Sample Collector
Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #175 · Uncommon · Creature — Troll Detective
Mana cost: {2}{G}
Whenever this creature attacks, you may collect evidence 3. When you do, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. (To collect evidence 3, exile cards with total mana value 3 or greater from your graveyard.)
"Whatever broke out of here is *at least* half bear... and I'd say some lizard as well."
Power/toughness 2/3 · Illustrated by Borja Pindado · Released February 9, 2024
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.05 USD · €0.05 EUR
- Foil: $0.04 USD · €0.04 EUR
Nonfoil price since July 17, 2026: up $0.01 USD (25.0%) to $0.05 USD; low $0.03 USD, high $0.05 USD.
Printings
- Murders at Karlov Manor #175 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2024 · $0.05 USD
Legality
- Standard: Legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2024-02-02 · wotc — 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.
- 2024-02-02 · wotc — If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
- 2024-02-02 · wotc — You don't choose a target for Sample Collector's ability at the time it triggers. Rather, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when you collect evidence 3 this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.