Today we will be looking at a classic character in Magic, his name is Karn, Silver Golem. Originally from the Urza Block, he saw a somewhat recent reprint in the From The Vault Series. Let’s take a closer look at the card.
What Does he Do?
Karn is a very interesting card to say the least. He is a decently priced (5) for a 4/4, which isn’t bad. But, even better is the fact that he gets –4/+4 whenever he is blocked, which allows him to survive some nasty combat tricks or attacks from an opponent. Now to his ablility. His ablility, for just (1) allows you to turn any nocreature artifact into a creature with power and toughness equal to its converted mana cost. This lets Karn unequip any equipments because they “fall off” when they become animated. Secondly, you can destroy any 0-drop artifact or land (with Mycosynth Lattice). The land destruction can be quite deadly in EDH where he thrives quite often as an effective land-killing general. Finally, he can be used to animate large artifacts like Darksteel Forge, which becomes a deadly and indestructible 9/9 beatstick.
Karn in Legacy
Unfortunately for Karn, he is nowhere fast enough, or strong enough to compete with the othe legacy and vintage decks. He will always be a cool collecter’s item, but never anything more when dealing with legacy or Vintage.
Karn in EDH/Commander
Where you’d least expect it, Karn! In EDH, despite being colorless, Karn thrives due to the fact that he can combo quickly in an otherwise slow format. The decks that use him use lands like Rishadan Port and Stripmine to produce colorless mana, while simultaneously enabling the deck’s combos. There are a lot more of these lands then you’d think, and this leads to him being quite an effective general. If you want some very good Karn deck lists can be found here:
Well that’s all! Thank you for reading and enjoy Karn!
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