Karn, Scion of Urza
Karn, Scion of Urza: Legendary Planeswalker - Karn, Dominaria. [+1]: Reveal the top two cards of your library. An opponent chooses one of them. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker - Karn
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Loyalty
- 5
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Dominaria (DOM)
- Released
- 2018-04-27
- Collector number
- 1
- Artist
- Chase Stone
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About Karn, Scion of Urza
Karn, Scion of Urza is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare colourless legendary planeswalker from Dominaria (DOM), an expansion set released in April 2018. It is collector number 1 in that set, with art by Chase Stone. It costs {4} (four generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It enters with 5 loyalty. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Dominaria (2018) to Mythic Edition (2018). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.70 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
[+1]: Reveal the top two cards of your library. An opponent chooses one of them. Put that card into your hand and exile the other with a silver counter on it.
[−1]: Put a card you own with a silver counter on it from exile into your hand.
[−2]: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.70 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Karn, Scion of Urza by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Karn, Scion of Urza
Karn, Scion of Urza has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1419 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1419★ | Mythic | 2023 |
| Mythic Edition (MED) #RA1 | Mythic | 2019 |
| Dominaria Promos (PDOM) #1p | Mythic | 2018 |
| Dominaria Promos (PDOM) #1s | Mythic | 2018 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Karn, Scion of Urza, newest first.
- A token created by Karn's last ability will count itself, so it'll be at least 1/1.
- Karn is colorless but not an artifact. The Construct tokens created by Karn's last ability don't count Karn.
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