Karn, the Great Creator
- Mana cost
- {4}
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker — Karn
- Loyalty
- 5
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2 #3 (rare)
- Price
- $2.86 USD
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.
−2: 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.
Karn, the Great Creator has 12 printings, first in War of the Spark (2019). EDHREC ranks it #2,171 among Commander cards. It appears most in Urza, Lord High Artificer decks (3,772 on EDHREC). It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: banned
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Karn, the Great Creator most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Urza, Lord High Artificer: 3,772 decks
- Zhulodok, Void Gorger: 2,943 decks
- Ygra, Eater of All: 2,779 decks
- Kibo, Uktabi Prince: 1,836 decks
- Magda, Brazen Outlaw: 1,498 decks
- Osgir, the Reconstructor: 1,438 decks
- Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant: 1,240 decks
- Ultima, Origin of Oblivion: 1,079 decks
Often played with Karn, the Great Creator
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its {T} 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.
- : If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
- : Karn's last ability can't get a face-down card in exile, even if you know it's an artifact card.
- : 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.
- : Karn's first ability affects only artifacts on the battlefield. Activated abilities that work in other zones can still be activated.
- : 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.