Karn, Legacy Reforged
- Mana cost
- {5}
- Type
- Legendary Artifact Creature — Golem
- Power / toughness
- * / *
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2 #255 (mythic)
Karn's power and toughness are each equal to the greatest mana value among artifacts you control.
At the beginning of your upkeep, add {C} for each artifact you control. This mana can't be spent to cast nonartifact spells. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
Karn, Legacy Reforged has 5 printings, first in March of the Machine: The Aftermath (2023). EDHREC ranks it #2,529 among Commander cards. It appears most in Aloy, Savior of Meridian decks (4,465 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Karn, Legacy Reforged most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Aloy, Savior of Meridian: 4,465 decks
- Urza, Chief Artificer: 2,995 decks
- Urza, Lord High Artificer: 2,216 decks
- Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant: 1,734 decks
- Urza, Lord Protector: 1,087 decks
- The Capitoline Triad: 958 decks
- Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: 892 decks
- Leonardo da Vinci: 807 decks
Often played with Karn, Legacy Reforged
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The mana produced by Karn's last ability can be spent on anything that isn't a nonartifact spell. This includes casting artifact spells, paying costs to activate abilities of both artifact and nonartifact permanents, paying ward costs, and so on.
- : Karn's last ability isn't a mana ability, even though it adds mana. It uses the stack and it can be responded to. Use the number of artifacts you control as the ability resolves to determine how much mana to add.
- : The ability that defines Karn's power and toughness works in all zones, not just the battlefield. As long as Karn is under your control and still an artifact, its own mana value will count. In most cases, it'll be at least 5/5.