Karn's Sylex

As of Aug 1, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Karn's Sylex is $0.95 (DMU #234), and the most expensive is $2.81 (PDMU #234s, Prerelease, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.95, down 2.1% over 7 days, up 2.1% over 30 days, down 6.9% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $1.11 (2025).

Karn's Sylex has 3 tracked printings across 2 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including promo pack and prerelease treatments.

DMU #234

$0.95

CK $1.49 / $0.38 60%

MP $0.72 77 avail

PDMU #234p Promo Pack Foil

$0.96 +1%

CK $4.49 / $1.80 -88%

MP $1.96 2 avail

DMU #234 Foil

$1.24 +31%

CK $2.49 / $0.63 49%

MP $1.01 22 avail

PDMU #234p Promo Pack

$1.56 +64%

CK $9.49 / $4.80 -208%

PDMU #234s Prerelease Foil

$2.81 +196%

CK $5.49 / $2.75 2%

MP $3.08 4 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $4.80 cash for PDMU #234p; the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 49% (wide).

• Sep 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.
• Sep 9, 2022 An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate.
• Sep 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.
• Sep 9, 2022 Other things may still cause players to pay life, such as a resolving spell or ability.
• Sep 9, 2022 Players may always pay 0 life, even if an effect says they can’t pay life.

Karn's Sylex has been reprinted 5 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
PDMU #234p	2022-09-09	Mythic	Promo Pack
PDMU #234s	2022-09-09	Mythic	Prerelease
DMU #234	2022-09-09	Mythic	Standard
DMU #234	2022-09-09	Mythic	Standard
PDMU #234p	2022-09-09	Mythic	Promo Pack

Karn's Sylex is the #13,163 most-played card on EDHREC, down 175 places over the last 30 days.