---
name: "Karn's Touch"
mana_cost: "{U}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "86"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Alan Pollack"
oracle_id: "b5f9920d-7af5-4876-8823-6efbf2b4d9b9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/karns-touch-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Karn's Touch
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value until end of turn. (It retains its abilities.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Suit Up](/printing/suit-up-neo.md) — Instant
2. [Toymaker](/printing/toymaker-plst.md) — Artifact Creature — Spellshaper
3. [Thran Forge](/printing/thran-forge-plst.md) — Artifact
4. [Animate Artifact](/printing/animate-artifact-me4.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Xenic Poltergeist](/printing/xenic-poltergeist-me4.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Karn, Silver Golem](/printing/karn-silver-golem-vma.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Golem

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #86
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Alan Pollack
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`