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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #175
Sample Collector
mkm·#175·uncommon·nonfoil
Illus. Borja Pindado
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #28,434 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Troll Detective
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."
2/3
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 3
wotc
wotc
If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
wotc
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.
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