Crime Novelist (MKM)

Creature — Goblin Bard

Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and add {R}.

Reliable sacrifice payoff for artifact-focused red decks. Crime Novelist rewards your existing sacrifice outlets with both board presence and mana acceleration, making it a natural fit in Affinity, Hardened Scales variants, and Commander builds that already run artifact tokens or expendable permanents. The mana generation is the real draw—it turns your sacrifice synergies into ramp, letting you chain threats faster. Best in decks already committed to the sacrifice plan; in slower or less artifact-dense strategies, it's a win-more that doesn't pull its weight.

Murders at Karlov Manor — Uncommon