Expose the Culprit comes into play as a compact red instant that rewards timing and board knowledge. For a single red and one generic mana you get a flexible tool to turn a face down threat face up or to stash your own disguised creatures back into a face down pile and cloak them again. Use it to force an opponent to reveal a key attacker or to reset your creatures so they dodge removal and re-emerge with ward 2 if needed.

This card fits into any Karlov Manor themed deck that leans on morph and disguise interactions. It reads like a detective's cue in gameplay terms: reveal to gain information or conceal to preserve value. Experienced players will appreciate that it can interrupt combat math and protect combo pieces while remaining fast and cheap on the stack.

• Mana Cost – {1}{R}
• Card Type – Instant
• Subtypes –
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Choose one or both — • Turn target face-down creature face up. • Exile any number of face-up creatures you control with disguise in a face-down pile, shuffle that pile, then cloak them. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward 2. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it is a creature card.)
• Power / Toughness – N/A
• Loyalty – N/A