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Benthic Criminologists

First printed in Murders at Karlov Manor (2024)

Benthic Criminologists

Creature — Merfolk Wizard

Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may sacrifice an artifact. If you do, draw a card.

Scientists from the Simic Combine are regularly seconded to various detective agencies in hopes that sharing their expertise will improve the guild's tarnished reputation.

4/5

Illustrated by
Johan Grenier

Benthic Criminologists legality

Prices

Paper price: €0.02 / $0.04 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 7 Nov 2026).

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 6 Nov 2026).

Limited On MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Benthic Criminologists in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM), Premier Draft 52.5% -2.5 -0.1 17461
Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM), Sealed 50.8% -3.7 -1.6 908
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen