---
name: "Expose the Culprit"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Cloak"]
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "307"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Lorenzo Mastroianni"
oracle_id: "4f7e4aff-ef68-44fe-a0dc-b9ab0ecd7146"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/expose-the-culprit-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Expose the Culprit
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cloak

## Oracle Text
Choose one or both —
• Turn target face-down creature face up.
• Exile any number of face-up creatures you control with disguise in a face-down pile, shuffle that pile, then cloak them. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Become Anonymous](/printing/become-anonymous-acr.md) — Instant
2. [Hide in Plain Sight](/printing/hide-in-plain-sight-mkm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Unyielding Gatekeeper](/printing/unyielding-gatekeeper-mkm.md) — Creature — Elephant Cleric
4. [Unexplained Absence](/printing/unexplained-absence-mkc.md) — Instant
5. [Pyrotechnic Performer](/printing/pyrotechnic-performer-mkm.md) — Creature — Lizard Assassin
6. [Sleuth Instructor](/printing/sleuth-instructor-ymkm.md) — Creature — Elephant Detective

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #307
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Lorenzo Mastroianni
- **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`