Dimir Keyrune

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Dimir Keyrune: Artifact, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Tap: Add U or B. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}
Mana value
3
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Blue and black (UB)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
Released
2022-06-10
Collector number
856
Artist
Daniel Ljunggren
Commander rank
6,869 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Dimir Keyrune

Dimir Keyrune is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless artifact from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 856 in that set, with art by Daniel Ljunggren. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Gatecrash (2013) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

{U}{B}: This artifact becomes a 2/2 blue and black Horror artifact creature until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.

A key that slips through every lock.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Dimir Keyrune by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Dimir Keyrune

Dimir Keyrune has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) #110Uncommon2020
Gatecrash (GTC) #228Uncommon2013

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Dimir Keyrune, newest first.

  • Activating the ability that turns the Keyrune into a creature while it's already a creature will override any effects that set its power and/or toughness to another number, but effects that modify power and/or toughness without directly setting them will still apply.
  • Until the ability that turns the Keyrune into a creature resolves, the Keyrune is colorless.

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