Hmm. Karn is the only colorless legendary creature that would be a legal general in EDH. (The other two colorless legendary creatures, as of right now, are Memnarch and Bosh, both of which contain colored mana symbols that are not in their own mana costs, making them illegal for inclusion in their own decks! I may be misunderstanding that rule, of course.) I have just checked Gatherer and found that there are indeed enough lands bearing no colored mana symbols that it would be possible to support a fully-colorless EDH deck! Whee!
metalworker
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(5 votes)
"Okay so ill destroy all of your moxes and turn my crucible, smokestack and wire into creature."
DrPompousMD
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Karn's overpowered. Bland 3/3's or 4/4's aren't much fun, though. That's where the Power Matrix comes in - bring your artifacts to life then give them +1/+1, flying, first strike, and trample. Better yet, play an Akroma's Memorial and bring *that* to life. Whenever I play that combo I basically win the game. (the Memorial also gives all your critters prot. from red and black, which are the traditional creature-destruction colours)
ToidiDiPuts
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@ 4227: exactly what I was thinking. I think the challenge of making an EDH deck with Karn as the general would be fun.
Taltor
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(9 votes)
Nothing like turning Darksteel Forge and Akroma's Memorial into 9/9 and 7/7 creatures. Karn should eventually be made into a planeswalker, since he did create Mirrodin.
Kartakass
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Mox monkey v. 2.0.!
Ogrillion
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(8 votes)
I feel like you should be required to shout his name out at the top of your voice every time you play him. "KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRN"
DarthKithkin
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(8 votes)
I really hope they make Karn into a planeswalker when Scars of Mirrodin comes out!
Gilder_Bairn
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(5 votes)
ideas for Karn as a planeswalker in Scars of Mirrodin:
"Karn, the Protector"(since he was built to protect someone, idunno i'm just quoting the wikipedia page)
5 colorless mana
Starts with 4 loyalty counters
+2: target creature -X/+X and reach until the beginning of your next upkeep, where X is the creature's power.
-5: all creatures' power becomes 0 until the beginning of your next upkeep. Use this ability only before the combat phase.
-X: Imprint Karn, the Protector onto target artifact creature you control, where X is the creature's converted mana cost. (Exile Karn, the Protecter. As long as he remains exiled, the artifact gains the following effect.) That artifact creature is indestructable. If it would go to the graveyard for any reason, send Karn to the graveyard instead (the imprint effect ceases).
Yeah, I know, too complicated. Anyway, second idea:
"Karn, the Forger" (since he created the plane Mirrodin)
4 Colorless mana
starts with 3 loyalty counters
+3: imprint target artifact onto Karn.
0: target non-creature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness equal to it's converted mana cost.
-12: Put an X/X giant golem creature token into play with "Sacrifice an Artifact: regenerate this creature", where X is the total converted mana cost of all the imprinted artifacts on Karn.
That's all I got. Obviously I looooooove the Imprint mechanic.
DrJWilson
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(4 votes)
Turn all of your opponent's lands to creatures, they die, you have a repeatable Armageddon. With Mycosynth Lattice of course.
KMcombine
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(5 votes)
He was created by the OG himself, Urza - Stroke of Genius. Later in life he was the protector of Gerrard Capashen and the legacy. Karndizzle is a pacifist and like his creator, a master artificer, his rules are fitting and very flavoursome.
Hard to kill, and a must for prison decks.
daemonfrog
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
LET'S DO THIS, KAAAAAAAAAARN, SILVER GOLEM!
Boday1
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
This + Doran the Siege tower? Thanks muchly.
jsttu
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
What with Mirrodin Besieged coming up, poor Arty Shovelhead, as nicknamed by Teferi, is welded onto a throne in the center of Mirrodin, insanely hearing voices and somehow in charge of the phyrexians. He is slightly resisting the corrupting affects of phyrexian oil, so whether he gets redeemed or not probably depends on who wins the war. I bet remembering "Jhoira is my friend" will snap him out of it, as that is something he said to himself every night for centuries.
SgtSwaggr
★★☆☆☆ (2.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Taltor,
Your wish came true! Karn Liberated looks awesome!!!!!!!!!!
SweetoothTKC
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ToidiDiPuts @4227: Done and done. I must say, playing with ALL non-basic, utility land is AWESOME!!!
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Fun fact:
This is the only Legendary Artifact Creature with NO color identity as a Commander.
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exactly what I was thinking. I think the challenge of making an EDH deck with Karn as the general would be fun.
"Karn, the Protector"(since he was built to protect someone, idunno i'm just quoting the wikipedia page)
5 colorless mana
Starts with 4 loyalty counters
+2: target creature -X/+X and reach until the beginning of your next upkeep, where X is the creature's power.
-5: all creatures' power becomes 0 until the beginning of your next upkeep. Use this ability only before the combat phase.
-X: Imprint Karn, the Protector onto target artifact creature you control, where X is the creature's converted mana cost. (Exile Karn, the Protecter. As long as he remains exiled, the artifact gains the following effect.) That artifact creature is indestructable. If it would go to the graveyard for any reason, send Karn to the graveyard instead (the imprint effect ceases).
Yeah, I know, too complicated. Anyway, second idea:
"Karn, the Forger" (since he created the plane Mirrodin)
4 Colorless mana
starts with 3 loyalty counters
+3: imprint target artifact onto Karn.
0: target non-creature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness equal to it's converted mana cost.
-12: Put an X/X giant golem creature token into play with "Sacrifice an Artifact: regenerate this creature", where X is the total converted mana cost of all the imprinted artifacts on Karn.
That's all I got. Obviously I looooooove the Imprint mechanic.
Hard to kill, and a must for prison decks.
KAAAAAAAAAARN, SILVER GOLEM!
Your wish came true! Karn Liberated looks awesome!!!!!!!!!!
This is the only Legendary Artifact Creature with NO color identity as a Commander.
Per new rulings, Bosh, Iron Golem is red, Memnarch is blue, and of course Sen Triplets and Sharuum, the Hegemon are colored anyway.
It's really a pity the new Colossus of Akros is not Legendary, it would have been the second one.