Karn, the Great Creator
Legendary Planeswalker โ Karn
Activated abilities of artifacts your opponents control can't be activated.
+1: Until your next turn, up to one target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value.
โ2: You may reveal an artifact card you own from outside the game or choose a face-up artifact card you own in exile. Put that card into your hand.
Loyalty 5
Illustrated by Wisnu Tan ยท War of the Spark (WAR)
Legalities
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Banned
- Modern
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Restricted
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
Printings
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Mystery Booster 2 #3 rare 2024-08-02
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Bloomburrow Commander #73 mythic 2024-08-02
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Ravnica Remastered #1 mythic 2024-01-12
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Secret Lair Drop #253 rare 2021-08-24
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Secret Lair Drop #501 rare 2021-01-01
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Magic Online Promos #77979 rare 2019-06-30
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Magic Online Promos #72245 rare 2019-05-10
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War of the Spark #1 rare 2019-05-03
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War of the Spark Promos #1s rare 2019-05-03
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War of the Spark Promos #1p rare 2019-05-03
Rulings
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Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text, such as equip. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") are unaffected by Karn.
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Karn's first ability affects only artifacts on the battlefield. Activated abilities that work in other zones can still be activated.
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A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its
abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn't matter how long the permanent has been a creature.
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If a permanent has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
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Karn's last ability can't get a face-down card in exile, even if you know it's an artifact card.
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In a casual game, a card you choose from outside the game comes from your personal collection. In a tournament event, a card you choose from outside the game must come from your sideboard. You may look at your sideboard at any time.
Archetypes that play this card
Legacy
- Mystic Forge Combo 94.8% of lists
- Painter 40.0% of lists
- Red Stompy 36.4% of lists
Show 2 more Legacy archetypes
- Naya Initiative 10.0% of lists
- Other 6.1% of lists
Modern
- Eldrazi Tron 100.0% of lists
- Tron 55.6% of lists
- Other 4.7% of lists
Show 3 more Modern archetypes
- Devoted Combo 3.7% of lists
- Boros Ponza 3.2% of lists
- Eldrazi 2.8% of lists
Vintage
- Broadside Bombardiers 100.0% of lists
- Kozilek's Command 100.0% of lists
- Raker Shops 100.0% of lists
Show 8 more Vintage archetypes
- Sphere Shops 85.0% of lists
- Quantum Riddler 80.0% of lists
- Blue Tinker 66.7% of lists
- Esper Lurrus Control 33.8% of lists
- Beseech Storm 33.3% of lists
- Stiflenought 33.3% of lists
- Other 20.7% of lists
- Mono-White Initiative 7.4% of lists