Bite Down on Crime

Mana Value

4

Rarity

common

Bite Down on Crime

Sorcery

{3}{G}
Color Identity: G

Card Text

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.

Keywords

Collect evidence

Set

Murders at Karlov Manor

(MKM)

EDHREC Rank

#23,544

If either target is an illegal target as Bite Down on Crime tries to resolve, the creature you control won't deal damage.

Wotc — February 02, 2024

If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.

Wotc — February 02, 2024

Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard to stop you from collecting evidence.

Wotc — February 02, 2024