Open the Vaults

Description

Open the Vaults is a white sorcery from the Magic 2010 core set, designated as card number 21. This Rare foil card features a mana cost of four generic mana and two white mana, resulting in a total mana value of six. As a single-color white spell, it offers a powerful board-clearing effect that appeals to players seeking to reset the game state. The card's rules text allows you to return all artifact and enchantment cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under their owners' control, with the specific exception that Auras without targets remain in the graveyard. This mechanic provides a significant advantage in strategies focused on artifact or enchantment recursion. The card includes flavor text reading, "When the vaults are empty, everyone is rich," which adds narrative context to the spell's effect. The artwork is credited to Brian Despain, contributing to the visual identity of the Magic 2010 set. Open the Vaults is card number 21 in the Magic 2010 core set. The foil treatment enhances the card's presence in a collection, distinguishing it from the non-foil base print. Completing the Magic 2010 checklist often involves acquiring this key white sorcery.