Card
Karn, the Great Creator
Mana cost {4}
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.
Part of 292 known combos, 2 of them two-card. 6 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · WAR · #1
- Cheapest printing
- €3.25
- EDHREC salt
- 1.61
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Mycosynth Lattice, Aetherflux Reservoir
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Mycosynth Lattice, Aetherflux Reservoir
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Mycosynth Lattice, Aetherflux Reservoir
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Mycosynth Lattice, Aetherflux Reservoir (early with Mycosynth Lattice, Aetherflux Reservoir)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
292 known combos, 2 of them two-card.
- Karn, the Great Creator + Mycosynth Lattice
Produces: Activated abilities of permanents your opponents control can't be activated, Activated abilities can't be activated, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Karn, the Great Creator + Aetherflux Reservoir
Produces: Infinite damage, Infinite lifegain triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Voltaic Construct + Basalt Monolith + Karn, the Great Creator
Produces: Infinite colorless mana, Infinite untap of artifact creatures you control
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast
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. - 2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast
If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0. - 2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast
Karn's last ability can't get a face-down card in exile, even if you know it's an artifact card. - 2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast
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. - 2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast
Karn's first ability affects only artifacts on the battlefield. Activated abilities that work in other zones can still be activated. - 2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast
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.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast