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Crime Novelist

First printed in Murders at Karlov Manor (2024)

Crime Novelist

Creature — Goblin Bard

Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and add Red.

"But then he peeled off the mask, revealing a sight that made Groja's blood run cold—Brulu was actually Vogos in disguise!"

1/3

Illustrated by
Izzy

Legality

Prices

MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

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

Win rates of Crime Novelist in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM), Premier Draft 49.9% -5.1 -3.6 15930
Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM), Sealed 45.7% -8.8 -6.8 847
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

Combos

71 combos, the most popular first:

See all 71 on Commander Spellbook

Commander In 12 of 6520 decks (0.2%), most in Magda, Brazen Outlaw

Share of decks
0.2%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-17: 0.0% 2026-08-24: 0.5% 2026-08-31: 0.3% 2026-09-07: 0.1% 2026-09-14: 0.2% 2026-09-21: 0.2% 2026-09-28: 0.2% 2026-10-05: 0.3% 2026-10-12: 0.1% 2026-10-19: 0.1% 2026-10-26: 0.3%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
12
12 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
33%
3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Magda, Brazen Outlaw 2.1% 1%
Vraska, Soul of Stone 0.5% 3%
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator 0.3% 5%
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden 0.1% 50%
Jaws, Relentless Predator 0.1% 100%
Smaug, Wicked Worm 0.0% 67%
Ragost, Deft Gastronaut 0.0% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Sol Ring100%1.0
Professional Face-Breaker92%8.4
Deflecting Swat83%1.5
Arcane Signet83%1.3
Ancient Tomb83%0.9
Gemstone Caverns83%0.9
Gamble75%1.7
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer75%1.6
Mox Opal75%1.3
Mana Vault75%0.9

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
Phil Cooper [TILT] in Mulligan Championship Series - October w/ Guaranteed Volcanic Island
3-2
60%
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
Thomas Lowe (Sentinel) in Blast Off Gaming Whispers From The Archives cEDH Tournament!
2-3
40%
Magda, Brazen Outlaw
Ro in CEDH SABANA - Cedh x Dual 2da edición VOLCANIC ISLAND
0-6
0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
Logan Martin,
1 main #12
of 32
1-3
Smaug, Wicked Worm
NICK alyas Yawgmoth,
1 main #1 (top 8)
of 18
3-1
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
Thomas Lowe (Sentinel),
1 main #11
of 53
2-3
Jaws, Relentless Predator
Louie Lyons [CORVO],
1 main #10
of 17
0-2
Ragost, Deft Gastronaut
Grady Wirth,
1 main #20
of 46
1-3
Jaws, Relentless Predator
Allen Mok,
1 main #15
of 42
1-2
Vraska, Soul of Stone
Ryan Werner,
1 main #24
of 26
0-4
Jaws, Relentless Predator
Jedidiah Collins,
1 main #16
of 16
0-2