Helvault

Legendary Artifact

{1}, {T}: Exile target creature you control.

{7}, {T}: Exile target creature you don't control.

When Helvault is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return all cards exiled with it to the battlefield under their owners' control.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

Coward_Token on UB: LOTR

1 year ago

First look

Spoiler season starts at May 30

So this is one of the few UB:s I'll reluctantly admit that I kinda like, since Tolkien's work doesn't clash too much with MTG's more generic fantasy flavor. From what I'm seen, I'm actually kind of dissapointed that that they're not doing more to differentiate their character designs from the Jacksson movies?

My card thoughts Show

The One Ring: Eye of Vecna on steroids, which is pretty fitting. A serious consideration for mono-white life gain decks; cast it for four mana, tap it to draw one, pass, then tap it on your next turn again to draw two more. That's like a slow Concentrate, which isn't bad at all (and that's not even getting into tapping it more times). The ETB Progenitus-protection means it's not a bad late-game topdeck either.

Gandalf the Grey: Yeah, I feel white-blue would have been more appropriate flavorfully? He's a good guy yet also a trickster. Also even though he's the become the standard model for wizards, IIRC Gandalf doesn't actually cast much, in part because AFAIK doing magic in LOTR permanently drains your power. Also, the topdeck ability gives me anxiety thinking about stuff like Portent.

Sam, Loyal Attendant: Gingerbrute and Golden Egg can now be activated for free. (Please try to contain your excitment.) Anyway, seeing as the "Food and Fellowship" precon is WBG, I'm guessing Frodo will be WB and have some sort of life payment to take advantage of the cheap meals? (Also, I feel Frodo was more dutiful than Adventurous.)

Radagast, Wizard of Wilds: I was going to complain about Istari color philosophy again because I feel Radagast is mono-green, or even red-green considering how he kinda irresponsibly and eccentrically abandons his mission, but turns out his real name literally means "Friend to birds", so I'll have to give this a pass.

Reprieve: Overall better than Remand since it pierces "Can't be countered", and also Lapse of Certainty even if it permits faster recasts. How long do we have to wait for a white Delay tho?

Gollum, Patient Plotter: You know, he just looks like a Shadowmoore kithkin, if a bit old and underdressed.

Mount Doom: Actually sacrifing the One Ring to relieve the life loss burden is for wusses. Gogo Ugin's Nexus or Helvault for profit!

Samwise the Stouthearted: IDK why they didn't just template it as "return up to one target permanent..."? Anyway, Ring temptation is as intriguing as it is vague.

Frodo, Sauron's Bane: I don't really feel like Frodo leveled up much, especially in comparsion to the other hobbits. And he kinda didn't end up being the Bane of big daddy S seeing as he fell to tempation at the end (while Gollum just plain fell).

Tom Bombadil: Kind of unsure if the second ability leaves a window of vulnerability where the first ability isn't active? Anyway, Read Ahead-Sagas seem pretty good here.

Sauron, the Lidless Eye: Kind of dissapointing in both flavor and mechanics. I feel he's philosophically more mono-black in LOTR, while his old self was more UBR. ETB Threaten isn't all that exciting either.

Aragorn and Arwen: I'm not generally against race bending, but in this case I can't help but think of the black numenorans . Anyway, the card's actual abilities are OK at six mana.

CamraMaan on Timing Q?: combat damage step, …

1 year ago

I have Helvault or Endless Sands in play, attack with a big creature, it gets blocked by an opponent's creature, and both will kill the other. Do I have enough time after damage is dealt to each creature to active Helvault/etc and exile my creature? Does the damage go on the stack, giving me time to respond but still deal the damage...? I want to say yes, but not sure... Thank you! :)

TypicalTimmy on Card creation challenge

2 years ago

Divide Flesh and Soul

Sorcery

Destroy all creatures. Each player then creates a number of 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying and a number of 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens equal to the number of creatures they controlled that were destroyed.

And on the 5th day, when The Helvault cracked in half, all living creatures from horizon to horizon merely ceased to be.

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Cat fell asleep next to me, sprawled out and using the armrest of the couch as a pillow. I even turned the lights off, for her.

Make for me a comfy card.

RicketyEng on Episode 5: Night Closes 'Round

2 years ago

Tovolar is definitely still alive, but Arlinn really took the wind out of his sails. He's physically and emotionally wounded. He thinks she lied to him even though we know that she found a way to say what he wanted to hear without really lying.

I would love for there to be another story coming up next week but my guess is we still only get five stories. This one ends with the cliffhanger to jump off into the Crimson Vow story. I think Liesa, Forgotten Archangel will get revived and bring the day/night balance back with her.

I don't think it would actually happen, but it would be funny if the moonsilver key has another use in something to do with how to lock things away in moonsilver. What if Sorin used it in his process to create the Helvault and he's now destined to be sealed away in a chunk of silver instead of a wall? It's a dumb conspiracy theory, but I'll leave it here for someone to chew on.

From another angle, I got thinking about the Gatewatch's involvement. Arlinn decided she wanted their help, but this isn't really a crisis in their official* mandate to focus on interplanar or planeswalker threats. It's actually kind of like when Dovin Baan showed up on Ravnica to request their services for security at the Inventors Fair. I know the Gatewatch just want to be helpful where they can, but this really is just a domestic dispute among the denizens of the plane of Innistrad.

*Not actually official.

FauxFaux on Card creation challenge

3 years ago

Honestly, I could think of no other MDFC that could fit this challenge other than the Helvault. Hopefully this sheds some light on it's lore, and everyone enjoys!

Humanity Besieged

Legendary Saga

: For each opponent, create a 2/2 Black Vampire token, 2/2 Black Zombie Token, and a 2/2 Green and Red Werewolf token. Each opponent cannot be chosen more than once.

: Create a Colorless Artifact token named "Moon's Silver". It has; " : exile target non-human creature an opponent controls."

: Create a 8/8 White Angel Token with Flying and Vigilance. Target opponent creates a 8/8 Black Demon Creature Token with Flying and Haste. Then, transform ~.

_____Transform____

Helvault, Prison of Night and Day

Legendary Artifact

Whenever a creature is sent to the graveyard, instead, exile it under ~.

Any player may pay ; If they do, that player may create a token copy of any creature exiled under ~.

Any player may pay , where is equal to the number of creatures exiled under ~. If they do, destroy ~.

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Hope that fulfills the challenge, and if not, please do create your own interpretation. For my challenge, however, I would like to see a card created for a new set, based off your own favorite movie or tv show character!

Homelessguy on A covid-19 Secret Lair

4 years ago

Not sure if this counts but I like to think that it would be a long the line of uplifting cards

Happily Ever After. The Hopefully outcome.

Gifts Given. Helping out our fellow man in all this.

Helvault. Stuck inside but not forever.

rdean14 on Card creation challenge

4 years ago

Tamiyo's Memorial

Legendary Artifact

At the beginning of each upkeep, that player draws a card.

If you would draw a card, you may scry 1, and put an inquiry counter on Tamiyo's Memorial.

At the beginning of your endstep, if Tamiyo's Memorial has at least 10

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Darrowyn, Sire of Griselbrand

Legendary Creature - Demon God

Flying, Trample, Lifelink

Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may search your library for an Eldrazi card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you do not put an Eldrazi card into your hand this way, exile Darrowyn, Sire of Griselbrand.

6/6

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I wanted a card which connected to both Emrakul, the Promised End & Imprisoned in the Moon, as well as the original trilogy. I love how this works like the Helvault, flavorfully.

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Green & Black left. I think the Black one shouldn't make a black demon god, so that one should be something different.

Minousmancer on Ultimate Mono-B Sorin Theme Deck

4 years ago

Why only 1xsorin?

Sorin Markov

Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord

Sorin, Vampire Lord

Sorin, Grim Nemesis or Sorin, Lord of Innistrad or Sorin, Solemn Visitor or Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord if you wanted to splice in some White through either Duel Lands or Artifacts. Hell, a couple Lotus Field s would work even Unknown Shores could do the trick.

I'd lose one to three Swamp s This is a Mono-Black deck. Mono decks only need 16-18 of their Primary Mana source, this frees up room for either more Spells, Creatures, or Planeswalkers.

Also, I'd trade in Barren Moor Bojuka Bog Castle Locthwain Piranha Marsh for 4x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip They'll never see that coming and it plays into the story of Sorin, Lord of Innistrad and since the Shadowspear is made from pieces of the Helvault you could add one of them.

Indulgent Aristocrat , Vampire of the Dire Moon , & Vampire Outcasts I would personally replace them with 3x Bloodthirsty Aerialist s but they can be replaced with Knight of the Ebon Legion , Dark Impostor , & Child of The Night for a much better effect.