Analyze the Pollen
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 8. (Exile cards with total mana value 8 or greater from your graveyard.)
Search your library for a basic land card. If evidence was collected, instead search your library for a creature or land card. Reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Illustrated by Anna Christenson · Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM)
Legalities
- Standard
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
Printings
Rulings
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The collect evidence ability of Analyze the Pollen allows you to find a nonbasic land card.
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If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
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Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard to stop you from collecting evidence.
Archetypes that play this card
Duel Commander
- Grist, the Hunger Tide 25.0% of lists
Standard
- 4c Reanimator 47.8% of lists
- Sultai Reanimator 40.0% of lists
- Other 1.4% of lists