Murders at Karlov Manor Magic 2024

U

251

Land

Boros Garrison enters the battlefield tapped.

When Boros Garrison enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.

T: Add RW.

R

340

Creature — Goblin Wizard

4

2

Disguise 1R

When Boltbender is turned face up, you may choose new targets for any number of other spells and/or abilities.

U

112

Creature — Cyclops Warrior

3

2

Double strike, trample

Disguise 3RR (You may cast this card face down for 3 as a 2/2 creature with ward 2. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)

Determining the culprit was not difficult. Getting him to stop committing the crime long enough to be arrested, however, was a massive challenge.

R

189

Enchantment

When Blood Spatter Analysis enters the battlefield, it deals 3 damage to target creature an opponent controls.

Whenever one or more creatures die, mill a card and put a bloodstain counter on Blood Spatter Analysis. Then sacrifice it if it has five or more bloodstain counters on it. When you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

C

154

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. This spell costs 2 less to cast if evidence was collected. (To collect evidence 6, exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.)

Target creature you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.

C

40

Creature — Merfolk Wizard

4

5

Whenever Benthic Criminologists enters the battlefield or attacks, you may sacrifice an artifact. If you do, draw a card.

Scientists from the Simic Combine are regularly seconded to various detective agencies in hopes that sharing their expertise will improve the guild's tarnished reputation.

C

39

Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6.(To collect evidence 6, exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.)

Until end of turn, target artifact or creature becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/3. If evidence was collected, it has base power and toughness 1/1 until end of turn instead.

C

78

Creature — Vampire Detective

3

4

Flying

Whenever Basilica Stalker deals combat damage to a player, you gain 1 life and surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Disguise 4B (You may cast this card face down for 3 as a 2/2 creature with ward 2. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)

R

153

Creature — Beast

4

4

Deathtouch, haste

Ward — Collect evidence 4. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player exiles cards with total mana value 4 or greater from their graveyard.)

C

288

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "2, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

"The Azorius are too obsessed with facts to see the truth that knits them together. They'll never solve this case unless I step in."
—Alquist Proft, case notes

C

5

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "2, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Proft brushed past the guards and introduced himself as "the great Detective Proft" without a hint of irony, then identified the culprit within minutes.

R

152

Sorcery

Create a 0/1 green Plant creature token, then draw cards equal to the number of differently named creature tokens you control.

Trostani was as regal and vibrant as ever, but Kaya couldn't shake the sense that there was something off, some discordant note lurking deep within the chorus.

U

232

Sorcery

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card. If the card's mana value is 1 or less, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.

Taking a secret to your grave still doesn't make it safe from the Orzhov

C

76

Creature — Vampire Rogue

3

3

Alley Assailant enters the battlefield tapped.

Disguise 4BB (You may cast this card face down for 3 as a 2/2 creature with ward 2. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)

When Alley Assailant is turned face up, target opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

C

149

Enchantment — Aura

Flash

Enchant creature

When Airtight Alibi enters the battlefield, untap enchanted creature. It gains hexproof until end of turn. If it's suspected, it's no longer suspected.

Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and can't become suspected.

M

354

Legendary Creature — Spirit Detective

2

4

Double strike, vigilance

Whenever Agrus Kos, Spirit of Justice enters the battlefield or attacks, choose up to one target creature. If it's suspected, exile it. Otherwise, suspect it.

R

116

Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter

0

0

((U/P) can be paid with either U or 2 life.)

You may have Phyrexian Metamorph enter the battlefield as a copy of any artifact or creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

R

217

Enchantment

If Leyline of the Guildpact is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.

Each nonland permanent you control is all colors.

Lands you control are every basic land type in addition to their other types.

U

38

Creature — Sphinx Detective

4

3

Flying

When Agency Outfitter enters the battlefield, you may search your graveyard, hand, and/or library for a card named Magnifying Glass and/or a card named Thinking Cap and put them onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

C

75

Creature — Ogre Cleric

3

6

2B, Sacrifice another creature: Draw a card. If the sacrificed creature was suspected, draw two cards instead.

"Well, cause of death seems pretty straightforward, but what else can you tell me, friend?"

U

2

Creature — Lammasu

4

3

Flying

When Absolving Lammasu enters the battlefield, all suspected creatures are no longer suspected.

When Absolving Lammasu dies, you gain 3 life and suspect up to one target creature an opponent controls. (A suspected creature has menace and can't block)

R

9

Enchantment

When Armed with Proof enters the battlefield, investigate twice. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "2, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Clues you control are Equipment in addition to their other types and have "Equipped creature gets +2/+0" and equip 2.

R

111

Sorcery

Destroy all artifacts you don't control, then exile the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of artifacts that were put into graveyards from the battlefield this turn. You may put a creature card exiled this way onto the battlefield. It gains haste. Return it to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.

M

199

Legendary Creature — Angel

4

4

Flying

Anya, Merciless Angel gets +3/+3 for each opponent whose life total is less than half their starting life total.

As long as an opponent's life total is less than half their starting life total, Anya has indestructible.