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Magic · Murders at Karlov Manor · #121 · Uncommon

Crime Novelist

Magic card price for Crime Novelist: $3.12 market, from $2.18 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$3.12
+6.5% this week · −2.5% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day+0.7%
7 days+6.5%
30 days−2.5%
90 days+178.6%
1 year+290.0%
All time−34.2%

Sellers right now

$2.18lowest listing$22.45highest
Market price$3.12
Mid listing$3.66
Direct$3.30
30-day avg$2.99

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$3.12
Cardmarket$1.20 €1.07

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.7352-week low$3.2752-week high
In the range94%
All-time low$0.45
All-time high$4.74
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.19$1.85$3.51$5.17
$3.12
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Crime Novelist (Foil) came out in February 2024; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. In the last year the price changed +290% and ranged from $0.73 to $3.27, and it now trades near the top of that range. Listings currently start at $2.18; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $2.99.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$3.12$2.18$22.45+6.5%
Normal$2.71$0.31$999.00−0.4%

The card in play

Power / Toughness1 / 3
Type line
Creature — Goblin Bard
Rules text

Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on Crime Novelist and add R.

Flavor

"But then he peeled off the mask, revealing a sight that made Groja's blood run cold—Brulu was actually Vogos in disguise!"

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