First printed in Urza's Saga (1998)

All 7 prints

Media and Collaboration Promos (PMEI) #2024-11, 2024
Media and Collaboration Promos (PMEI) #2020-1, 2020
Magic 2011 (M11) #219, 2010
Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition (DDE) #17, 2010
World Championship Decks 2000 (WC00) #jf314, 2000
World Championship Decks 1999 (WC99) #kb314, 1999
Urza's Saga (USG) #314, 1998

Voltaic Key

Artifact

1 generic , tap : Untap target artifact.

In the last 30 days 3.2% of Legacy decks played it (34 of 1071). Most played in Mystic Forge. In the last 30 days 2.5% of Vintage decks played it (11 of 438). Most played in Tinker Vault.

Staple

Legacy staples: main deck, 2% of decks (#225)
Colorless, Artifacts
Vintage staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#157)
Colorless, Artifacts
Commander staples: main deck, 5% of decks (#351)
Colorless, Artifacts

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

60 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite untap of artifacts you control, Infinite colorless mana…: Everflowing Chalice + Rings of Brighthearth + Voltaic Key
Infinite untap of artifacts you control, Infinite colorless mana…: Forsaken Monument + Rings of Brighthearth + Thran Dynamo + Voltaic Key
Infinite colorless mana, Infinite untap of artifacts you control…: Metalworker + Rings of Brighthearth + Voltaic Key
Infinite untap of artifacts you control, Infinite colorless mana…: Forsaken Monument + Mana Vault + Rings of Brighthearth + Voltaic Key
Infinite untap of artifacts you control, Infinite colored mana…: Chromatic Orrery + Rings of Brighthearth + Voltaic Key
Infinite colored mana, Infinite colorless mana…: Rings of Brighthearth + The Eternity Elevator + Voltaic Key
Infinite untap of artifacts you control, Infinite colorless mana…: Dreamstone Hedron + Forsaken Monument + Rings of Brighthearth + Voltaic Key
Infinite mana permanents you control can produce, Infinite untap of artifacts you control: Doubling Cube + Rings of Brighthearth + Voltaic Key
Infinite untap of artifacts you control, Infinite colorless mana…: Sol Ring + The Enigma Jewel // Locus of Enlightenment + Voltaic Key
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Chrome Dome + The Eternity Elevator + Voltaic Key

See all 60 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Legacy Other periods →

In 34 of 1071 decks (3.2%).

Share of decks

3.2%

▲ 1.3 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

34 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.2

in the main deck

Win rate

60%

5 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Mystic Forge	3.6%	82%
Mono-White (unclassified)	0.4%	50%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Manifold Key	100%	22.8
Grim Monolith	100%	19.1
The One Ring	100%	8.9
Kozilek's Command	100%	6.9
Urza's Saga	100%	5.5
Ancient Tomb	100%	3.6
Glaring Fleshraker	97%	11.1
Lotus Petal	97%	2.6
Mystic Forge	94%	25.8
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain	94%	24.6

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Mystic Forge musasabi in Legacy Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Mystic Forge Carlone90 in Legacy Showcase Challenge	7-2 78%
Mystic Forge Jarnzy in Legacy Showcase Challenge	7-2 78%
Mystic Forge 4FunNoWin in Legacy Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Mystic Forge TestUser5 in Legacy Showcase Challenge	6-3 67%
Mystic Forge yeeBilly in Legacy Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Mystic Forge musasabi in Legacy Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Mystic Forge blurnblargle in Legacy Challenge 16	4-2 67%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Mystic Forge DropRegretRepeat, 28 Oct	1 main	5-0
Mystic Forge _Shikamaru_, 27 Oct	1 main	#26 3-3
Mystic Forge trogdor1396, 27 Oct	1 main	5-0
Mystic Forge Grindcore444, 25 Oct	1 main	#16 3-3
Mystic Forge Jarnzy, 25 Oct	1 main	#9 7-2
Mystic Forge Carlone90, 25 Oct	1 main	#14 7-2
Mystic Forge TestUser5, 25 Oct	1 main	#30 6-3
Mystic Forge Kory Kasler, 24 Oct	1 main	#10 3-2

Vintage Other periods →

In 11 of 438 decks (2.5%).

Share of decks

2.5%

▼ 0.8 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

11 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.6

in the main deck

Win rate

44%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Tinker Vault	16.4%	4%
Colorless (unclassified)	5.5%	13%
Mono-White (unclassified)	1.6%	43%
Mono-Blue (unclassified)	0.5%	50%
WR (unclassified)	0.2%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Grim Monolith	100%	4.4
Manifold Key	100%	4.1
Time Vault	100%	3.8
Mishra's Workshop	100%	3.7
The One Ring	100%	3.6
Mana Vault	100%	2.6
Ancient Tomb	100%	2.4
Sol Ring	100%	1.7
Vexing Bauble	100%	1.6
Mana Crypt	100%	1.5

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Mono-White Terminus0 in Vintage Challenge 16	3-2 60%
Tinker Vault svessesvv in Vintage Challenge 16	3-2 60%
Mono-White Terminus0 in Vintage Challenge 16	3-2 60%
Colorless deibu in Vintage Challenge 32	3-3 50%
Mono-Blue adm29 in Vintage Challenge 16	2-3 40%
WR adm29 in Vintage Challenge 32	2-3 40%
Tinker Vault adm29 in Vintage Challenge 16	0-5 0%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Colorless HazuhiroNakamura, 27 Oct	1 main	5-0
Tinker Vault masakitaro, 26 Oct	1 main	5-0
Mono-White Terminus0, 25 Oct	1 main	#11 3-2
Tinker Vault svessesvv, 25 Oct	1 main	#12 3-2
Tinker Vault adm29, 25 Oct	3 main	#24 0-5
Colorless deibu, 18 Oct	1 main	#30 3-3
Mono-White Terminus0, 18 Oct	1 main	#14 3-2
Mono-Blue adm29, 18 Oct	3 main	#16 2-3

Commander Other periods →

In 323 of 6150 decks (5.3%).

Share of decks

5.3%

▲ 0.8 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

323

323 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

35%

73 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy	7.4%	1%
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Silas Renn, Seeker Adept	4.7%	2%
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin	1.3%	24%
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand	1.3%	77%
Kefka, Court Mage	1.0%	2%
Tivit, Seller of Secrets	0.9%	2%
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth	0.8%	23%
Zirda, the Dawnwaker	0.8%	31%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Mana Vault	99%	1.2
Ancient Tomb	98%	1.1
Lotus Petal	97%	1.1
Gemstone Caverns	96%	1.0
Grim Monolith	94%	3.2
Mox Opal	93%	1.6
Mox Diamond	92%	1.1
Chrome Mox	92%	1.0
Urza's Saga	84%	3.5

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand Tim Taranto (Goldsabertooth) in BAKED ZITI 4: Goldsabertooth’s NY cEDH	6-0 100%
Arcum Dagsson Sendoa Cardiel in CEDH Norte Bilbao + Zaragoza + Pamplona	5-1 83%
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Silas Renn, Seeker Adept Kyle Schaff in Spells and Scares CEDH Tournament	5-1 83%
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand Ian Flannery in Mulligan Championship Series - October w/ Guaranteed Volcanic Island	4-1 80%
Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers Aliff Mohd Shukor in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	4-1 80%
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand Evan S in cEDH Shuffle Pt.3 Revenge of the Shuffle	4-2 67%
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand Sasquatch [Bonfire] in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)	4-2 67%
Zirda, the Dawnwaker Hunter Baker in Tabletop Tavern \| Win-A-Dual cEDH Tournament - OCTOBER 2026	4-2 67%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Shorikai, Genesis Engine Julian C, 26 Oct	1 main	#11 1-4
Raffine, Scheming Seer Brandon Kawamura, 26 Oct	1 main	#21 0-4
Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers Andrew Roberts, 25 Oct	1 main	#11 1-2
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools Austin Dye, 25 Oct	1 main	#12 0-1
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin dami, 25 Oct	1 main	#23 0-2
Shorikai, Genesis Engine Nathan Porter, 25 Oct	1 main	#24 0-3
Geist of Saint Thalia Brayden Robbins, 25 Oct	1 main	#3 3-2
Arcum Dagsson Nathaniel Smith, 25 Oct	1 main	#4 3-3

No recent decks in: Modern, Premodern, Duel Commander.