Bite Down on Crime
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. This spell costs 
less to cast if evidence was collected. (To collect evidence 6, exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.)
Target creature you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #24279
Bite Down on Crime gives a creature you control a fight or investigate at instant speed — removal stapled to a clue token for the cost of caring about your board state. At three mana with no other restrictions, it's a clean two-for-one in any green deck that wants to stay reactive.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Bite Down on Crime earns a slot in any green deck that runs enough creatures to reliably win the fight — it answers a problem permanent and replaces itself with a clue, which is exactly what green wants from three-mana interaction. In 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, the sorcery-speed restriction on most fight spells makes instant-speed matter more, but three mana is slow competition against efficient spot removal, so it sees little competitive play there. Pauper is where Bite Down on Crime is most at home outside Commander — green creature decks love the flexibility, and the investigate clause generates real card advantage at common rarity.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Bite Down on Crime is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card itself. Bulk commons rarely move on price, so there's no urgency and no ceiling to worry about; just pick up copies whenever you need them.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.