Murders at Karlov Manor

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Connecting the Dots
Enchantment

Whenever a creature you control attacks, exile the top card of your library face down. (You can't look at it.)

, Discard your hand, Sacrifice this enchantment: Put all cards exiled with this enchantment into their owners' hands.

"How could I have missed it? The answer was right in front of me all along!"

Expedited Inheritance
Enchantment

Whenever a creature is dealt damage, its controller may exile that many cards from the top of their library. They may play those cards until the end of their next turn.

Astronomical wealth hinders peaceful succession.

Krenko's Buzzcrusher
Artifact Creature — Insect Thopter

Flying, trample

When this creature enters, for each player, destroy up to one nonbasic land that player controls. For each land destroyed this way, its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

4/4
Lamplight Phoenix
Creature — Phoenix

Flying

When this creature dies, you may exile it and collect evidence 4. If you do, return this card to the battlefield tapped. (To collect evidence 4, exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater from your graveyard.)

The only warning was the faint smell of burning plasma.

3/3
Pyrotechnic Performer
Creature — Lizard Assassin

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

Whenever this creature or another creature you control is turned face up, that creature deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.

"Let's get this party started."

3/2
Archdruid's Charm
Instant

Choose one —

• Search your library for a creature or land card and reveal it. Put it onto the battlefield tapped if it's a land card. Otherwise, put it into your hand. Then shuffle.

• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.

• Exile target artifact or enchantment.

Axebane Ferox
Creature — Beast

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.)

4/4
Hide in Plain Sight
Sorcery

Look at the top five cards of your library, cloak two of them, and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. (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.)

The trees look beautiful... until they look back.

Undergrowth Recon
Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, return target land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

"I want eyes on the scene of the crime, day and night. I have a feeling our killer won't be able to resist coming back."

—Thare of the Foundway Associates

Assassin's Trophy
Instant

Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

"Not just any floriculturist can grow this caliber of nightbloom. We're looking for a rooftop hothouse with quite particular conditions."

—Dr. A of the Foundway Associates

Blood Spatter Analysis
Enchantment

When this enchantment enters, 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 this enchantment. 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.

Doppelgang
Sorcery

For each of X target permanents, create X tokens that are copies of that permanent.

"Suspect spotted at the Tin Street Market, Yescu Street entrance. And the Oak Street entrance. And somehow also in Lobar Alley!"

—Avult of the Foundway Associates

Drag the Canal
Instant

Create a 2/2 white and blue Detective creature token. If a creature died this turn, you gain 2 life, surveil 2, then investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

"Let's gather what we can before the Golgari tidy up the scene."

Ill-Timed Explosion
Sorcery

Draw two cards. Then you may discard two cards. When you do, Ill-Timed Explosion deals X damage to each creature, where X is the greatest mana value among cards discarded this way.

Only too late did the Agency custodians realize the device had not been inactive—it was just waiting for the right trigger.

Kylox's Voltstrider
Artifact — Vehicle

Collect evidence 6: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.

Whenever this Vehicle attacks, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among cards exiled with it. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, put it on the bottom of its owner's library instead.

Crew 2

4/4
Leyline of the Guildpact
Enchantment

If this card 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.

Relive the Past
Sorcery

Return up to one target artifact card, up to one target land card, and up to one target non-Aura enchantment card from your graveyard to the battlefield. They are 5/5 Elemental creatures in addition to their other types.

"Many have tried to subjugate Ravnica. All have failed. All will fail."

—Museum of Ravnican History

Treacherous Greed
Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature that dealt damage this turn.

Draw three cards. Each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

Loot's easy to divide by one.

Urgent Necropsy
Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, collect evidence X, where X is the total mana value of the permanents this spell targets.

Destroy up to one target artifact, up to one target creature, up to one target enchantment, and up to one target planeswalker.

"The Golgari can read the dead like a newspaper."

—Taboro of the Foundway Associates

Cryptex
Artifact

, Collect evidence 3: Add one mana of any color. Put an unlock counter on this artifact. (To collect evidence 3, exile cards with total mana value 3 or greater from your graveyard.)

Sacrifice this artifact: Surveil 3, then draw three cards. Activate only if this artifact has five or more unlock counters on it.

Long Goodbye
Instant

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

Destroy target creature or planeswalker with mana value 3 or less.

Gleaming Geardrake
Artifact Creature — Drake

Flying

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

Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

1/1
Kraul Whipcracker
Creature — Insect Assassin

Reach

When this creature enters, destroy target token an opponent controls.

3/2
Lightning Helix
Instant

Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.

No More Lies
Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Axebane Ferox
Creature — Beast

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.)

4/4
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.")

"Well, this clearly didn't come from anyone I know..."

2/4
Melek, Reforged Researcher
Legendary Creature — Weird Detective

Melek's power and toughness are each equal to twice the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.

The first instant or sorcery spell you cast each turn costs less to cast.

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Tomik, Wielder of Law
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

Affinity for planeswalkers (This spell costs less to cast for each planeswalker you control.)

Flying, vigilance

Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, that opponent loses 3 life and you draw a card.

2/4
Voja, Jaws of the Conclave
Legendary Creature — Wolf

Vigilance, trample, ward

Whenever Voja attacks, put X +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, where X is the number of Elves you control. Draw a card for each Wolf you control.

5/5
Vein Ripper
Creature — Vampire Assassin

Flying

Ward—Sacrifice a creature.

Whenever a creature dies, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

IDENTITY UNKNOWN. BODY COUNT UNKNOWN BUT POTENTIALLY IN THE DOZENS.

6/5