---
name: "Deadly Complication"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "195"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jodie Muir"
oracle_id: "c53c75a0-c248-4e76-8d28-f7e53b2dcc49"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/deadly-complication-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Deadly Complication
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose one or both —
• Destroy target creature.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target suspected creature you control. You may have it become no longer suspected.

> *A segurança de Teysa era incomparável. Etrata estava presa. Kaya não tinha nada, a não ser perguntas... e uma amiga morta.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [A-Incriminate](/printing/a-incriminate-snc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Repeat Offender](/printing/repeat-offender-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
3. [Incriminate](/printing/incriminate-snc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Subtle Strike](/printing/subtle-strike-znr.md) — Instant
5. [Heartless Act](/printing/heartless-act-iko.md) — Instant
6. [Misfortune](/printing/misfortune-all.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #195
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jodie Muir
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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