---
name: "Bite Down on Crime"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Collect evidence"]
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "154"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mike Bierek"
oracle_id: "ff387264-31da-4f6b-88c6-2843f56acbda"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bite-down-on-crime-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Bite Down on Crime
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Collect evidence

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. This spell costs {2} less to cast if evidence was collected. (To collect evidence 6, exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.)
Target creature you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Extract a Confession](/printing/extract-a-confession-mkm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Vitu-Ghazi Inspector](/printing/vitu-ghazi-inspector-mkm.md) — Creature — Elf Detective
3. [Crimestopper Sprite](/printing/crimestopper-sprite-mkm.md) — Creature — Faerie Detective
4. [Deadly Cover-Up](/printing/deadly-cover-up-mkm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Evidence Examiner](/printing/evidence-examiner-mkm.md) — Creature — Merfolk Detective
6. [Seize the Secrets](/printing/seize-the-secrets-otj.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #154
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mike Bierek
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`