Definitely the BEST Planeswalker to do the Infinite-Ability trick with... Turn him into a creature? Exile everything from the field and hand, then start the game with everyone's permanents under your control. :3
Posted By:
Kaizeischi
(6/26/2011 5:20:01 PM)
I just used Karn's ultimate for the first time today. Got 3 lands, and the opponent's Mirran Crusader and Silver-Inlaid Dagger. Won on Turn 2 of the new game.
Posted By:
Sesquame
(1/4/2012 11:05:55 AM)
cheaper then Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker. No color limitations and a much tougher body. Karn can exile any threat and mess with your hand, while Nicol can only destroy, but has a mind control. Both ults are devastating, and will win you the game.
He is better then Nicol for good reasons, but I am glad they reprinted Nicol just in time to see this powerhouse rotate. And I am glad my Nicol blew up someone else Karn in a match, it made me feel liberated.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(8/10/2012 10:34:27 PM)
@Rumblin-Slumm It goes over that(him being a Planeswalker again) in the Scars book. Kinda. You have to assume a bit.
Posted By:
MyrBattlecube
(4/28/2011 4:50:02 PM)
@psyklone If it doesn't specifically say "face down," it's face up.
Since restarting a game is new, WotC put up an FAQ on Karn's game restarting ultimate. Search it up and all your questions will be answered(hopefully). Also, if they worded it like that, we'd have micro-micro-text. Restart is just fine. I understood what "restart the game" meant except for the "who goes first," deal. The person who activated Karn's ultimate goes first according to the FAQ.
Posted By:
Bazzoka
(5/17/2011 1:53:04 AM)
I pulled him in my work draft, and built and control deck around him. Simply devastating. I won the tournament handily, only losing one game that I got him on the table for (I think I got him out 11 of 20 times or so).
Surprisingly I only used the restart once. I'd Numbing Dose or Enslave what I couldn't get with spell cancellation until I got Karn out, then just start exiling anything effective my opponent put out, or exile lands or what ever from my hand to charge up. He has potential in standard with control decks.
Posted By:
Droidwhisperer
(6/20/2011 11:24:02 AM)
Wait a second...
Liquimetal Coating...
Karn, Silver Golem ...
Illusionist's bracers...
Karn's ultimate...
Rings of Brighthearth...
Magic divides by zero...?
Well okay in all actuality the stack empties on a new game so the game would only restart once...a guy can dream though.
Posted By:
Jack-o-Crow
(3/11/2013 4:20:03 AM)
I think Karn is the only planeswalker that cannot survive his own ultimate. There is no way that Karn can remain on the field after he uses his ultimate.
Posted By:
Lifegainwithbite
(4/2/2013 5:22:11 PM)
He won't be competitive, even in green. 7 is too much of an investment. His -14 will never go off in a competitive setting, he'll be flayed alive if you even hint that you're trying to pull it off. If the -14 is out of the question, then he's 7 mana for a Vindicate, we've got one of those already, and it's not used.
Posted By:
Atali
(4/29/2011 10:04:08 AM)
It says he's colorless but I don't think he'll see play in a deck that doesn't run green.
Posted By:
.Blaze.
(4/28/2011 9:14:25 PM)