Karn's Sylex

In Cali Commander

Legal in Cali Commander. See the ban list, or check a whole deck.

Type line

Legendary Artifact

Oracle text

Karn's Sylex enters tapped. Players can't pay life to cast spells or to activate abilities that aren't mana abilities. , , Exile Karn's Sylex: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X or less. Activate only as a sorcery.

Rulings

• 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
• Other things may still cause players to pay life, such as a resolving spell or ability.2022-09-09
• Players may always pay 0 life, even if an effect says they can’t pay life.2022-09-09
• 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
• An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate.2022-09-09

Market price

$0.82