Murders at Karlov Manor/Puzzles

Across Murders at Karlov Manor cards and products, players can uncover clues to something bigger — with a final reward for the most assiduous of sleuths out there. Each product in the set contains a puzzle to be solved; some puzzle components are only found within the physical products, but others encourage players to continue the discovery online with web-based puzzles added regularly throughout the season.

Description

There is one overarching puzzle — across all products and online — that gives players who crave a true challenge the opportunity to solve a greater mystery; however, there are still 12 individual puzzles that are self-contained and are just as satisfying cases to crack.^[1] Once the final puzzle has been solved, it unlocks information about the future of Magic. As soon as any person anywhere in the world submits the correct solution to the final puzzle to the dedicated website, a bonus Magic Story epilogue will be released that points to the future of the game.^[2]^[3]

The project was overseen by Mark Gottlieb and Mark Rosewater was also on the puzzle building team.^[4]

List of clues

Product	Clue	Notes
Bundle spindown life counter	Missing the number "16"
Social media	Molefolk holding a map depicting the Red Wastes and Skarrg. The map also features red numbers and letters. Pawprints in the accompanying text.^[5]	Possibly an omenpath visitor from Bloomburrow.
Social media	Sets of pawprints across several of the Magic: The Gathering social media channels.^[6]	Instagram — 1 pawprint in the bio (🐾). TikTok — 2 pawprints in the bio (🐾). Facebook — 3 pawprints on the banner image. Twitter/X — 6 pawprints on the banner image.
Social media	Human holding a folder with a map depicting Concordance and The Great Concourse. The map also features red numbers and letters, two green spirals and a green "X". Pawprints in the accompanying text.^[7]
Social media	Human with five scrolls, one of which has a map depicting the Tenth District and Vitu-Ghazi. The map also features red numbers and letters and three green spirals. Two pawprints in the accompanying text.^[8]
Social media	The end of a video depicts a map hanging as decoration. The map has the Beast Haven labelled. The map also features red numbers and letters, a green spiral, and a green "X". One pawprint is in the accompanying text.^[9]
Card preview	The Case of the Gorgon's Kiss: Two different art versions in preview, one with a green cushion, one with a red cushion
Card preview	Tap-surveil duals: When all extended arts are lined up in a certain order, a hidden message is revealed: "RNA 32 x 5 + 4"	32 x 5 + 4 = 164, the collector number of Cult Guildmage in Ravnica Allegiance

Gallery

Clues

Bundle Spindown Life Counter missing #16
Card art depicting a map fragment labelled with The Red Wastes, Skarrg, some red numbers and letters, and a green spiral.
Pawprints on the MTG Twitter account.
Pawprints on the MTG Facebook account.
Pawprints on the MTG TikTok account.
Pawprints on the MTG Instagram account.
Card art depicting a map fragment labelled with The Red Wastes, Skarrg, some red numbers and letters, two green spirals, and a green "X".
Card art depicting a map fragment labelled with Tenth District, Vitu-Ghazi, some red numbers and letters, and three green spirals.
Video depicting a map fragment labelled with Beast Haven, some red numbers and letters, a green spiral, and a green "X".

Video depicting a map fragment labelled with Beast Haven, some red numbers and letters, a green spiral, and a green "X".