Bite Down on Crime
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SetMKM
Collector #154
Released2024-02-09
Raritycommon
ArtistMike Bierek
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Bite Down on Crime

CommonColour IDMV 4
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. This spell costs 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.
Keywords
Collect evidence
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (3)
wotc2 Feb 2024
If either target is an illegal target as Bite Down on Crime tries to resolve, the creature you control won't deal damage.
wotc2 Feb 2024
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.
wotc2 Feb 2024
If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.