Karn, the Great Creator
Karn, the Great Creator: Legendary Planeswalker - Karn, Mystery Booster 2. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker - Karn
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Loyalty
- 5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2 (MB2)
- Released
- 2024-08-02
- Collector number
- 3
- Artist
- Wisnu Tan
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About Karn, the Great Creator
Karn, the Great Creator is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless legendary planeswalker from Mystery Booster 2 (MB2), a Masters set released in August 2024. It is collector number 3 in that set, with art by Wisnu Tan. 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 Modern, Legacy, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Pioneer. It is restricted in Vintage. It has been printed in 7 sets, from War of the Spark (2019) to Mystery Booster 2 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.52 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.52 (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, the Great Creator by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Banned |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Restricted |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Karn, the Great Creator
Karn, the Great Creator has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #73 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #1 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #253 | Rare | 2021 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #501 | Rare | 2021 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #77979 | Rare | 2019 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #72245 | Rare | 2019 |
| War of the Spark Promos (PWAR) #1p | Rare | 2019 |
| War of the Spark Promos (PWAR) #1s | Rare | 2019 |
| War of the Spark Promos (PWAR) #1s★ | Rare | 2019 |
| War of the Spark (WAR) #1 | Rare | 2019 |
| War of the Spark (WAR) #1★ | Rare | 2019 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Karn, the Great Creator, newest first.
- 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.
- If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
- Karn's last ability can't get a face-down card in exile, even if you know it's an artifact card.
- 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.
- Karn's first ability affects only artifacts on the battlefield. Activated abilities that work in other zones can still be activated.
- 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.
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