Karn's Sylex
Legendary Artifact
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.Constructed
Commander
Arena
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Used in 1 known comboEDHREC #13,494Played in Under 1% of all cEDH decks
- Printings
- 3
- Price range
- $0.82to$3.07
Versions
3 printings · from $0.82
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Rulings
5 · latest Sep 9, 2022
- WotCSep 9, 2022
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.
- WotCSep 9, 2022
An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate.
- WotCSep 9, 2022
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.
- WotCSep 9, 2022
Other things may still cause players to pay life, such as a resolving spell or ability.
- WotCSep 9, 2022
Players may always pay 0 life, even if an effect says they can’t pay life.