First printed in New Phyrexia (2011)

All 10 prints

Secret Lair Promo (SLP) #36, 2025
Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #97, 2022
The List (PLST) #NPH-1, 2022
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #82876, 2020 (digital)
Double Masters (2XM) #1, 2020
Double Masters (2XM) #333, 2020
Ultimate Box Topper (PUMA) #U2, 2018
Ultimate Masters (UMA) #5, 2018
Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #4, 2015
New Phyrexia (NPH) #1, 2011

Karn Liberated

Legendary Planeswalker — Karn

+4: Target player exiles a card from their hand.
−3: Exile target permanent.
−14: Restart the game, leaving in exile all non-Aura permanent cards exiled with Karn. Then put those cards onto the battlefield under your control.

In the last 30 days 0.3% of Modern decks played it (7 of 2268). Most played in Mono-Black (unclassified). In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (4 of 6150). Most played in Teferi, Temporal Archmage.

Combos

5 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite turns, Lock: Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Karn Liberated + Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Teferi, Master of Time
Infinite turns, Lock: Ichormoon Gauntlet + Karn Liberated + Liquimetal Torque + Vorel of the Hull Clade
Infinite turns, Lock: Ichormoon Gauntlet + Karn Liberated + Liquimetal Coating + Vorel of the Hull Clade
Infinite turns, Lock: Encroaching Mycosynth + Ichormoon Gauntlet + Karn Liberated + Vorel of the Hull Clade
Infinite turns, Lock: Ichormoon Gauntlet + Karn Liberated + Mycosynth Lattice + Vorel of the Hull Clade

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Modern Other periods →

In 7 of 2268 decks (0.3%).

Share of decks

0.3%

▲ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

5 main, 2 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.4

in the main deck

Win rate

66%

3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Mono-Black (unclassified)	2.5%	2%
Eldrazi Tron	2.4%	7%
Mono-Green (unclassified)	0.9%	10%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Urza's Power Plant	100%	21.8
Urza's Tower	100%	21.8
Urza's Mine	100%	21.8
Expedition Map	100%	21.2
Karn, the Great Creator	100%	19.7
Ugin, Eye of the Storms	100%	16.9
Devourer of Destiny	100%	5.6
Kozilek's Command	100%	5.1
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger	80%	25.6
Giant's Boulder	60%	23.5

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Eldrazi Tron Bradykiesling13 in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Eldrazi Tron Riftbound in Modern Challenge 64	5-2 71%
Eldrazi Tron Riftbound in Modern Challenge 64	5-3 63%
Mono-Green JMAK2000 in Modern Challenge 32	4-3 57%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Mono-Green JMAK2000, 28 Oct	2 main	#8 4-3
Eldrazi Tron Bradykiesling13, 27 Oct	1 main	#8 5-2
Eldrazi Tron AlpInco, 27 Oct	1 main	5-0
Eldrazi Tron Riftbound, 21 Oct	1 side	#7 5-3
Eldrazi Tron Riftbound, 20 Oct	1 side	#9 5-2
Mono-Green JMAK2000, 17 Oct	2 main	5-0
Mono-Black Celethil, 3 Oct	1 main	5-0

Commander Other periods →

In 4 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days