Card
Crime Novelist
Mana cost {2}{R}
Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and add {R}.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 71 known combos.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Uncommon · MKM · #121
- Cheapest printing
- €0.99
- EDHREC salt
- 0.32
- Color identity
- Red
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
71 known combos.
- Crime Novelist + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Myr Retriever + Scrap Trawler
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Crime Novelist + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Myr Retriever + Junk Diver
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Crime Novelist + Animation Module + Ashnod's Altar
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
No official rulings for this card.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast