Alchemy: Karlov Manor

Alchemy: Karlov Manor

 

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Alchemy: Karlov Manor
Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description	A24
Design	Donald Smith, Jr (lead), Andy Clautice, Ben Finkel, David McDarby, JC Tao
Release date	March 5, 2024
Plane	Ravnica
Set size	30
Expansion code	A24, Y24 (MTG Arena), YMKM (Scryfall)
MTG Arena series
Alchemy: Ixalan Alchemy: Karlov Manor Alchemy: Thunder Junction
Magic: The Gathering Chronology
Secret Lair Drop Series: Sheldon's Spellbook Alchemy: Karlov Manor Fallout

Alchemy: Karlov Manor is a MTG Arena-exclusive card set in the Alchemy-series that was released on March 5, 2024.

Description

Alchemy: Karlov Manor is a digital only release adjacent to the release of Murders at Karlov Manor. There are thirty new designed-for-digital cards included in the set (10 uncommons, 15 rares, 5 mythic rares). All of the cards are set on Ravnica.

Mechanics

The digital-only mechanics Conjure, Draft, Not the starting player, Perpetually, Seek and Spellbook are reused. From the main set, Cloak, Collect evidence, Disguise, Investigate and Cases are reused.

Alchemy: Karlov Manor introduces the Incorporate keyword, which perpetually modifies the cost and characteristics of a card in your hand.

List of exclusive digital-only cards

White

• Scrutiny of the Guildpact
• Sleuth Instructor
• Spotlight Falcon

Blue

• Case of the Lost Witness
• Emporium Thopterist
• Excogitator Sphinx
• Mapping the Maze
• Ominous Lockbox

Black

• Cackling Observer
• Lurking Spinecrawler
• Perforator Crocodile
• Snarlfang Vermin

Red

• Case of the Market Melee
• Concert Kaboomist
• Construction Arsonist
• Shove Aside

Green

• Guildpact Greenwalker
• Rampaging Ursaguana
• Relics of the Rubblebelt
• Sproutwatch Dryad
• Woodland Investigation

Multicolor

• Emmara, Voice of the Conclave
• Furgul, Quag Nurturer
• Izzet Polarizer
• Juggle the Performance
• Roalesk, Prime Specimen
• Scour the Scene
• Tajic, Legion's Valor
• Thought-String Analyst
• Veko, Death's Doorkeeper

List of cards that can be conjured

• () Spotlight Falcon conjures a copy of itself to your hand.
• () The Case of the Lost Witness conjures four cards named Fblthp, the Lost into your library.
• () Emporium Thoptherist conjures a card named Ornithopter to your hand.
• () Perforator Crocodile conjures a copy of Stab Wound to the battlefield for each creature your opponents control.
• () Juggle the Performance conjures a copy of seven cards at random from the player to the right's deck into its caster's library.
• () Furgul, Quag Nurturer conjures a card named Slimy Dualleech onto the battlefield.
• () Izzet Polarizer conjures either Electrolyze or Ionize to your hand.
• () Roalesk, Prime Specimen conjures a random creature with mana value X into your hand, and then cloaks it onto the battlefield.

List of cards in Spellbooks

Emmara, Voice of the Conclave

• Overwhelm
• Triplicate Spirits
• Loxodon Restorer
• Venerated Loxodon
• Conclave Tribunal
• Knight-Errant of Eos
• March of the Multitudes
• Ancient Imperiosaur
• Nissa's Expedition

Relics of the Rubblebelt

• Azorius Signet
• Boros Signet
• Dimir Signet
• Golgari Signet
• Gruul Signet
• Izzet Signet
• Orzhov Signet
• Rakdos Signet
• Selesnya Signet
• Simic Signet

Tajic, Legion's Valor

• Boros Recruit
• Swiftblade Vindicator
• Skyknight Legionnaire
• Spark Trooper
• Aurelia, the Law Above

Tokens

As a digital product, Alchemy: Karlov Manor does not contain any tokens but a number of cards in the set generate tokens, so a list is provided below for reference.

• 2/2 Detective creature for Scour the Scene and Scrutiny of the Guildpact.

Cycles

Alchemy: Karlov Manor has one cycle.

Cycle name
Incorporate cards	Scrutiny of the Guildpact	Mapping the Maze	Lurking Spinecrawler	Construction Arsonist	Guildpact Greenwalker
	Five spells that use the Incorporate mechanic to perpetually modify a card when they are cast. Each card gives a bonus for using multicolored cards.

Trivia

• Juggle the Performance, notably, was worded with an eye toward multiplayer despite Arena lacking multiplayer functions at the time the card was released.

Into the Future event

The Into the Future event for Alchemy: Karlov Manor was held on Magic: The Gathering Arena from March 5 to 7, 2024. It featured five phantom preconstructed decks intended to highlight how new cards could be used in the Alchemy format.

Arena deck name	Colors Included
Airborne Artifacts	W	U	–	–	–
Battalion Bruisers	W	–	–	R	–
Expendable Enchantments	W	U	B	–	–
Incorporate Insidiously	W	–	B	–	G
Multicoloured Magecraft	–	U	–	R	–