Karn's Sylex

59Playable

Legendary Artifact {3} Dominaria United

2HG Rating

59/100

Gains value in 2HG: symmetrical lock piece.

Weak in 2HGNeutralFormat staple

+9
Symmetrical lock piece
Stax and tax effects tax two opponents for the price of one, while your team plans around them together.

Ratings start at a neutral 50 and are adjusted by rules derived from 2HG's structure — shared 60 life, shared turns, two opponents. They'll be recalibrated against real play rates once teams start submitting decklists.

Oracle text

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.

Legality

standardpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommander

Plays well beside it

Shares the "symmetrical lock piece" axis — good candidates for your teammate's deck.

Suggestions are characteristic-based for now. Once teams submit pairings, this becomes a real co-occurrence score: played in X% of teams whose partner deck runs Karn's Sylex.

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