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Crime Novelist | MTG Deck Rec

Crime Novelist

Crime Novelist

Creature — Goblin Bard

Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and add .

Legal in Commander
About $2.80

What it does

ramp
repeatable pp counters

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Art from Crime Novelist by Izzy

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