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◇ Catalog #175

Sample Collector

mkm·#175·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Borja Pindado

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wishlisted

Feb '24

2 yr ago

Value

$0.04+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.04 · low $0.04

NM$0.04

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.04–$0.04modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.04low $0.03range 33.3%n 51

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #28,472 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.05

Nonfoil$0.04

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

2024-02-02wotc

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.

2024-02-02wotc

If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.

2024-02-02wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.04. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.04 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from MKM — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #175 of *Murders at Karlov Manor*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2024 Murders at Karlov Manor release.

Card type: Creature — Troll Detective, color identity green, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{G} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Collect evidence.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #28,472 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Borja Pindado. Rarix catalogs 168 other cards credited to this artist.