Can Karn the Great Creator be a Commander?

Parts of abilities which bring other traditional card(s) you own from outside the game into the game (such as Living Wish; Spawnsire of Ulamog; Karn, the Great Creator; Wish) do not function in Commander.
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What creatures can be commanders?

When choosing a commander, you must use either a legendary creature, a planeswalker with the ability to be commander, or a pair of legendary creatures or planeswalkers that both have partner. The chosen card or pair is called the commander or general of the deck.
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Can Karn the great creator get a card from exile?

It doesn't matter how long the permanent has been a creature. in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0. Karn's last ability can't get a face-down card in exile, even if you know it's an artifact card.
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Which planeswalkers can be commanders?

Top 10 Planeswalkers that Can Be Commanders (2022)
  • Lord Windgrace.
  • Will Kenrith & Rowan Kenrith.
  • Valki, God of Lies / Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor.
  • Saheeli, the Gifted.
  • Jeska, Thrice Reborn.
  • Nicol Bolas, the Ravager / Nicol Bolas, the Arisen.
  • Daretti, Scrap Savant.
  • Teferi, Temporal Archmage.
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Can a companion be your Commander?

Your Companion cannot also be your Commander, because Commanders start in your deck, but Companions start outside the game, and a single card can't be in both places. Just to confirm: companion cards start outside the game in your collection, and are not in the command zone.
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Combo Breakdown: Mycosynth Lattice, with Karn The Great Creator (War of the Spark Combo)



Can you play Lurrus in Commander?

Unfortunately, there aren't any commanders in Brawl that meet Lurrus's deck-building restriction, so you can't choose it as your companion in Brawl.
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Can you have 2 companions in MTG?

You can have up to one chosen companion for each game. That chosen companion doesn't start in your main deck. Rather, it's a card in your sideboard. (If you're playing casually without sideboards, it's just in your collection outside the game.
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Can a legendary artifact be a Commander?

Yes Legendary creature is the only requirement. Or a card that says it can be your commander.
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What is the best planeswalker in MTG?

MTG best planeswalkers
  • Gideon, Ally of Zendikar: Ally of value.
  • Oko, Thief of Crowns: You're an elk now.
  • Teferi, Hero of Dominaria: Absolutely not.
  • Karn Liberated: We can try this again on my terms.
  • Ugin, the Spirit Dragon: No to everything.
  • Jace, the Mind Sculptor: I'm in control here.
  • Wrenn and Six: Sorry, what?
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Can a vehicle be a Commander?

903.3a. Shorikai, Genesis Engine is a legendary Vehicle with an ability that says it can be your commander.
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Does Karn the great creator stop mana abilities?

One of the reasons Karn's static ability is so strong is that, much like Stony Silence before it, it stops mana abilities. On its own, this hampers the ability of Mox Opal / Darksteel Citadel decks to cast anything under the Great Creator's watchful eye.
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Are cards exiled with Karn considered part of your starting deck?

Now i may be mistaken on this, but i was under the impression that the exile zone is still part of the "battlefield" (which is why you can no longer wish for exiled cards) now i realize that the cards exiled by Karn Liberated are not physically in their owner's deck, but the are still in a game zone, so technically ...
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Is Karn the Great Creator an artifact?

Karn's Touch

Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value until end of turn. (It retains its abilities.)
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Can non legendary creatures be commanders?

Players may choose either a legendary creature or a planeswalker that has an ability allowing it to be chosen as a commander. Players may choose a pair of them if each has the partner ability. In Brawl, every planeswalker can be commander.
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What legendary creatures can be commanders?

For your commander, you can use any legendary creature, and you can also use any of the 5 planeswalkers from the preconstructed decks that say "You may use this card as your commander", like for example, the white one would be Nahiri, the Lithomancer.
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What if your Commander is colorless?

What Does Command Tower Do if I Have a Colorless Commander? If your commander is completely colorless, then Command Tower does nothing. Colorless isn't a color (it's literally a lack of color) and the Tower specifically says that it generates mana of your commander's color identity. So no color identity means no mana.
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Is there an eldrazi planeswalker?

Long answer: Actually, flavor wise, there is no real way for an eldrazi to become a planeswalker.
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How did Karn get his spark?

Decades later, when Phyrexia invaded the plane of Dominaria, Karn fulfilled his destiny, joining with the other artifacts of the Legacy to destroy Phyrexia's Father of Machines. At that moment, Karn became a Planeswalker, inheriting the spark from his creator.
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What was the first planeswalker?

The first five planeswalkers to be printed are known as the Lorwyn Five: Ajani, Jace, Liliana, Chandra, and Garruk.
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Why is it called Elder Dragon Highlander?

It's short for "Elder Dragon Highlander". Highlander because it's a singleton format (you may only play one of each card) and Elder Dragon because in it's first set of rules your commander had to be one of the original Elder Dragons.
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What does Cedh stand for?

CEDH is an abbreviation meaning “Competitive Elder Dragon Highlander.” In essence, it's just Commander where everyone plays with the best decks out there and tries as hard as possible to win.
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Can grist be a Commander?

Notes. Grist is one of the few non-humanoid planeswalkers to be featured on a black-bordered card. Since Grist is a creature outside of the battlefield, she can be your Commander in the Command zone.
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Can Lutri be your Commander?

While Lutri is only banned in Commander, it still marks the fastest action taken against a card ever. With its inclusion coming at no cost, Lutri would be a fixture in every Izzet Commander deck.
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Can Yorion exile itself?

You can't exile permanents you control but don't own, or permanents that you own but don't control. Auras attached to the exiled permanents will be put into their owners' graveyards.
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