With every new Magic: The Gathering set comes a new Limited format. Our Murders at Karlov Manor Draft tier list will help you master the latest one.
Magic: The Gathering is one of the world’s longest-running trading card games. It continues to add to its vast card pool over time, most recently with Murders at Karlov Manor. This murder mystery themed set has intrigue to spare, as well as a solid suite of new cards. If you’re planning to check out its Limited formats, this tier list will put you on the path to victory.
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Complete Murders At Karlov Manor Draft Tier List
Before we begin, we should clarify that this tier list is specifically for the Draft format, and not Standard constructed. It also applies to Sealed as well, to a lesser extent. These formats differ from Standard in that you have less control over the contents of your deck. Because of this, cards tend to live or die by their individual power levels, rather than their potential synergies.
S Tier
This tier holds the best of the best. These are the staple bombs and removal pieces you should take immediately as soon as you see them.
| White | Blue | Black | Red | Green | Multicoloured | Colourless |
| Aurelia’s Vindicator | Cold Case Cracker | Case of the Stashed Skeleton | Case of the Burning Masks | Archdruid’s Charm | Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth | Scene of the Crime |
| Makeshift Binding | Cryptic Coat | Leering Onlooker | Case of the Crimson Pulse | Axebane Ferox | Blood Spatter Analysis | |
| Make Your Move | Dramatic Accusation | Long Goodbye | Cornered Crook | Flourishing Bloom-Kin | Deadly Complication | |
| Not On My Watch | Intrude on the Mind | Massacre Girl, Known Killer | Fugitive Codebreaker | Hide In Plain Sight | Rakdos, Patron of Chaos | |
| Novice Inspector | Steamcore Scholar | Murder | Incinerator of the Guilty | Topiary Panther | Anzrag, the Quake-Mole | |
| Tenth District Hero | Slice From the Shadows | Lamplight Phoenix | Worldsoul’s Rage | |||
| Wojek Investigator | Soul Enervation | Pyrotechnic Performer | Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods | |||
| Undercity Eliminator | Torch the Witness | Buried in the Garden | ||||
| Vein Ripper | Tolsimir, Midnight’s Light | |||||
| Trostani, Three Whispers | ||||||
| Assassin’s Trophy | ||||||
| Aurelia, the Law Above | ||||||
| Lightning Helix | ||||||
| Warleader’s Call | ||||||
| Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy//Tail the Suspect | ||||||
| Vannifar, Evolved Enigma | ||||||
| Push//Pull |
A Tier
The cards in this tier, while not as good as those in S, are still very powerful, and good enough to pick first in the absence of other options.
| White | Blue | Black | Red | Green | Multicoloured | Colourless |
| Case of the Gateway Express | Burden of Proof | Barbed Servitor | Bolrac-Clan Basher | A Killer Among Us | Ezrim, Agency Chief | Meticulous Archive |
| Delney, Streetwise Lookout | Case of the Filched Falcon | Extract a Confession | Frantic Scapegoat | Case Of The Trampled Garden | Drag the Canal | Undercity Sewers |
| Griffnaut Tracker | Crimestopper Sprite | Festerleech | Galvanize | Culvert Ambusher | Etrata, Deadly Fugitive | Raucous Theater |
| Inside Source | Deduce | Hunted Bonebrute | Goblin Maskmaker | Glint Weaver | Lazav, Wearer of Faces | Commercial District |
| Marketwatch Phantom | Hotshot Investigators | Macabre Reconstruction | Harried Dronesmith | Pick Your Poison | Rune-Brand Juggler | Lush Portico |
| No Witnesses | Mistway Spy | Nightdrinker Moroii | Krenko, Baron of Tin Street | Rubblebelt Maverick | Riftburst Hellion | Shadowy Backstreet |
| Seasoned Consultant | Reenact the Crime | Persuasive Interrogators | Krenko’s Buzzcrusher | Sharp-Eyed Rookie | Tin Street Gossip | Thundering Falls |
| Unyielding Gatekeeper | Repeat Offender | Person of Interest | The Pride of Hull Clade | Kaya, Spirit’s Justice | Underground Mortuary | |
| Unscrupulous Agent | Red Herring | Tunnel Tipster | Sanguine Saviour | Elegant Parlor | ||
| Rubblebelt Braggart | Vengeful Creeper | Ill-Timed Explosion | Hedge Maze | |||
| Suspicious Detonation | Izoni, Center of the Web | |||||
| Rakish Scoundrel | ||||||
| Agrus Kos, Spirit of Justice | ||||||
| Meddling Youths | ||||||
| Undercover Crocodelf | ||||||
| Flotsam//Jetsam |
B Tier
This is the middle of the road. The cards here are solid, and will certainly put in some work in your Limited games, but they’re not going to be blowing you away any time soon.
| White | Blue | Black | Red | Green | Multicoloured | Colourless |
| Absolving Lammasu | Benthic Criminologist | Agency Coroner | Concealed Weapon | Case Of The Locked Hothouse | Granite Witness | Lumbering Laundry |
| Call a Surprise Witness | Bubble Smuggler | Case of the Gorgon’s Kiss | Convenient Target | Greenbelt Radical | Officious Interrogation | Sanitation Automaton |
| Case of the Uneaten Feast | Candlestick | Cerebral Confiscation | Demand Answers | Hard-Hitting Question | Private Eye | Thinking Cap |
| Forum Familiar | Conspiracy Unraveler | Deadly Cover-Up | Felonious Rage | Loxodon Eavesdropper | Curious Cadaver | Branch of Vitu-Ghazi |
| Haazda Vigilante | Exit Specialist | Homicide Investigator | Gearbane Orangutan | Nervous Gardener | Judith, Carnage Connoisseur | Escape Tunnel |
| Karlov Watchdog | Fae Flight | Lead Pipe | Knife | Pompous Gadabout | Shady Informant | |
| Krovod Haunch | Forensic Gadgeteer | Outrageous Robbery | Offender at Large | Sample Collector | Break Out | |
| Museum Nightwatch | Furtive Courier | Slimy Dualleech | Reckless Detective | Vitu-Ghazi Inspector | Crowd-Control Warden | |
| Sanctuary Wall | Lost in the Maze | Snarling Gorehound | Shock | Teysa, Opulent Oligarch | ||
| Wrench | Out Cold | Vengeful Tracker | Gadget Technician | |||
| Projektor Inspector | Gleaming Geardrake | |||||
| Sudden Setback | Kylox’s Voltstrider | |||||
| Unauthorized Exit | Kraul Whipcracker | |||||
| Urgent Necropsy | ||||||
| Dog Walker | ||||||
| Repulsive Mutation | ||||||
| Cease//Desist | ||||||
| Fuss//Bother |
C Tier
This is where we start getting into cards you should really avoid taking if possible. Either too low-power, or too situational, the cards in this tier are unlikely to perform well for you.
| White | Blue | Black | Red | Green | Multicoloured | Colourless |
| Assemble the Players | Agency Outfitter | Alley Assailant | Anzrag’s Rampage | Airtight Alibi | No More Lies | Gravestone Strider |
| Auspicious Arrival | Case of the Ransacked Lab | Basilica Stalker | Connecting the Dots | Audience With Trostani | Faerie Snoop | Magnetic Snuffler |
| Defenestrated Phantom | Curious Inquiry | Clandestine Meddler | Innocent Bystander | Fanatical Strength | Sumala Sentry | Magnifying Glass |
| Due Diligence | Forensic Researcher | It Doesn’t Add Up | The Chase Is On | Get a Leg-Up | Soul Search | Public Thoroughfare |
| Essence of Antiquity | Living Conundrum | Polygraph Orb | Hedge Whisperer | Treacherous Greed | ||
| Neighborhood Guardian | Proft’s Eidetic Memory | Presumed Dead | Rope | Wispdrinker Vampire | ||
| Perimeter Enforcer | Reasonable Doubt | Rot Farm Mortipede | Slime Against Humanity | Kylox, Visionary Inventor | ||
| Surveillance Monitor | Toxin Analysis | They Went This Way | Evidence Examiner | |||
| Hustle//Bustle |
D Tier
The lowest tier on our list is devoted to the most situational cards in the set. It’s unlikely you’ll have the other cards you need, or encounter the gameplay scenarios necessary, to make these functional at all. Unless it’s between one of these and a Basic Land, avoid at all costs.
| White | Blue | Black | Red | Green | Multicoloured | Colourless |
| Case File Auditor | Behind the Mask | Illicit Masquerade | Caught Red-Handed | Aftermath Analyst | Coerced to Kill | Case of the Shattered Pact |
| Case of the Pilfered Proof | Coveted Falcon | Crime Novelist | Analyze the Pollen | Relive the Past | Cryptex | |
| Doorkeeper Thrull | Eliminate the Impossible | Expedited Inheritance | Bite Down On Crime | Detective’s Satchel | ||
| On the Job | Jaded Analyst | Expose the Culprit | Chalk Outline | Insidious Roots | ||
| Undergrowth Recon | Doppelgang | |||||
| Leyline of the Guildpact | ||||||
| Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact |
