Karn, the Savior

Modern Affinity Combo Control WU (Azorius)

JazzCrimes

Planeswalker (3)

• 3x Karn Liberated

Land (21)

• 2x Academy Ruins
• 5x Island
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 4x Plains
• 3x Urza's Mine
• 3x Urza's Power Plant
• 3x Urza's Tower

Enchantment (3)

• 3x March of the Machines

Artifact (25)

• 2x Akroma's Memorial
• 2x Contagion Engine
• 3x Crystal Shard
• 3x Expedition Map
• 3x Ichor Wellspring
• 4x Liquimetal Coating
• 3x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 3x Norn's Annex
• 2x Tumble Magnet

Instant (9)

• 3x Dispatch
• 2x Dispense Justice
• 4x Negate

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Fabricate

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Memnarch
• 2x Salvage Titan

Artifact (4)

• 3x Scourglass
• 1x Urza's Blueprints

Instant (1)

• 1x Dispatch

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Maybeboard

Creature (3)

• 3x Metallurgeon

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Karn was the inspiration for this deck. He fits wonderfully into so many types of decks, but I wanted to make something that would showcase him in particular. As I was looking for ways to increase Karn's utility, it occurred to me that he exists primarily as a control device. I came to the conclusion that I could make it into a creature by using Liquimetal Coating and March of the Machines. Ok, so what next? Well, if I'm animating artifacts, Akroma's Memorial is a natural fit. The rest of the deck was crafted around those interactions.

UPDATE 11/20/11: Redid the deck top to bottom. Most of the core ideas stayed, but this plays really smoothly in playtests.

Date added	13 years
Last updated	12 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 8 - 7 Rares 18 - 1 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	63
Avg. CMC	3.21