Key to the Side-Door

Key to the Side-Door

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{1} · Artifact
Uncommon · The Hobbit · Art by Nathaniel Himawan
{2}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn. {1}, {T}, Discard a legendary card with the same name as a legendary permanent you control: Draw two cards.
Predicted power
Standard 32 Eng.D-Usr.

It can turn redundant legends into a net card and force damage through, but both modes need setup and mana. Closer to Sewer-veillance Cam than efficient one-drops.

Best home Legendary creature deckBand fringeConfidence 43%

Could be wrong if A dense, competitive legendary shell with many duplicated legends could make the draw ability substantially better.

Pioneer 25 Eng.FUsr.

The duplicate-legend conversion is real card advantage, but a tap-bound setup artifact is slow and narrow beside Pioneer’s stronger engines and interaction.

Best home Legendary creature deckBand speculativeConfidence 55%

Could be wrong if A proven legend-heavy deck may value a tutorable one-mana outlet more highly than expected.

Modern 21 Eng.FUsr.

Neither a two-mana tap-based unblockable effect nor conditional duplicate-legend draw is efficient enough for Modern without an unshown dedicated shell.

Band speculativeConfidence 64%

Could be wrong if Artifact tutoring or a high-density legendary combo shell could turn its low mana value into meaningful utility.

Legacy 16 Eng.FUsr.

Legacy demands immediate, unusually efficient utility; this card’s activated abilities are too mana- and setup-intensive for established competitive decks.

Band speculativeConfidence 70%

Could be wrong if A specialized artifact or legendary combo list could exploit the draw mode better than normal tempo decks can.

Pauper Eng.NLUsr.
Commander 34 Eng.D-Usr.

Repeatable unblockability can help Voltron connect, but the duplicate-legend draw ability is largely blank under singleton construction and two mana per use is costly.

Best home Voltron commander decksBand fringeConfidence 66%

Could be wrong if Combat-damage commanders may value the cheap, repeatable evasion more than optimized lists typically do.

Limited 47 Eng.C-Usr.

A repeatable way to force a large creature through is useful in board stalls, but it costs a card and mana every turn; the legend mode will rarely matter.

Best home Creature-based midrange decksBand playableConfidence 32%

Could be wrong if Format speed and creature stalls are unknown; a slower battlefield could make repeatable evasion notably stronger.

Repeatable evasion utility

“A cheap but slow utility artifact whose duplicate-legend draw mode needs unusually dense legendary support.”

AI prediction made before release — not a measured result. Real performance data replaces this once the set is legal and tournament results come in.

Previewed 29 July by Zenonono

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