Karn's Sylex
Dominaria United (DMU) #234 · Mythic · Legendary Artifact
Mana cost: {3}
Karn's Sylex enters tapped.
Players can't pay life to cast spells or to activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.
{X}, {T}, Exile Karn's Sylex: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X or less. Activate only as a sorcery.
Illustrated by Adam Paquette · Released September 9, 2022
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.86 USD · €1.16 EUR
- Foil: $1.07 USD · €2.02 EUR
Nonfoil price since July 16, 2026: down $0.08 USD (8.5%) to $0.86 USD; low $0.77 USD, high $0.97 USD.
Printings
- Dominaria United #234 (this printing) · Mythic · 2022 · $0.86 USD
- Dominaria United Promos #234p (PDMU) · Mythic · 2022 · $1.87 USD
- Dominaria United Promos #234s (PDMU) · Mythic · 2022 · $3.07 USD foil
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2022-09-09 · wotc — If a spell or an activated ability that isn’t a mana ability has a cost that requires a player to pay life, that spell or ability can’t be cast or activated.
- 2022-09-09 · wotc — Other things may still cause players to pay life, such as a resolving spell or ability.
- 2022-09-09 · wotc — Players may always pay 0 life, even if an effect says they can’t pay life.
- 2022-09-09 · wotc — Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities are activated abilities (such as cycling) and will have colons in their reminder text.
- 2022-09-09 · wotc — An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate.