Murders at Karlov Manor

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Not on My Watch
Instant

Exile target attacking creature.

"It's not so bad working with Etrata. She's taciturn, and she has saved my life twice today."

—Alquist Proft, case notes

On the Job
Instant

Creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

"The Agency's detectives will eliminate the false leads. I will find the truth."

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Deduce
Instant

Draw a card. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

"Of course! It was all so obvious. I should have made the connection days ago."

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Dramatic Accusation
Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature.

Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

: Shuffle enchanted creature into its owner's library.

Fae Flight
Enchantment — Aura

Flash

Enchant creature

When this Aura enters, enchanted creature gains hexproof until end of turn.

Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has flying.

Intrude on the Mind
Instant

Reveal the top five cards of your library and separate them into two piles. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. Create a 0/0 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying, then put a +1/+1 counter on it for each card put into your graveyard this way.

Reenact the Crime
Instant

Exile target nonland card in a graveyard that was put there from anywhere this turn. Copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

"As I suspected, Kylox had prepared a secret exit. But the question remains: Did he escape his assailants or was he taken against his will?"

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Unauthorized Exit
Instant

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

"The Azorius will be annoyed with me for breaking out their star suspect, but what else is new."

—Alquist Proft, case notes

It Doesn't Add Up
Instant

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Suspect it. (It has menace and can't block.)

"Etrata claims she has no memory of committing the murder. Somehow, I believe she's telling the truth."

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Murder
Instant

Destroy target creature.

"The manner of death, the way the body was displayed, the carefully arranged guild emblems . . . someone is trying to send a message."

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Slice from the Shadows
Instant

This spell can't be countered. (This includes by the ward ability.)

Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

"Something about Massacre Girl's brazen attack doesn't make sense. Why would the Cult of Rakdos be involved at all?"

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Soul Enervation
Enchantment

Flash

When this enchantment enters, target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.

Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Anzrag's Rampage
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.

The Chase Is On
Instant

Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

"If she's innocent, as she so vehemently claims, why did she run?"

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Convenient Target
Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

When this Aura enters, suspect enchanted creature. (It has menace and can't block.)

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Demand Answers
Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or discard a card.

Draw two cards.

"I suppose, from Aurelia's perspective, she was being generous by giving us one entire day to solve the most complex case in Ravnican history."

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Expose the Culprit
Instant

Choose one or both —

• Turn target face-down creature face up.

• Exile any number of face-up creatures you control with disguise in a face-down pile, shuffle that pile, then cloak them. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward . Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Analyze the Pollen
Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 8. (Exile cards with total mana value 8 or greater from your graveyard.)

Search your library for a basic land card. If evidence was collected, instead search your library for a creature or land card. Reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Audience with Trostani
Sorcery

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

"More bizarre metaphors about rot and renewal. Wildly unhelpful."

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Fanatical Strength
Instant

Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn.

"Kaya and Kellan were attacked today! This is excellent news. Clearly we are on the trail of the true killer."

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Fanatical Strength
Instant

Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn.

"Kaya and Kellan were attacked today! This is excellent news. Clearly we are on the trail of the true killer."

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Coerced to Kill
Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

You control enchanted creature.

Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 1/1, has deathtouch, and is an Assassin in addition to its other types.

"Mind control—anyone could be a threat!"

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Deadly Complication
Sorcery

Choose one or both —

• Destroy target creature.

• Put a +1/+1 counter on target suspected creature you control. You may have it become no longer suspected.

"Etrata was in custody long before Teysa was killed. It's impossible that she could be the culprit."

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Insidious Roots
Enchantment

Creature tokens you control have ": Add one mana of any color."

Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 0/1 green Plant creature token, then put a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.

Officious Interrogation
Instant

This spell costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Choose any number of target players. Investigate X times, where X is the total number of creatures those players control.

"Oh gods, here come the verity circles. Do the Azorius ever tire of them?"

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Warleader's Call
Enchantment

Creatures you control get +1/+1.

Whenever a creature you control enters, this enchantment deals 1 damage to each opponent.

"I fear a war between the guilds is exactly what our killer wants. Who could stand to benefit from such destruction?"

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Worldsoul's Rage
Sorcery

Worldsoul's Rage deals X damage to any target. Put up to X land cards from your hand and/or graveyard onto the battlefield tapped.

"Oba fought Realmbreaker's corruption alone, hiding her pain even from her sisters. Even after everything she's done, I can't hate her. I pity her."

—Alquist Proft, case notes

Aurelia, the Law Above
Legendary Creature — Angel

Flying, vigilance, haste

Whenever a player attacks with three or more creatures, you draw a card.

Whenever a player attacks with five or more creatures, Aurelia deals 3 damage to each of your opponents and you gain 3 life.

4/4
Aurelia, the Law Above
Legendary Creature — Angel

Flying, vigilance, haste

Whenever a player attacks with three or more creatures, you draw a card.

Whenever a player attacks with five or more creatures, Aurelia deals 3 damage to each of your opponents and you gain 3 life.

4/4
Lazav, Wearer of Faces
Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter Detective

Whenever Lazav attacks, exile target card from a graveyard, then investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, you may have Lazav become a copy of a creature card exiled with it until end of turn.

2/3
Lazav, Wearer of Faces
Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter Detective

Whenever Lazav attacks, exile target card from a graveyard, then investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, you may have Lazav become a copy of a creature card exiled with it until end of turn.

2/3
Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact
Legendary Creature — Dragon Avatar

Flying, hexproof from multicolored

Whenever Niv-Mizzet deals combat damage to a player, it deals X damage to any target, target player draws X cards, and you gain X life, where X is the number of different color pairs among permanents you control that are exactly two colors.

6/6
Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact
Legendary Creature — Dragon Avatar

Flying, hexproof from multicolored

Whenever Niv-Mizzet deals combat damage to a player, it deals X damage to any target, target player draws X cards, and you gain X life, where X is the number of different color pairs among permanents you control that are exactly two colors.

6/6
Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
Legendary Creature — Demon

Flying, trample

At the beginning of your end step, target opponent may sacrifice two nonland, nontoken permanents of their choice. If they don't, you draw two cards.

6/6
Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
Legendary Creature — Demon

Flying, trample

At the beginning of your end step, target opponent may sacrifice two nonland, nontoken permanents of their choice. If they don't, you draw two cards.

6/6
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

Deathtouch

At the beginning of your end step, investigate for each opponent who lost life this turn.

Whenever a Clue you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying. This ability triggers only once each turn.

2/3
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

Deathtouch

At the beginning of your end step, investigate for each opponent who lost life this turn.

Whenever a Clue you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying. This ability triggers only once each turn.

2/3
Trostani, Three Whispers
Legendary Creature — Dryad

: Target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn.

: Target creature gains vigilance until end of turn.

: Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

4/4
Trostani, Three Whispers
Legendary Creature — Dryad

: Target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn.

: Target creature gains vigilance until end of turn.

: Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

4/4
Vannifar, Evolved Enigma
Legendary Creature — Elf Ooze Wizard

At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose one —

• Cloak a card from your hand. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward . Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

• Put a +1/+1 counter on each colorless creature you control.

3/4
Vannifar, Evolved Enigma
Legendary Creature — Elf Ooze Wizard

At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose one —

• Cloak a card from your hand. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward . Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

• Put a +1/+1 counter on each colorless creature you control.

3/4
Commercial District
Land — Mountain Forest

(: Add or .)

This land enters tapped.

When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Elegant Parlor
Land — Mountain Plains

(: Add or .)

This land enters tapped.

When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Hedge Maze
Land — Forest Island

(: Add or .)

This land enters tapped.

When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Lush Portico
Land — Forest Plains

(: Add or .)

This land enters tapped.

When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Meticulous Archive
Land — Plains Island

(: Add or .)

This land enters tapped.

When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Raucous Theater
Land — Swamp Mountain

(: Add or .)

This land enters tapped.

When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Shadowy Backstreet
Land — Plains Swamp

(: Add or .)

This land enters tapped.

When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Thundering Falls
Land — Island Mountain

(: Add or .)

This land enters tapped.

When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Undercity Sewers
Land — Island Swamp

(: Add or .)

This land enters tapped.

When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Underground Mortuary
Land — Swamp Forest

(: Add or .)

This land enters tapped.

When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy
Legendary Creature — Human Faerie Detective

Flying, vigilance

Whenever Kellan attacks, destroy up to one target artifact. If you controlled that permanent, draw a card.

3/4
Tail the Suspect
Sorcery — Adventure

Investigate. You may play an additional land this turn. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Kaya, Spirits' Justice
Legendary Planeswalker — Kaya

Whenever one or more creatures you control and/or creature cards in your graveyard are put into exile, you may choose a creature card from among them. Until end of turn, target token you control becomes a copy of it, except it has flying.

[+2]: Surveil 2, then exile a card from a graveyard.

[+1]: Create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.

[−2]: Exile target creature you control. For each other player, exile up to one target creature that player controls.

Loyalty: 3
Aurelia's Vindicator
Creature — Angel

Flying, lifelink, ward

Disguise

When this creature is turned face up, exile up to X other target creatures from the battlefield and/or creature cards from graveyards.

When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owners' hands.

4/2
Delney, Streetwise Lookout
Legendary Creature — Human Scout

Creatures you control with power 2 or less can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.

If a triggered ability of a creature you control with power 2 or less triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.

CHARISMATIC AND WELL CONNECTED. KNOWS THEIR WORTH AND CHARGES ACCORDINGLY.

2/2
Doorkeeper Thrull
Creature — Thrull

Flash

Flying

Artifacts and creatures entering don't cause abilities to trigger.

NO HELP. ANSWERED QUESTIONS WITH A MIX OF HISSING AND DROOL.

1/2
Neighborhood Guardian
Creature — Unicorn

Whenever another creature you control with power 2 or less enters, target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

CURRENTLY DEFINES ITS NEIGHBORHOOD AS ALL OF DISTRICTS EIGHT AND NINE, EXTENDING LATELY INTO PARTS OF THE TENTH.

2/2
Wojek Investigator
Creature — Angel Detective

Flying, vigilance

At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate once for each opponent who has more cards in hand than you. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

A GREAT BOON TO HAVE AN ANGEL ON HAND, BUT HIGHLY SUSPECT SHE REPORTS INFORMATION TO AURELIA BEFORE US.

2/4
Conspiracy Unraveler
Creature — Sphinx Detective

Flying

You may collect evidence 10 rather than pay the mana cost for spells you cast. (To collect evidence 10, exile cards with total mana value 10 or greater from your graveyard.)

INVARIABLY REACHES THE CORRECT CONCLUSION. CANNOT BE RUSHED.

6/6
Forensic Gadgeteer
Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

2/3