Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
A Boros forced-combat politics deck led by Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser, compel opponents to attack each other, redirect damage to your benefit, and leverage Boros combat triggers for incremental advantage.
# set · MKC · 4 decks
Four Ravnica detective decks built on Clues, face-down creatures and suspected attackers. The set turns investigation into a resource you spend on cards.
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Mechanics
Investigate
Create a Clue token, an artifact you sacrifice for two mana to draw a card. The set treats Clues as both card draw and artifact count, so a lot of payoffs care how many you have sitting around.
Disguise
Cast a creature face down as a 2/2 with ward {2}, then turn it up later for its disguise cost. It is morph with a protection tax attached, so opponents cannot cheaply pick off your hidden threats.
Cloak
Put a card onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 with ward {2}. If it is a creature card, it can be turned face up later for its mana cost. Cloak is how the set puts cards from anywhere into play sideways.
Suspect
A suspected creature has menace and cannot block. Handing it out to your own attackers pushes damage through, and giving it to an opponent removes a blocker.
Surveil
Look at the top card of your library and choose whether it goes to the graveyard. The Dimir deck runs on it, filling the yard while it sets up draws.
The set
Murders at Karlov Manor is a whodunit on Ravnica, and the Commander decks are built around the parts of that story you can actually hold: evidence, hidden identities and suspects. Investigate is everywhere. Clue tokens are the currency, and cards in these decks either make them, break them or count them.
The other half of the set is face-down creatures. Disguise and cloak both drop a 2/2 with ward {2} onto the battlefield, so a board of unknowns builds up while opponents guess which one is the payoff. Turning them face up mid combat is where most of the blowouts come from.
Where to start
Deep Clue Sea is the easiest to upgrade because Clues plug into any blue artifact shell. Blame Game is the most fun in a four player pod and the least effective in a duel.
The decks 4
Kaust, Eyes of the Glade
A Naya morph and disguise deck led by Kaust, Eyes of the Glade, cast creatures face-down, flip them for surprise value, and grow a counter-laden board through morph trigger payoffs.
Morska, Undersea Sleuth
A Bant investigate deck from Murders at Karlov Manor that turns Clue tokens into card advantage and win conditions. Morska, Undersea Sleuth banks Clues every upkeep and grows fat off your extra draws.
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
A Dimir surveil-and-reanimation deck led by Mirko, Obsessive Theorist, surveil cards into the graveyard, reanimate the best threats, and control the game through topdeck manipulation and creature recursion.
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