For one mana, Karn's activated ability allows it to temporarily turn one of your noncreature artifacts into an artifact creature with a power and toughness equal to its mana value until the end of the turn
This was an intimidating strategy that was popular in many National Championships in 2010 and even got to 4th Place at the 2010 World Championships
BREAK cards (Ninetales, Starmie, Nidoking, Machamp) trade at $3-8 each raw and are easily acquired singles with minimal price pressure
It can be as good as Gray Merchant of Asphodel (3BB When Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters the battlefield, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black
When it enters the battlefield, it draws cards equal to the number of zombies you control or in your graveyard, whichever is bigger
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