Karn, Scion of Urza
Karn, Scion of Urza is a colorless golem Planeswalker, introduced in April 2018, a month before the release of his origin card set, Dominaria.
Karn, Scion of Urza | |
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Full Name | Karn, Scion of Urza |
Affinities | |
Origin set | Dominaria |
Cost | 850 |
Stats (max level) | |
Health | 120 |
Deck limits | 5 · 5 · 6 |
Mana bonuses | +1 · +1 · +1 · +1 · +1 |
Leveling cost | 323,750 |
Planeswalkers (Infobox · Data) |
Planeswalker series | |
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Karn (golem) | |
Karn, Scion of Urza | |
Karn, Reflective Silver | |
Karn, Living Legacy |
Karn is an unusual Planeswalker, to say the least. He has many significant weaknesses, but powerful and/or unique abilities, some of which work to turn his weaknesses into strengths, and all extremely useful. Being colorless, Karn can generally include cards of any color in his decks, as long as they share a color with the event node on which he plays. He has high health and below average deck limits. His mana bonuses are perfectly balanced, but in total, as low as Origins Planeswalkers. All of his abilities are quite inexpensive; his first is tied for second cheapest, and the second and third are the cost of many Planeswalkers' first and second abilities. The other two abilities that cost 4 Loyalty are the first abilities of Daxos the Returned and Jace, Mirror Mage.
Like Sarkhan Unbroken, he can also receive a boost to bis bonuses of the colors of a card, but he Fetches the card rather than draws, and the bonus is permanent. His ultimate (ult) creates a strong golem Token that can gain Prevent Damage while 3 supports are controlled. His abilities have a minor Exile theme, including returning cards from exile to hand with a small mana boost, and fetching a card from the library and exiling others.
Karn, Scion of Urza is the first of a small number of playable Planeswalkers in MtGPQ which embody Karn at different points in his life.
Contents
Stats
Karn, Scion of Urza - level 60 | ||||||||||
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Mana bonus | Deck limits | Health | Leveling cost | |||||||
+1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 120 | 323,750 |
Abilities
1: Thran Legacy | |||
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Ability Level | PW level | Effect | |
6-19 | 4 | Pick one of the next 2 cards of your library. Fetch that card and Exile the others. If it was a colorless card, your mana bonuses are increased by 1. Each mana bonus can't be raised by this ability more than 3 times. | |
20-35 | 4 | Pick one of the next 3 cards of your library. Fetch that card and Exile the others. If it was a colorless card, your mana bonuses are increased by 1. Each mana bonus can't be raised by this ability more than 3 times. | |
36-49 | 4 | Pick one of the next 3 cards of your library. Fetch that card and Exile the others. If it was a colorless card, your mana bonuses are increased by 1. If not, your mana bonus in that card's color is increased by 1. Each mana bonus can't be raised by this ability more than 3 times. | |
50-60 | 4 | Pick one of the next 3 cards of your library. Fetch that card and Exile the others. If it was a colorless card, your mana bonuses are increased by 1. If not, your mana bonus in that card's color is increased by 2. Each mana bonus can't be raised by this ability more than 3 times. |
3: Argentum's Legacy | |||
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Ability Level | PW level | Effect | |
16-29 | 12 | Create a Karn's Minor Construct Token [8/8 with "While you control 3 or more supports this creature gains Prevent Damage ."]. | |
30-45 | 12 | Create a Karn's Construct Token [8/8 with "While you control 3 or more supports this creature gains Prevent Damage . At the end of your turn, if you control 2 or more supports, return the first support from your graveyard to your hand and it gains 6 mana."]. | |
46-59 | 12 | Create an Improved Karn's Construct Token [12/12 with "While you control 3 or more supports this creature gains Prevent Damage . At the end of your turn, if you control 2 or more supports, return the first support from your graveyard to your hand and it gains 8 mana."]. | |
60 | 12 | Create an Improved Major Karn's Construct Token [12/12 with "While you control 3 or more supports, this creature gains Prevent Damage . At the end of your turn, if you control 2 or more supports, a support you control gains 2 shield, then return the first support from your graveyard to your hand and it gains 10 mana."]. |
Story
The Planeswalker Venser sacrificed himself to free Karn’s mind and body, but Mirrodin, a plane Karn himself had created, was lost. Grief-stricken by the fate of his world and the death of his friend, Karn travels the Multiverse, retracing his steps to ensure the Phyrexian contagion has not taken hold elsewhere. Karn is constantly searching for more weapons he can deploy against the Phyrexians—which has brought him back once again to Dominaria.
Starting Deck
Card name | Type | Cost | Color | Rarity | Set |
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Howling Golem | (4/5) | 11 | DOM | ||
Bloodtallow Candle | (3) | 9 | DOM | ||
Navigator's Compass | (2) | 9 | DOM | ||
Jousting Lance | (2) | 10 | DOM | ||
Auramancer | (2/2) | 10 | ORI | ||
Artificer's Epiphany | 2 | ORI | |||
Titan's Strength | 4 | ORI | |||
Timberpack Wolf | (2/2) | 8 | ORI | ||
Weight of the Underworld | 8 | ORI | |||
Gilded Lotus | (2) | 6 | DOM |