Karn's Sylex Price
3 printings · 2 sets · first printed 2022
Karn's Sylex has been printed 3 times across 2 sets, first in 2022. Right now the cheapest printing is Dominaria United #234 at $0.84, while the most expensive is Dominaria United Promos #234s at $3.07 — about 4× more. The median across 3 priced printings is $1.87. Reprint risk: LOW — Reprinted 3x historically, most recently in 2022 -- no dedicated reprint sets or recent activity.
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Every Karn's Sylex Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominaria United #234 (M) Cheapest | 2022 | $0.84 | $0.52 |
| Dominaria United Promos #234p (M) | 2022 | $1.87 | $3.10 |
| Dominaria United Promos #234s (M) Foil | 2022 | $3.07 | $0.90 foil |
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.
Players can't pay life to cast spells or to activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.
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, Exile Karn's Sylex: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X or less. Activate only as a sorcery.Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
5 PrecedentsIf 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.
Other things may still cause players to pay life, such as a resolving spell or ability.
Players may always pay 0 life, even if an effect says they can’t pay life.
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.
An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate.