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Murders at Karlov Manor CommanderMKC · #35
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.18 € · 0.28 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Choose target creature you control. Turn it face up if it's face down. Then it deals damage equal to its power to each other creature.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- 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
- David Palumbo
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2024-02-09
Flavour text
"I prefer gasps and screams to polite applause." —Judith
Rulings
If the target creature is a face-down creature that can’t be turned face up for any reason, it will remain face down on the battlefield and still deal damage equal to its power (which is very likely to be 2) to each other creature.