Bite Down on Crime
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.
Strategy & Gameplay
Bite Down on Crime is a versatile green sorcery from the Murders at Karlov Manor set that offers powerful tempo and removal potential across multiple formats. This card exemplifies the set's innovative evidence-collecting mechanic, allowing you to reduce its casting cost from three green and two generic mana down to just one green mana by exiling cards with a combined mana value of six or greater from your graveyard. This cost reduction makes it an exceptional tool in any strategy that naturally fills its graveyard, turning what would otherwise be dead cards into fuel for an explosive tempo play. The spell itself pumps a creature you control with plus two power and then uses that creature's updated power total to deal direct damage to an opponent's creature, creating a removal spell that scales with your board state. This makes it perfect for aggressive green strategies, self-mill decks, and any archetype built around graveyard synergies. In limited formats, it functions as both a pump spell and removal, offering flexibility that most combat tricks cannot match. For Commander players, it slots seamlessly into creature-focused green decks, particularly those featuring sacrifice outlets or creatures with high power values. The card's legal status across Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, and Commander formats, combined with its unique mechanical intersection of cost reduction and damage scaling, makes it an excellent pickup for players building tempo-oriented green decks or exploring the depths of the evidence mechanic.
Illustrated by Mike Bierek