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Blood Spatter Analysis is an Enchantment that earns its keep the moment it hits the table. When it enters the battlefield it deals 3 damage to target creature an opponent controls, giving you an immediate answer to early threats or a way to finish off a weakened blocker. The card then turns the flow of the game into a slow accrual of value as creature deaths trigger a mill and add a bloodstain counter to the enchantment.

Play this in a deck that expects trades and recurring value. Each time one or more creatures die you mill a card and add a bloodstain counter. If the enchantment reaches five bloodstain counters you sacrifice it and return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand. The design fits the Murders at Karlov Manor mood and rewards careful timing and board control more than raw aggression.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {B}{R}
• Card Type – Enchantment
• Subtypes –
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – When Blood Spatter Analysis enters the battlefield, it deals 3 damage to target creature an opponent controls. Whenever one or more creatures die, mill a card and put a bloodstain counter on Blood Spatter Analysis. Then sacrifice it if it has five or more bloodstain counters on it. When you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.