Karn, Silver Golem
Mana cost {5}. Power/toughness 4/4.
Whenever Karn blocks or becomes blocked, it gets -4/+4 until end of turn.
{1}: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value until end of turn.
Karn, Silver Golem is legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Urza's Saga printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€13.77) · TCGplayer ($21.14) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €11.35 and €14.76 in that time.
Also printed with a gold border in World Championship Decks 1999, for less. Gold-bordered copies aren't tournament legal, but some Premodern events allow them: where, and what they save.
How often Karn, Silver Golem is played
Karn, Silver Golem is maindecked in 4 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (3%), averaging 1.8 copies; used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Karn, Silver Golem
- MUD: A 4/4 that is usually Tinkered or Welded in. For one mana it animates a noncreature artifact into a creature with power and toughness equal to its mana value: Thran Dynamo and Icy become 4/4s, Mishra's Helix a 5/5. When Karn blocks or is blocked it gets -4/+4 and deals no damage.
Tournament decks with Karn, Silver Golem
- MUD: 1st Place at Semanal Premodern (3× mainboard)
- Colorless MUD Stax: 2nd Place at Liga Feijoada @ Santa Cruz (2× mainboard)
- MUD: 1st Place at Full Tapped - Summer Season (1× mainboard)
- Covetous Control: 6th Place at LWPP Maio/2026 Top8 (1× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Karn, Silver Golem
- Land Locked (1×)
