Open the Vaults
Commander 2016 72 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2016
- Collector number
- 72
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Brian Despain
- Market price
- $0.56
What it does
Return all artifact and enchantment cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under their owners' control. (Auras with nothing to enchant remain in graveyards.)
When the vaults are empty, everyone is rich.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Open the Vaults was originally printed in the Scars of Mirrodin set in 2010, designed as a powerful white sorcery that returns all artifacts and enchantments from all graveyards to the battlefield. It fits within a tradition of high-impact, symmetrical board effects in Magic: The Gathering, appealing to players who enjoy chaotic game states and complex interaction, though it carries the risk of bolstering an opponent's board alongside one's own.
This specific printing appears in the Commander 2016 'Invent Superiority' deck, which focused on a four-color artifact theme. The artwork by Volkan Baga captures the thematic essence of the card, depicting a grand, mystical opening of a repository filled with ancient relics, reinforcing the card's mechanical function of retrieving lost treasures from the abyss of the graveyard.
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