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Karn's Sylex

3 · Legendary Artifact

Karn's Sylex enters the battlefield tapped. Players can't pay life to cast spells or to activate abilities that aren't mana abilities. {X}, {T}, Exile Karn's Sylex: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X or less. Activate only as a sorcery.

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