Karn's Sylex
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Type
- Legendary Artifact
- Set
- Dominaria United Promos #234p (mythic)
- Price
- $1.83 USD
Karn's Sylex enters tapped.
Players can't pay life to cast spells or to activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.
{X}, {T}, Exile Karn's Sylex: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X or less. Activate only as a sorcery.
Karn's Sylex has 3 printings, first in Dominaria United (2022). EDHREC ranks it #13,586 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kozilek, Butcher of Truth decks (76 on EDHREC). It has 5 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's Sylex most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Kozilek, Butcher of Truth: 76 decks
- Glava, Five-Advents Mage: 17 decks
- Halsin, Emerald Archdruid: 1 decks
- Will Kenrith: 1 decks
- Donald Blake, Guise of Thor: 1 decks
- Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes
- Rhoda, Geist Avenger
Often played with Karn's Sylex
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a spell or an activated ability that isn’t a mana ability has a cost that requires a player to pay life, that spell or ability can’t be cast or activated.
- : Other things may still cause players to pay life, such as a resolving spell or ability.
- : Players may always pay 0 life, even if an effect says they can’t pay life.
- : Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities are activated abilities (such as cycling) and will have colons in their reminder text.
- : An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate.