Also, Blood Moon isn’t as much as lockdown as it was in the past.

Fast aggro decks can sometimes be faster than Titanshift, for which reason having access to Ensnaring Bridge is huge. Karnshift, Competitive Modern League, SaintDoom Lands (27)Įspecially for Titanshift, Karn opens up new angles of attack. This time we can see Karn in the sideboard, but having checked on susurrus_mtg recent stream VODs, he already switched to four main deck copies. 4c Whir, Competitive Modern League, susurrus_mtg Lands (21) Being able to tutor for Sorcerous Spyglass, Ensnaring Bridge, Mycosynth Lattice or Grafdigger’s Cage means Karn can help in pretty much any situation imaginable. Tron obviously has a potential turn three Karn drop. Let’s look at some decklists I found in my research: Tron, SCG Modern IQ Little Rock, 1st Place, William Willoughby Lands (19) Tron has their Tron lands, Whir has Mox Opal, Titanshift has ramp such as Farseek or Search for Tomorrow and Amulet Titan has Azusa, Lost But Seeking. One common denominator for all decks trying out the new Karn is their ability to cast Karn earlier than turn four.

Should BGx also jump on the Karn train? Is this trend part of a “flavor of the month” or is there more behind it? Which decks play Karn? The utility and potential combo kill with Mycosynth Lattice apparantly pulls its weight. However, when looking at recent decklists, it is clearly observable that Karn is everywhere! Tron, Amulet Titan, Titanshift and Whir decks all play three to four copies of Karn on average. Modern seems like the format that would be the least interested in Karn. I have also seen Karn being tested in Legacy Elves! The mana acceleration frequently enables Karn to be played on turn two or three. What about Modern and Legacy? Legacy immediately adopted Karn in shells playing Ancient Tomb or Grim Monolith. Naturally, one would expect that Karn performs well here. Vintage gets heavily impacted by Karn’s passive ability, which shuts down opposing Moxes and of course Black Lotus. Recently, Karn, the Great Creator pops up everywhere in eternal formats.

Karn and mycosynth lattice