Key to the City Price
9 printings · 7 sets · first printed 2016
Key to the City has been printed 9 times across 7 sets, first in 2016 and most recently in 2025. Right now the cheapest printing is Final Fantasy Commander #348 at $0.23, while the most expensive is Kaladesh Promos #220s at $3.23 — about 14× more. The median across 8 priced printings is $0.39. 1 serialized (numbered) printing is listed below but left out of the headline prices. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 9x, including dedicated reprint sets like Final Fantasy Commander, Commander 2021.
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Every Key to the City Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Commander #348 (R) Cheapest | 2025 | $0.23 | $0.09 |
| Kaladesh #220 (R) | 2016 | $0.36 | $0.60 foil |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #27 (R) | 2022 | $0.36 | $0.06 |
| Commander 2019 #216 (R) | 2019 | $0.39 | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #90 (R) | 2022 | $0.57 | $0.52 |
| Commander 2021 #248 (R) | 2021 | $1.24 | — |
| Kaladesh Promos #220s (R) Foil | 2016 | $3.23 | $0.75 foil |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #90z (R) Foil Serialized | 2022 | $293.50 | — |
| Kaladesh Remastered #248 (R) | 2020 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
, Discard a card: Up to one target creature can't be blocked this turn.Whenever this artifact becomes untapped, you may pay
. If you do, draw a card.Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 9 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
4 PrecedentsKey to the City's last ability triggers during your untap step, but it's put onto the stack at the same time as abilities that trigger at the beginning of your upkeep step. Even though Key to the City's ability triggered first, you may order it before or after other abilities you control that are put onto the stack at this time.
Activating Key to the City's ability targeting a creature that has already been blocked won't cause it to become unblocked.
You can pay only once each time Key to the City's triggered ability resolves. You can't pay more to draw additional cards.
You can activate Key to the City's first ability without targeting any creature.