Oracle's Vault is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
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: Exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. Put a brick counter on this artifact.
Complete guide
Oracle's Vault is a powerful artifact that rewards you for patience and steady investment. By exiling cards and building up brick counters, you eventually unlock the ability to cast spells for free every single turn. This card is a powerhouse for decks looking to generate card advantage and explosive tempo swings in the late game.
Building the Foundation
Oracle's Vault has two activated abilities. The first costs two mana and tapping the artifact, allowing you to exile the top card of your library and play it until end of turn. Regardless of whether you actually play the card, Oracle's Vault gains a brick counter. This ability ensures you are constantly digging through your deck while setting up for the Vault's ultimate form.
Unlocking the Vault
Once Oracle's Vault has three or more brick counters, you can use its second ability. This requires only tapping the artifact, not paying mana. You exile the top card and may play it without paying its mana cost. If the card is a land, you simply put it into play (if you have an available land play), and if it is a spell, you cast it for zero mana. If the Vault leaves the battlefield, you can still play the card that turn as long as the effect has already resolved.
Important Timing and Costs
You must follow all normal timing rules for the exiled card; you can't cast a creature or sorcery during your opponent's turn just because it was exiled. If you cast a spell for free via the second ability, any 'X' in the mana cost must be 0. Additionally, you cannot use alternative costs like Emerge, but you must still pay mandatory additional costs if the spell requires them.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumIf you activate Oracle's Vault's second ability with three counters and exile Solemn Simulacrum, you can cast it for free. You must do this during your main phase. When Solemn Simulacrum enters the battlefield, its ability triggers, allowing you to search for a basic land, effectively getting a creature and a land for zero mana.
Commander's SphereIf you exile Commander's Sphere with the first ability of Oracle's Vault, you pay its mana cost to play it and the Vault gets a brick counter. Once the Sphere is on the board, you can tap it for mana to help fund the next Vault activation, or sacrifice it immediately to draw a card, helping you dig deeper into your library for high-impact spells to exile later.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Oracle's Vault
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The cards exiled by Oracle's Vault are exiled face up.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
You may play the exiled card this turn even if Oracle's Vault is no longer on the battlefield or under your control.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Playing a card exiled with Oracle's Vault follows the normal timing rules for playing that card. For example, if the card is a creature card, you can cast that card only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If the exiled card is a land card, you may play it only if you have an available land play this turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If you don't play the card, it will remain exiled.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
The first ability of Oracle's Vault puts a brick counter on it even if you can't or don't play the card.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
If you cast a card “without paying its mana cost,” you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as emerge costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Tormenting Voice, those must be paid to cast the card.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
If the card has X in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Rocco, Street Chef + Oracle's Vault + Arcbound Reclaimer + Clock of Omens
- 1Activate Lotus Petal by sacrificing it, adding one mana of any color.
- 2Activate Arcbound Reclaimer by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, putting Lotus Petal from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Activate Oracle's Vault's second ability by tapping it, exiling Lotus Petal from the top of your library with the ability to play it until end of turn without playing its mana cost.
- 4Cast Lotus Petal from exile without paying its mana cost.
- 5Rocco's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Arcbound Reclaimer and creating a Food token.
- 6Activate Clock of Omens by tapping the Food and Lotus Petal, untapping Oracle's Vault.
- 7Repeat.
Rocco, Street Chef + Oracle's Vault + Arcbound Reclaimer + Clock of Omens
- 1Activate Lion's Eye Diamond by discarding your hand and sacrificing it, adding three mana of any color.
- 2Activate Arcbound Reclaimer by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, putting Lion's Eye Diamond from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Activate Oracle's Vault's second ability by tapping it, exiling Lion's Eye Diamond from the top of your library with the ability to play it until end of turn without playing its mana cost.
- 4Cast Lion's Eye Diamond from exile without paying its mana cost.
- 5Rocco's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Arcbound Reclaimer and creating a Food token.
- 6Activate Clock of Omens by tapping the Food and Lion's Eye Diamond, untapping Oracle's Vault.
- 7Repeat.
Rocco, Street Chef + Oracle's Vault + Arcbound Reclaimer + Clock of Omens
- 1Activate Tooth of Ramos by sacrificing it, adding
. - 2Activate Arcbound Reclaimer by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, putting Tooth of Ramos from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Activate Oracle's Vault's second ability by tapping it, exiling Tooth of Ramos from the top of your library with the ability to play it until end of turn without playing its mana cost.
- 4Cast Tooth of Ramos from exile without paying its mana cost.
- 5Rocco's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Arcbound Reclaimer and creating a Food token.
- 6Activate Clock of Omens by tapping the Food and Tooth of Ramos, untapping Oracle's Vault.
- 7Repeat.
Rocco, Street Chef + Oracle's Vault + Arcbound Reclaimer + Clock of Omens
- 1Activate Rith's Attendant by paying
and sacrificing it, adding 
. - 2Activate Arcbound Reclaimer by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, putting Rith's Attendant from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Activate Oracle's Vault's second ability by tapping it, exiling Rith's Attendant from the top of your library with the ability to play it until end of turn without playing its mana cost.
- 4Cast Rith's Attendant from exile without paying its mana cost.
- 5Rocco's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Arcbound Reclaimer and creating a Food token.
- 6Activate Clock of Omens by tapping the Food and Rith's Attendant, untapping Oracle's Vault.
- 7Repeat.
Rocco, Street Chef + Oracle's Vault + Arcbound Reclaimer + Clock of Omens
- 1Activate Horn of Ramos by sacrificing it, adding .
- 2Activate Arcbound Reclaimer by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, putting Horn of Ramos from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Activate Oracle's Vault's second ability by tapping it, exiling Horn of Ramos from the top of your library with the ability to play it until end of turn without playing its mana cost.
- 4Cast Horn of Ramos from exile without paying its mana cost.
- 5Rocco's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Arcbound Reclaimer and creating a Food token.
- 6Activate Clock of Omens by tapping the Food and Horn of Ramos, untapping Oracle's Vault.
- 7Repeat.
Rocco, Street Chef + Oracle's Vault + Arcbound Reclaimer + Clock of Omens
- 1Activate Skull of Ramos by sacrificing it, adding
. - 2Activate Arcbound Reclaimer by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, putting Skull of Ramos from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Activate Oracle's Vault's second ability by tapping it, exiling Skull of Ramos from the top of your library with the ability to play it until end of turn without playing its mana cost.
- 4Cast Skull of Ramos from exile without paying its mana cost.
- 5Rocco's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Arcbound Reclaimer and creating a Food token.
- 6Activate Clock of Omens by tapping the Food and Skull of Ramos, untapping Oracle's Vault.
- 7Repeat.
Rocco, Street Chef + Oracle's Vault + Arcbound Reclaimer + Clock of Omens
- 1Activate Crosis's Attendant by paying and sacrificing it, adding
. - 2Activate Arcbound Reclaimer by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, putting Crosis's Attendant from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Activate Oracle's Vault's second ability by tapping it, exiling Crosis's Attendant from the top of your library with the ability to play it until end of turn without playing its mana cost.
- 4Cast Crosis's Attendant from exile without paying its mana cost.
- 5Rocco's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Arcbound Reclaimer and creating a Food token.
- 6Activate Clock of Omens by tapping the Food and Crosis's Attendant, untapping Oracle's Vault.
- 7Repeat.
Rocco, Street Chef + Oracle's Vault + Arcbound Reclaimer + Clock of Omens
- 1Activate Eye of Ramos by sacrificing it, adding .
- 2Activate Arcbound Reclaimer by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, putting Eye of Ramos from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Activate Oracle's Vault's second ability by tapping it, exiling Eye of Ramos from the top of your library with the ability to play it until end of turn without playing its mana cost.
- 4Cast Eye of Ramos from exile without paying its mana cost.
- 5Rocco's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Arcbound Reclaimer and creating a Food token.
- 6Activate Clock of Omens by tapping the Food and Eye of Ramos, untapping Oracle's Vault.
- 7Repeat.
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