---
name: "Polygraph Orb"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Collect evidence"]
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "99"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jokubas Uogintas"
oracle_id: "bb039957-9e88-48cf-b41c-38d42eb87251"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/polygraph-orb-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Polygraph Orb
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact
- **Keywords:** Collect evidence

## Oracle Text
When this artifact enters, look at the top four cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose 2 life.
{2}, {T}, Collect evidence 3: Each opponent loses 3 life unless they discard a card or sacrifice a creature. (To collect evidence 3, exile cards with total mana value 3 or greater from your graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Evidence Examiner](/printing/evidence-examiner-mkm.md) — Creature — Merfolk Detective
2. [Vitu-Ghazi Inspector](/printing/vitu-ghazi-inspector-mkm.md) — Creature — Elf Detective
3. [Extract a Confession](/printing/extract-a-confession-mkm.md) — Sorcery
4. [Surveillance Monitor](/printing/surveillance-monitor-mkm.md) — Creature — Vedalken Detective
5. [Analyze the Pollen](/printing/analyze-the-pollen-pmkm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Deadly Cover-Up](/printing/deadly-cover-up-mkm.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #99
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jokubas Uogintas
- **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: `legal`