---
name: "Cornered Crook"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Lizard Warrior"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "120"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Gabor Szikszai"
oracle_id: "4477eeab-a51a-4dc2-9c97-83f2551d8b54"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cornered-crook-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cornered Crook
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Lizard Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/4

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice an artifact. When you do, this creature deals 3 damage to any target.

> *Monax savait qu'il serait imprudent d'attaquer le détective, mais il était au bout du rouleau.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Viashino Heretic](/printing/viashino-heretic-ulg.md) — Creature — Lizard
2. [Barrage Ogre](/printing/barrage-ogre-j22.md) — Creature — Ogre Warrior
3. [Pyre-Sledge Arsonist](/printing/pyre-sledge-arsonist-snc.md) — Creature — Lizard Shaman
4. [Shrapnel Slinger](/printing/shrapnel-slinger-one.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Beast
5. [Reckless Detective](/printing/reckless-detective-mkm.md) — Creature — Devil Detective
6. [Krark-Clan Grunt](/printing/krark-clan-grunt-mrd.md) — Creature — Goblin Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #120
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Gabor Szikszai
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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