Karn, Gilded Guardian
Vigilance, trample When Karn enters, draw a card for each color among other artifacts you control.
How Karn decks play in EDH
Karn, Gilded Guardian is a five-colour commander in white, blue, black, red and green costing 2/W2/U2/B2/R2/G, and its legendary artifact creature - golem line shapes the whole deck around it. It draws extra cards, so the deck can afford a lower curve and lean on volume. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. The cards below are the ones Karn, Gilded Guardian decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $56.48Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (4)
Removal (1)
Creatures (15)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Karn, Gilded Guardian decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Karn, Gilded Guardian deck?
Karn, Gilded Guardian has a five-colour colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white, blue, black, red and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Karn, Gilded Guardian?
The cards played most often in Karn, Gilded Guardian decks include Craterclaw Colossus, Fateful Discovery, Flickering Hound. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Karn, Gilded Guardian deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $56.48 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Karn, Gilded Guardian deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.