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Key to the Side-Door

First printed in The Hobbit (2026)

Key to the Side-Door

Artifact

2 generic, tap: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
1 generic, tap, Discard a legendary card with the same name as a legendary permanent you control: Draw two cards.

"I forgot to mention that with the map went a key, a small and curious key."
—Gandalf, to Thorin

Illustrated by
Nathaniel Himawan

Legality

Ruling (1)

  • Activating the first ability of Key to the Side-Door after a creature has become blocked won't cause that creature to become unblocked.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.004 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Key to the Side-Door in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
The Hobbit (HOB), Premier Draft 49.1% -7.1 -3.8 1514
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen

Modern In 9 of 2651 decks (0.3%), most in UG (unclassified)

Share of decks
0.3%
▼ 0.2 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 0.5% 2026-08-17: 2.2% 2026-08-24: 1.6% 2026-08-31: 0.8% 2026-09-07: 1.2% 2026-09-14: 0.2% 2026-09-21: 0.0% 2026-09-28: 0.2% 2026-10-05: 0.3% 2026-10-12: 0.1% 2026-10-19: 0.7% 2026-10-26: 0.2%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
9
9 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.3
in the main deck
Win rate
55%
2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
UG (unclassified) 0.6% 50%
WUG (unclassified) 0.4% 10%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Grinding Station100%134.2
Sewer-veillance Cam100%134.2
Minamo, School at Water's Edge100%127.8
Mox Amber100%51.6
Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar100%25.3
Emry, Lurker of the Loch100%15.6
Mox Opal100%13.2
Otawara, Soaring City100%7.5
Urza's Saga100%4.0
Mishra's Bauble100%3.6

Best win rate

DeckRecord
UG
howa in Modern Challenge 32
5-2
71%
UG
howa in Modern Challenge 16
3-2
60%
UG
howa in Modern Challenge 64
4-3
57%
UG
howa in Modern Challenge 32
3-3
50%
UG
howa in Modern Challenge 32
3-3
50%
UG
howa in Modern Challenge 64
3-4
43%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
UG
howa,
1 main #22
of 58
3-3
UG
howa,
1 main #30
of 52
3-3
UG
howa,
1 main #10
of 24
3-2
UG
howa,
1 main #4 (top 8)
of 62
UG
howa,
1 main #26
of 72
4-3
UG
howa,
1 main #30
of 72
3-4
UG
Comrac,
4 main 5-0
UG
howa,
1 main #7 (top 8)
of 57
5-2