Sample Collector
- Card type
- Creature — Troll Detective
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.04 € · ★ 0.04 € · 0.05 $ · ★ 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.)
"Whatever broke out of here is *at least* half bear... and I'd say some lizard as well."
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Borja Pindado
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2024-02-09
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.