you already control.

    How to play it

    Keep it in the sideboard. A second Gollum, Silent Slinker is the copy its draw ability wants, and casting that copy as Meager Meal is already good value. The Key counts for , but Crude Bent Blade, the Axe and Goblin Plate Mail count too and do something.

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