Karn, the Great Creator

Karn Liquimetal Interaction

Was it ever R&D's intention to allow Karn, the Great Creator to destroy lands in conjuntion with Liquimetal Coating, and if not, why won't you errata that ability to not be able to target lands controlled by your opponents?

Cards can interact with each other in powerful ways. That’s what happens in a game with 25,000+ pieces. We don’t tend to use errata to stop those interactions.

Destroy Errata Karn, the Great Creator Lands Liquimetal Coating

Booster Tutor Rule Query

Ok, here goes for an un-mander question: are Booster Tutor and Summon the Pack subject to Rule 11? "Abilities which bring other card(s) you own from outside the game into the game (such as Living Wish; Spawnsire of Ulamog; Karn, the Great Creator) do not function in Commander." Do cards from boosters count as "outside the game?" Because they sure aren't in your sideboard.

You’re already breaking a rule to play silver border cards, so if you’re allowed to have it in your deck, you’re allowed to get the booster.

Booster Tutor Boosters Commander Karn, the Great Creator Living Wish Rules Spawnsire of Ulamog Summon the Pack Tutoring Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-sets

Wishes and Exile

Just FYI, you got the rules about wishes and exile backwards. You USED to be able to get things back, because they were "removed from the game," but since exile was introduced, it became a zone inside the game. Wishes can no longer get cards in exile unless they specifically say so (like Karn, the Great Creator.)

Yeah, I realized that afterwards.

Karn, the Great Creator Rules The Exile Zone

Karn and Contraptions

hey Mark, I had some UnRules questions regarding the Karn from WAR. Can Karn, The Great Creator add Contraptions to your hand? And if he can, if those Contraptions are shuffled into the library from your hand, would they shuffle into the Contraption Deck instead?

Contraptions can’t ever go to your hand. Any effect that would try to make it happen simply fails as they can’t go to that zone.

Contraptions Karn, the Great Creator Shuffle The Library Un-sets Your Hand

Karn and Null Rod

FYI, Karn, the Great Creator has a static ability very similar to Null Rod. Null Rod, interestingly, is part of the Legacy, a collection of artifacts which Karn is part of and eventually became the embodiment of. Its really sweet to see you mechanically call back to old lore like this.

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Artifacts Humor Karn, the Great Creator Legacy Null Rod Story / Lore

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