Karn, the Great Creator

Legendary Planeswalker — Karn

Artifact abilities of artifacts your opponents control can't be activated.

+1: Until your next turn, up to one target noncreature artifact become an artifact creature with power and toughness equal to the amount of artifacts equal to their converted mana cost/mana value.

-2: You may choose an artifact card you own from outside the game or in exile, reveal that card and put it to your hand.

Combos

• Contagion Engine + Karn, the Great Creator + Ugin's Nexus
• Aeon Engine + Contagion Engine + Karn, the Great Creator

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

legendofa on Dead Metal

2 days ago

TheoryCrafter Yeah, I had the sideboard Pull from Eternitys as kind of a buffer for that, but Karn, the Great Creator's probably the better option. Thanks for checking it out!

TheoryCrafter on Dead Metal

2 days ago

This deck looks pretty good! It reminds me of an Urza, Powerstone Prodigy Unearth deck I was on the brink of building before The Brothers' War rotated out.

Only thing that I find concerning for your deck is the inability to deal with graveyard hate. If you were to find a spot for any combination of Karn, the Great Creator and Revoke Existence in your deck and/or sideboard that should do it.

Happy Hunting!

Cloudy2024 on hedrons copy

1 month ago

Karn, the Great Creator is insane if you run shifting woodlands

Cloudy2024 on Colorless Eldrazi Tron

1 month ago

you definitely need 4 Kozilek's Command and Karn, the Great Creator is a game changer

Profet93 on Gingerbread Beatdowns

2 months ago

Cloud Key/Semblance Anvil/artifact cost reducer/Ugin, the Ineffable + Mystic Forge + Sensei's Divining Top = Draw ur entire deck. Each piece is useful on it's own.

U already have basalt + forsaken = infinite colorless. Add in a Rings of Brighthearth for forsaken redundancy. Moreover, basalt + rings + sensei's = draw and cast ur entire deck. Not saying to add rings per say in this deck, just worth noting.

Sanctum of Ugin > Environmental sceience - Environmental sucks, its just a land and life for mana. Ur not running emrakrul so there is no benefit of cost reduction that I see. Sanctum, while not needed, is a nice land to have. Don't even need sanctum, perhaps just more card draw.

Blinkmoth Well and Blinkmoth Urn are a superb synergy u should look into.

U can also go the super spicy risky route with Mycosynth Lattice + Karn, the Great Creator = Lattice is super risky but might be worth it if you wanna switch things up. Karn is great because he can help recur important pieces.

RiotRunner789 on When is it Acceptable, if …

3 months ago

With some digging:

Runic Repetition, Karn, the Great Creator, Kaya the Inexorable, and Mirror of Fate can all pull cards from exile (though with restrictions).

For reference from above: Pull from Eternity, and Riftsweeper.

On topic, I agree with Rosewater. Temporary exile effects like Light Up the Stage are fine. It's reds way of card advantage which is almost always weaker then just having extra cards in hand. Other effects that pull exiled cards back (that weren't the original card) are not as acceptable.

I'm also okay with Kaya, in that ult-emblems are generally allowable to be game breaking since they should end the game relatively soon. The other cards seems unnecessary.

Side note, could of sworn there were a couple Eldrazi cards that pulled exiled cards to the graveyard but can't seem to find them. Would state that a card, especially a creature card, like that should not printed.

leon_bulminot on Bedh Urza Stax(<500 USD!)

4 months ago

I feel like this is solid, but you are missing just some nicely cards that are budget. And combo better than stuff you have.

Lotus Petal is a nice early game card but trash honestly, for a deck like this. A Prototype Portal being bounced would serve better. Add in a Seat of the Synod with Portal and now you're putting out your regular land, plus an artifact lands each turn. I know Lotus is quick but it's paltry compared to Portal, especially for mid game decks. Lotus is pretty much worthless to Urza decks once he's out.

Imagine cloning Isochron. CEDH is fast but when you start dropping extra Sol Rings for 2 or 3 turns, bounce, then do some Etherium Scultpors... Prototype Portal is so very underrated. Your aim is mid game and since you do graveyard denial, exiling stops most opponents from touching your graveyard.

Another swap I'd suggest is Memory Lapse over Pact of Negation. One, SUPER budget friendly. Two? Pairs with Isochron and you now lockdown the table by stopping opponents from drawing anything new. Free for a possible game winning jam up is nice. 2 cost for guarenteed game jamming is better. And Pact is an all in that leaves you down the following turn if someone manages some BS, and only for one opponent. Memory Lapse not only does the same counter for 2, but has extra value of hurting the opponent's draw. Plus, you aren't SOL if someone plays a Demolition Field or Armageddon.

Just a few thoughts.

Oh and if you want to be super nasty with Winter Orb, Karn, the Great Creator+Mycosynth Lattice is game over for most pods. Just thoughts and the Why behind the thoughts.

SaberTech on Commander bracket recommendation

7 months ago

I don't know if you can program the system to detect certain combinations of cards in deck lists but Living Plane, Nature's Revolt, Natural Affinity, and Kamahl, Fist of Krosa are often played in conjunction with cards like Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite with the intent to destroy and deny opponents lands.

Mycosynth Lattice + Sydri, Galvanic Genius, Karn, Silver Golem *oversized*, or Karn, the Great Creator are some other notable mana destruction/denial combos.