I have a feeling this will be one of those cards not generally accepted in EDH. Restarting EDH games sounds very annoying.
Restart the game... sounds like sloppy card wording to me, more like something an unhinged card would say. Glad that it at least got a high CMC, will possiblysee play in elf decks, eldrazi ramp (especially eldrazi ramp, restart the game with an emrakul on your side...) and valakut.
Overall, I don't like this card.
Posted By:
Sironos
(5/17/2011 5:28:58 PM)
@Nayban & Kryptnyt: He's Mirran.
@Kryptnyt: Why you hating? He's not only worried about what your opponent plays, you can exile cards in your hand and under your control as well. I've built a deck with Karn and Blightsteel Colossus, and a bunch of U/B/W control to control the pace of the game until I can get Karn out and restart the game with a Blightsteel already on the field. Swing and win! I <3 Karn!
Posted By:
beatmick
(5/2/2011 12:01:37 PM)
im confused tho... if target player exiles an instant, and you restart the game, then does it go to your hand or do you play it?
Posted By:
Ricster24
(5/29/2011 12:14:31 PM)
I wonder whats hapenning to the non-permanent spells that cannot come into play per say.
like what would happen if an opponent or yourself exiles a tezzeret's gambit with the first ability ?
my guess is it can't come into play as it is a spell thus it will stay removed... but nowhere does it says it. i think the card should be oracled for better wording about it. it should say non-aura and non-instant or sorceries.
Posted By:
Knight_of_Light
(6/11/2011 8:29:26 AM)
.5/5
No card should ever be able to restart the game. Me and my friends have banned Karn's Ultimate in everything except standard duals, and even in duals when you pop his ultimate you can only do it once per game so there is no game that takes forever just to be restarted over and over.
Posted By:
Rikiaz
(5/9/2011 10:42:14 AM)
Mirror gallery and Karn = Start a new game w/ Karn in play!
Posted By:
Tetsu_tora
(4/28/2011 5:19:02 PM)
There's a tweet out:
mtgaaron Aaron Forsythe
@Dr_Jeebus @maro254 You could concede in response, get your exiled stuff back, then come back in the game. Lame.
I wonder how true this is though.
Posted By:
pr3t3nd_obj3ct
(4/30/2011 5:27:04 PM)
40 day and 40 nights all over again.....
A card that should be banned before it is even legal! IMHO
Posted By:
tibour
(5/4/2011 12:29:09 PM)
Exiled face up or face down?
And "restart the game" is a really horrible way to word this. A better way would be "each player shuffles their hand, gyard, permanents, and any exiled cards not exiled by Karn in their library. Each player draws 7 cards, then return cards exiled with Karn to play under your control".
Do I get mulligans? Do we roll to see who goes first? Does my life incease/decrease back to 20 or is it a 'reset'?
All questions your local judge will make the answer up to on the spot.
Posted By:
psyklone
(5/16/2011 6:16:13 PM)