To everyone saying that shroud or errata woud fix this, it wouldnt. Even with errata or shroud you could use Rings of Brighthearth and still get easy infinite turns. Get over it people or better yet, get one yourselves.
Posted By:
Samhain01
(8/13/2012 7:25:26 PM)
Voltaic Key what?
Posted By:
Xineombine
(9/29/2012 7:15:29 PM)
Such a simple idea, so horribly broken.
Posted By:
Radagast
(10/1/2012 3:27:26 PM)
The current wording "to untap it you MUST skip a turn" means a Voltaic key doesn't work.
edit: oops, just noticed the official text differs radically from the card text... nevermind!
Posted By:
CyanCentaur
(3/2/2013 8:41:27 AM)
Such a simple turn one victory:
Dark ritual + this + mox opal (or any other 0 cost mana producer) + voltaic key = victory.
Let's make it a Haiku:
Cast Dark Ritual,
voltaic key, mox opal;
Vict'ry from a swamp.
Posted By:
Hashbeth
(3/31/2013 10:02:53 PM)
Hidden Strings
Posted By:
Cyberium
(4/23/2013 11:23:30 PM)
I thought they errata'd this thing years ago so that you had to tap and remove a "time counter" to get an extra turn, and in order to put a time counter on it you had to skip your turn. Did they change their mind at some point or did that never happen?
Posted By:
Technetium
(5/6/2013 3:47:48 PM)
Honestly, I think the Oracle text broke this card more than anything. They basically completely removed the condition that any sort of untapping forces you to skip a turn. In the original wording, "To untap it, you must skip a turn", it means you would have to skip a turn even if you used Voltaic Key or Twiddle... The Oracle revision to the text seems to have completely misunderstood the mechanic and broken the card by trying to get fancy with the wording.
That all said, somebody else was right when they said Myr Welder would still break this card, giving you infinite turns.
Posted By:
Callahan09
(5/28/2013 6:08:03 AM)
Turn 1 win: Black Lotus + Time Vault + Voltaic key + 1 mana
Play 1 mana, play Black Lotus. Cast Time Vault and Voltaic Key then tap Voltaic Key to untap Time Vault. Now tap Time Vault rinse and repeat. Isn't vintage fun?
Posted By:
hellomynameisnoah
(8/7/2013 4:46:04 AM)
Anyone else want a "From the Vault: Vaults"?
There are exactly 15 cards right now with vault in their name that are vault related (ie. Not using vault as a verb)
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?output=spoiler&method=visual&sort=color+&action=advanced&name=++!+!
Posted By:
Megadog
(8/24/2013 7:14:44 PM)