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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Is Karn still a pacifist?

Karn took a vow of pacifism, swearing never again to take a life. During the Weatherlight's time on Rath, Karn was captured by Greven as he refused to fight off his attackers.
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How did Urza's spark ignite?

Urza ignited the planeswalker spark within the re-fused powerstone after the detonation of the Golgothian Sylex. The stone then took on Urza's consciousness.
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Is Karn a phyrexian?

Karn later created a plane of his own: a metal world he called Argentum. When he brought the Planeswalker Jeska to see his plane, he introduced a contagion from Dominaria to his world—a Phyrexian substance to which, as a Planeswalker, he was immune and unaware.
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How does Karn the Great Creator work?

Karn's first ability affects only artifacts on the battlefield. Activated abilities that work in other zones can still be activated. abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn.
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Does Karn disable artifact lands?

So I know karns ability prevents opponents artifacts from being used.
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Can Karn the Great Creator be a Commander?

Rule 13 reworded for clarification: Abilities which bring card(s) you own from outside the game into the game (such as Wishes; Spawnsire of Ulamog; Karn, the Great Creator) do not function in Commander.
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Who 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 Karn a planeswalker?

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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How tall is Karn MTG?

Central character: Karn is a silver golem, seven or eight feet tall. He is the epicenter of this explosion, unharmed.
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Is Mishra a planeswalker?

Mishra was able to confederate various Fallaji tribes of the Western Desert under his command. Eventually, he and Urza fought a long and bloody war. Unlike his brother, he did not become a planeswalker.
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Is blind seer Urza?

The next block was Urza's Saga, so it's no surprise that Urza's appearances ramped up a bit. Since then, he's appeared on many cards. Sometimes he's been Blind Seer, and one time he was a Legacy Weapon. Since his story spans thousands of years, it's not surprising that he sometimes looks a little different.
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Is Gerrard dead MtG?

Gerrard and Urza both died when the Legacy Weapon was fired. That took place in the invasion block, so long before you stopped playing, it's certainly not anything new. Two things happened between Invasion and today that had a huge impact on the MtG story.
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Is Karn The leader of Phyrexia?

Karn was the bringer of the Phyrexian oil to Mirrodin, which began the slow process of transforming the creatures it touched deep beneath the world's surface. Slowly losing his mind, Karn became the Father of Machines and the leader of Phyrexia.
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Who created Phyrexia?

As a yet unnamed plane, Phyrexia was created by an ancient evil planeswalker. Little is known of him, aside from the fact that he was a humanoid that preferred to assume the form of a dragon: he died just a month before Yawgmoth was transported to Phyrexia.
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What is tamiyo?

Tamiyo (Japanese: タミヨウ; rōmaji: Tamiyō) is a Phyrexian Moonfolk planeswalker from Kamigawa.
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Is Sorin a good guy?

Sorin Markov is one of the good guys of the card game Magic: The Gathering. He is a morally-conflicted vampiric Planeswalker who specializes in dark magic, though some white has crept into his cards as of later events.
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Who is the most powerful planeswalker?

The Strongest Planeswalkers in Magic: The Gathering History
  • 8 Dack Fayden.
  • 7 Teferi, Hero Of Dominaria.
  • 6 Ugin, The Spirit Dragon.
  • 5 Karn, Liberated.
  • 4 Wren and Six.
  • 3 Liliana Of The Veil.
  • 2 Oko, Thief Of Crowns.
  • 1 Jace, The Mind Sculptor.
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Is the wanderer Elspeth?

The Wanderer is a purely white Mana-aligned female walker, as Elspeth has been in all her incarnations. The Wanderer's passive ability protects you and all your opponents, which was pretty much Elspeth shtick.
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Is Jace dead MTG?

After fleeing for their lives from Bolas's forces, Jace succumbed to frostbite and lost a toe. This was the least of his injuries though, as Tezzeret used his manablade to torture Jace for having failed despite his inexperience and the vast difference between his power and that which Bolas possessed.
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Do lands have color identity?

Lands. symbol printed on it, and has no basic land type; thus, it has no color identity. (In Commander format rules, cards like Wastes with no color identity can appear in any deck, regardless of its commander.) appears in its rules text.
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What was Rule 10 in Commander?

Rule 10, which stated that commanders were subject to the legend rule, was created in the days when the legend rule was less stable; the rule remained as an artifact of that time.
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Can any legendary planeswalker be a Commander?

A planeswalker can be a commander if the card says that they can be a commander. Most planeswalkers cannot be a commander because the rules committee banned them from being commanders. However, Wizards makes planeswalker cards that can be commanders, so they are the exception.
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