The Master of Keys

Card text

Flying

When The Master of Keys enters, put X +1/+1 counters on it and mill twice X cards.

Each enchantment card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.66 (as of 2026-11-12).

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Format legality

Legality of The Master of Keys by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for The Master of Keys, newest first.

• 2024-09-20 After an escaped spell resolves, it returns to its owner's graveyard if it's not a permanent spell. If it is a permanent spell, it enters and will return to its owner's graveyard if it dies later. It can escape again.
• 2024-09-20 Escape's permission doesn't change when you may cast the spell from your graveyard.
• 2024-09-20 If The Master of Keys is no longer on the battlefield when its second ability resolves, you'll still mill twice X cards.
• 2024-09-20 If a card has multiple abilities giving you permission to cast it, such as two escape abilities or an escape ability and a flashback ability, you choose which one to apply. The others have no effect.
• 2024-09-20 If a card has no mana cost, its escape cost is an unpayable cost, so you can't cast it for that cost.
• 2024-09-20 If a card with escape is put into your graveyard during your turn, you'll be able to cast it right away if it's legal to do so, before an opponent can take any actions.
• 2024-09-20 If a spell you're casting with escape has an additional cost of discarding cards or sacrificing permanents, you may exile cards discarded or sacrificed this way to pay that part of its escape cost.
• 2024-09-20 If you cast a spell with its escape permission, you can't choose to apply any other alternative costs or to cast it without paying its mana cost. If it has any additional costs, you must pay those.