Simply one of the best cards in all of Magic history.
Good and useful in builds without untap effects. Best card in the game in builds with untap effects.
Superb art. Amazing history.
5/5
Posted By:
apollogod
(1/8/2011 2:53:50 PM)
give it shroud and it is a little more balenced
Posted By:
warpig527
(8/9/2011 8:33:51 PM)
@thewrathofshane: In a tournament, yes doing well is everything. Casual is for fun - it's in the name. And I'd rather spend 10 grand on a hobby (if I was that into magic and had that much) than be an annoying jerk. Plus what about the people that have played since Alpha/Unlimited and never actually bought the cards? Going around whining and complaining on every card you don't like is much worse than spending money on something you enjoy doing or have enjoyed for a long time.
Posted By:
Lifegainwithbite
(3/28/2013 8:36:04 AM)
Words cannot even begin to describe how utterly broken this card is. I think all copies should be burnt and the entire card forgotten.
Either that or errata to make it work like it was supposed to.
Posted By:
jsttu
(1/17/2011 5:40:17 PM)
This is disgusting...
I've always loved magic because there are always ways you can counter any combo if you have the right card. And if you are against someone who gets Voltaic Key out on turn 1 and this out on turn 2, you can do something... as long as you drew that something in your opening hand or one of your first 2 (or 3 if you went first) turns. Then you are screwed.
This is so unbelievably broken that it should be banned in EVERY game. Not even every format. You shouldn't even be allowed to use this in casual games. It is ridiculously broken. I'm sure when it came out it wasn't so bad, but nowadays untapping artifacts is fairly cheap and easy. The idea that by turn 3 someone could turn any game into a goldfish game is profoundly disquieting...
I like infinite combos. But making the game a solitaire game where just you are playing in three turns is an incredibly dickish infinite thing to do...
(Just remembered that with a 0 cost card that can provide 3 ... (see all)
Posted By:
Arachobia
(11/5/2011 11:22:56 PM)
Anything that's a staple in vintage I automatically rate .5/5 stars for poor balance and development.
This turns twiddle into time walk, and voltaic key into you win the game.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(8/8/2013 2:52:09 PM)
The original wording of Time Vault is:
Tap to gain an additional turn after the current one. Time Vault doesn't untap normally during untap phase; to untap it, you must skip a turn. Time Vault begins tapped.
It clearly states that you must skip a turn to untap Time Vault.
Why not word it so that no other untapping won't work. This is my take of the Oracle wording:
Time Vault enters the battlefield tapped.
Time Vault doesn't untap unless you skip your turn. (You can only skip your turn when your turn is about to begin.) If you would begin your turn while Time Vault is tapped, you may skip that turn instead. If you do, untap Time Vault.
Tap: Take an extra turn after this one.
Posted By:
tavaritz
(4/7/2011 12:38:14 PM)
everyone who says voltaic key obviously hasn't seen unbender tine. far more effective. no mana to pay, and you can do things besides artifacts.
Posted By:
TheRedwolf12
(5/25/2011 9:39:33 AM)
Blech. Give it shroud. Fix'd.
Posted By:
Dr.Pingas
(7/12/2011 11:22:28 PM)
and yet Waylay is gimped... and yet this got reprinted in masters edition. Do we really needed another broken combo in vintage/classic?
Posted By:
NetHwarang
(12/6/2010 8:07:49 PM)