Karn, Argent Defender Price
3 printings · 2 sets · first printed 2026
Karn, Argent Defender has been printed 3 times across 2 sets, first in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Reality Fracture #279 at $0.71, while the most expensive is Reality Fracture #320 at $1.36. The median across 2 priced printings is $1.04. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 3x in the last 2 years.
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Every Karn, Argent Defender Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reality Fracture #279 (R) Cheapest | 2026 | $0.71 | $0.15 |
| Reality Fracture #320 (R) | 2026 | $1.36 | $0.75 |
| Reality Fracture Promos #279p (R) | 2026 | — | $0.90 |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
5 PrecedentsReplacement effects, such as a permanent entering the battlefield tapped or with counters on it, are unaffected. Abilities that apply "as [this permanent] enters" are replacement effects.
The trigger event doesn't have to specify artifacts or creatures entering the battlefield. For example, Tireless Tracker has an ability that says "Whenever a land you control enters, investigate." If an artifact land or creature land you control enters, that ability won't trigger. If a nonartifact, noncreature land you control enters, the ability will trigger.
Look at the permanent as it exists on the battlefield, taking into account continuous effects, to determine whether any triggered abilities will trigger. For example, if you control Opalescence, which says, in part, "Each other non-Aura enchantment is a creature," each enchantment will be a creature at the time it enters the battlefield and will not cause triggered abilities to trigger.
Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at the beginning of" in their reminder text.
If Karn, Argent Defender and another artifact or creature enter the battlefield at the same time, neither one will cause triggered abilities to trigger when they enter the battlefield.