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Polygraph Orb

{4}{B}

Artifact

MKMMurders at Karlov Manor#99uncommon
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 400
Illustrator
Jokubas Uogintas
Found in
Murders at Karlov Manor MTGO Redemption · Murders at Karlov Manor MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
When this artifact enters, look at the top four cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose 2 life. {2}, {T}, Collect evidence 3: Each opponent loses 3 life unless they discard a card or sacrifice a creature. (To collect evidence 3, exile cards with total mana value 3 or greater from your graveyard.)

Plays as: Life Outlet · Library Manipulation

Market · per finishspark updated 4h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+14.3%
$0.08
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.08
$0.01 low-$0.07 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.08· across 1 printing

Rulings

5 · latest Feb 2, 2024 · one tap opens all
  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    In a Two-Headed Giant game, Polygraph Orb's last ability causes both opponents to sacrifice a creature, discard a card, or lose 3 life.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    In a multiplayer game, each opponent in turn order makes their choice once, then all of the actions occur simultaneously. Opponents will know choices made by earlier opponents when making their choices, although a card chosen to be discarded this way isn't revealed until it's discarded.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    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.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    While resolving Polygraph Orb's last ability, your opponent chooses a card to be discarded without revealing it, chooses a creature to be sacrificed, or chooses to do neither. Then that player discards that card, sacrifices that creature, or loses 3 life. Your opponent can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or creatures to sacrifice.