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[[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]] is a colorless golem [[Planeswalker]], introduced in April 2018, a month before the release of his origin card set, [[Dominaria]].
  
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 [[card]]s of any [[color]] in his [[deck]]s, 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. His abilities are, added together, the cheapest in the game: his first is tied for second cheapest, and the second and third are the cost of many Planeswalkers' first and second abilities. The cheapest [[Loyalty]] ability is [[Ob Nixilis Reignited]]'s card draw ability.
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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 [[card]]s of any [[color]] in his [[deck]]s, 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. His abilities are, added together, the cheapest in the game: 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 {{Ability|Fetch|Fetches}} the card rather than draws, and the bonus is permanent. His ultimate (ult) creates a strong golem {{Ability|Token}} that can gain {{Ability|Prevent Damage}} while 3 supports are controlled. His abilities have a minor {{Ability|Exile}} theme, including returning cards from exile to hand with a small mana boost, and {{Ability|fetch|fetching}} a card from the library and exiling others.
 
Like [[Sarkhan Unbroken]], he can also receive a boost to bis bonuses of the colors of a card, but he {{Ability|Fetch|Fetches}} the card rather than draws, and the bonus is permanent. His ultimate (ult) creates a strong golem {{Ability|Token}} that can gain {{Ability|Prevent Damage}} while 3 supports are controlled. His abilities have a minor {{Ability|Exile}} theme, including returning cards from exile to hand with a small mana boost, and {{Ability|fetch|fetching}} a card from the library and exiling others.

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Karn, Scion of Urza
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Karn.png
Full Name Karn, Scion of Urza
Affinities Colorless
Origin set Dominaria Dominaria
Cost 850 Mana Crystals
Stats (max level)
Health 120
Deck limits Creatures 5  ·  Spells 5  ·  Supports 6
Mana bonuses Icon W.png +1 · Icon U.png +1 · Icon B.png +1 · Icon R.png +1 · Icon G.png +1
Leveling cost 323,750 Mana Runes
Planeswalkers   (Infobox · Data)
Planeswalker series
Karn (golem)
Karn, Scion of Urza  Colorless Karn, Scion of Urza
Karn, Reflective Silver  Colorless Karn, Reflective Silver
Karn, Living Legacy  Colorless Karn, Living Legacy

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 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. His abilities are, added together, the cheapest in the game: 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 TokenToken that can gain Prevent DamagePrevent 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 two playable Planeswalkers in MtGPQ which embody Karn at different points in his life.

Stats

Karn, Scion of Urza - level 60
Mana bonus Deck limits Health Leveling cost
White +1 Blue +1 Black +1 Red +1 Green +1 Loyalty 0 Creatures  5 Spells  5 Supports  6 120 323,750 Mana Runes
All level details 1-60          Up-down-arrow-icon.png Click to
Level

cost

Mana bonus Deck limits Health Abilities
Icon W.png Icon U.png Icon B.png Icon R.png Icon G.png Icon L.png Creature-Icon.png Spell-Icon.png Support-Icon.png 1 2 3
1-5

3410Rune.png

-1 -1 -1 -1 -1 0 3 3 4 20 AbilityLev0.png AbilityLev0.png AbilityLev0.png
4 3 4
23
-1 0 -1 -1 -1 0
27
6-10

11390Rune.png

AbilityLev1.png
30
4 4 4
33
AbilityLev1.png
11-15

20830Rune.png

-1 0 0 -1 -1 0
36
4 4 5
40
16-20

33590Rune.png

AbilityLev1.png
43
-1 0 0 0 -1 0
46
AbilityLev2.png
21-25

49690Rune.png

49
5 4 5
52
-1 0 0 0 0 0
56
26-30

69070Rune.png

AbilityLev2.png
59
-1 0 0 0 +1 0
AbilityLev2.png
31-35

91630Rune.png

62
0 0 0 0 +1 0
65
5 5 5
69
36-40

117370Rune.png

AbilityLev3.png
72
0 +1 0 0 +1 0
75
AbilityLev3.png
41-45

146230Rune.png

79
5 5 6
83
0 +1 +1 0 +1 0
87
46-50

178150Rune.png

AbilityLev3.png
91
95
AbilityLev4.png
51-55

226950Rune.png

100
0 +1 +1 +1 +1 0
105
110
56-60

323750Rune.png

AbilityLev4.png
115
+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 0
120
AbilityLev4.png

Abilities

1: Thran Legacy
Ability Level PW level Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 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.
AbilityLev2.png 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.
AbilityLev3.png 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.
AbilityLev4.png 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.
2: Tolarian Legacy
Ability Level PW level Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 10-25 8 Pick one of the first 2 cards from your Exile. It gains 4 mana.
AbilityLev2.png 26-39 8 Pick one of the first 3 cards from your Exile. It gains 6 mana.
AbilityLev3.png 40-55 8 Pick one of the first 2 different cards from your Exile. They gain 6 mana.
AbilityLev4.png 56-60 8 Pick one of the first 3 different cards from your Exile. They gain 6 mana.
3: Argentum's Legacy
Ability Level PW level Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 16-29 12 Create a Karn's Minor Construct TokenToken [8/8 with "While you control 3 or more supports this creature gains Prevent DamagePrevent Damage."].
AbilityLev2.png 30-45 12 Create a Karn's Construct TokenToken [8/8 with "While you control 3 or more supports this creature gains Prevent DamagePrevent 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."].
AbilityLev3.png 46-59 12 Create an Improved Karn's Construct TokenToken [12/12 with "While you control 3 or more supports this creature gains Prevent DamagePrevent 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."].
AbilityLev4.png 60 12 Create an Improved Major Karn's Construct TokenToken [12/12 with "While you control 3 or more supports, this creature gains Prevent DamagePrevent 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.

>> Karn, Reflective Silver's Story

Starting Deck

Card name Type Cost Color Rarity Set 
Howling Golem Creatures (4/5) 11 Colorless Uncommon Dominaria DOM Legacy 
Bloodtallow Candle Supports (3) 9 Colorless Common Dominaria DOM Legacy 
Navigator's Compass Supports (2) 9 Colorless Common Dominaria DOM Legacy 
Jousting Lance Supports (2) 10 Colorless Common Dominaria DOM Legacy 
Auramancer Creatures (2/2) 10 White Common Origins ORI 
Artificer's Epiphany Spells 2 Blue Common Origins ORI 
Titan's Strength Spells 4 Red Common Origins ORI 
Timberpack Wolf Creatures (2/2) 8 Green Common Origins ORI 
Weight of the Underworld Spells 8 Black Uncommon Origins ORI 
Gilded Lotus Supports (2) 6 Colorless Rare Dominaria DOM Legacy