Bite Down on Crime
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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.
What it does
Tagged as Removal — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- 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. (2024-02-02)
- If either target is an illegal target as Bite Down on Crime tries to resolve, the creature you control won't deal damage. (2024-02-02)
- If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all. (2024-02-02)
Printings & prices
Every set Bite Down on Crime has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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