Sample Collector
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Murders at Karlov ManorMKM · #175
- Card type
- Creature — Troll Detective
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.05 € · ★ 0.04 € · 0.03 $ · ★ 0.04 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Green
Card text
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.)
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Borja Pindado
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2024-02-09
Flavour text
"Whatever broke out of here is *at least* half bear... and I'd say some lizard as well."
Rulings
If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
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.
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.