Ravnica: Clue Edition

Ravnica: Clue Edition
Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description	The letter 'C' in the Clue font.
Design	Reggie Valk (lead), Jeremy Geist, Bryan Hawley, Chris Mooney
Release date	February 23, 2024
Set size	252 + 21
Expansion code	CLU[1]
Universes Beyond
Jurassic World Collection Ravnica: Clue Edition Fallout
Magic: The Gathering Chronology
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander Ravnica: Clue Edition Secret Lair Drop Series: Burning Revelations

Ravnica: Clue Edition (North America) or Ravnica: Cluedo Edition (worldwide) is a standalone murder mystery game published by Hasbro, set on Ravnica. As the annex set of Murders at Karlov Manor, it was released on February 23, 2024.^[2][3] Ravnica: Clue Edition is a product in the Universes Beyond series, and a multiplayer variant to play Magic: The Gathering.

Description[ | ]

About Cluedo / Clue[ | ]

Cluedo, known as Clue in North America, is a tabletop game for three to six players (depending on editions) that was devised in 1943 by British board game designer Anthony E. Pratt. The game was first manufactured by Waddingtons in the United Kingdom in 1949. Since then, it has been relaunched and updated several times, and it is currently owned and published by Hasbro. Numerous games, books, a film, television series, and a musical have been released as part of the Cluedo franchise. Several spinoffs have been released featuring various extra characters, weapons, rooms, or different gameplay. The object of the game is to determine who murdered the game's victim, where the crime took place, and which weapon was used. Each player assumes the role of one of the six suspects and attempts to deduce the correct answer by strategically moving around a game board representing the rooms of a mansion and collecting clues about the circumstances of the murder from the other players.

About Ravnica: Clue Edition[ | ]

Ravnica: Clue Edition offers a new twist on Magic multiplayer game play.^[4] It is a Magic: The Gathering variant, with Clue flavor and mechanical influence, designed by Magic R&D.^[5][6]

Wizards of the Coast joined with Cluedo to celebrate their 75th anniversary. Reimagined versions of the infamous cast are incorporated in a brand new "Whodunnit"-experience, combining the evidence-gathering sleuth gameplay of Cluedo with Magic: The Gathering's strategic depth and the Ravnica setting.^[2] This is not a reskin of the boardgame, but it is a new way of playing Magic designed by R&D that weaves the core concept of Clue with the playing of Magic.^[7] The includes both flavorful reprints and new-to-Magic cards. This play experience is self-contained, with everything you need inside the box. You'll find the iconic Cluedo suspects, rooms, and weapons all represented in a ready-to-play experience. Grab 2 boosters, shuffle them together, and let the sleuthing begin; with 8 ready-to-play boosters (each featuring 1 new Rare card), Ravnica: Clue Edition is perfect for 3–4 players but also plays well with 2.

Contents[ | ]

Contents:

• 8 Ravnica: Cluedo Edition Boosters, each containing a Jumpstart style half deck
• 21 Evidence cards featuring characters, weapons, and rooms inspired by Clue(do)
• 4 Hidden Info Screens
• 1 Evidence Notepad
• 1 Case File Envelope
• 1 Card Storage Box

The boosters are a selection of 8 out of 20 possible half decks (2 for each Ravnican guilds). A complete collection can only be created by opening multiple boxes.^[8] There are 20 new rare cards and 10 new uncommon cards in the half decks (CLU #22-51). The remaining cards are reprints from older Ravnica sets (CLU #52-273). The shock lands are CLU #274-283).

Overall, Ravnica: Cluedo Edition contains 252 regular cards (129 commons, 68 uncommons, 29 rares, 11 mythic rares, 20 basic lands)^[9].

Box toppers[ | ]

Each copy of the game comes bundled with one of ten possible Ravnica block shock lands as a Box Topper. These feature new art.

Promo[ | ]

Launch Party promo: Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy^[10]

Play[ | ]

There are two ways to win: solve the mystery before your rival sleuths or be the last detective standing. Guildmage Boddy lies slain in his manor and it’s your job to determine the manner of his demise; gather evidence when you deal combat damage, then follow the clues to crack the case.

Draw from 21 Evidence Cards to determine the killer, murder weapon, and scene of the crime and conceal these in the Case File envelope. Each Evidence card is also a playable Magic card, including 6 classic Clue characters reimagined in the Ravnica setting as Legendary Creatures. The Clue elements of this box can add mystery to any 2–5 player Magic game; play with your own decks and distribute the remaining Evidence Cards for a new case to solve.^[11]

You play a regular game of Magic, but as you deal damage to an opponent you may ask them for information that they are concealing ("Make a Suggestion"). You can win either by correctly guessing the cards in the envelope, or by killing all your opponents. Like Clue, you are able to ask other players if they have certain suspects, weapons, or rooms in their pile, but here making those guesses is restricted by Magic mechanics: you get the opportunity to do so only when you either deal combat damage to another player, or exile six mana value worth of cards from your graveyard at the end of your turn. You only get one shot when you decide to make your final guess ("Make an Accusation") and look inside the envelope for a potential win, but while guessing wrong here means you’re locked out of that alternate victory condition, it doesn’t stop you from still trying to come out on top by killing your opponents.

Cast of characters[ | ]

Character (Cluedo)	Character (MTG)	Color	Guild
Dr. Black / Mr. Boddy (the victim)	Guildmage Boddy	N.A.
Miss Scarlett	Headliner Scarlett	Red	Cult of Rakdos
Colonel Mustard	Commander Mustard	Yellow	Boros Legion
Mrs. White / Chef White / Dr. Orchid	Apothecary White	White	Orzhov Syndicate
Reverend Green / Mr. Green / Mayor Green	Emissary Green	Green	Selesnya Conclave
Mrs. Peacock / Solicitor Peacock	Senator Peacock	Blue	Azorius Senate
Professor Plum	Mastermind Plum	Purple	House Dimir

Note that different versions of Clue(do) have featured different named characters in the past.

List of Evidence cards[ | ]

All 21 Evidence cards (CLU #1-21) are also playable Magic cards, with 6 Borderless Legendary Creature cards representing murder suspects, 5 Artifact cards representing possible murder weapons, and 10 Land cards depicting locations that may have been the scene of the crime. To match each location with a Ravnican guild color, Secret Passage, which was a way to allow players to move between rooms located at the opposite corners of the house in the original Clue game, was reimagined as a tenth playable room. Meanwhile, the Revolver was eliminated as murder weapon, in line with the Magic design philosophy.^[8] The cycle of murder weapons also appears in Murders at Karlov Manor. The other cards are not Standard legal.

#	Evidence type	Card type	Name	color
1	Suspect	Legendary Creature - Human Cleric	Apothecary White
2	Suspect	Legendary Creature - Human Advisor	Senator Peacock
3	Suspect	Legendary Creature - Human Wizard	Mastermind Plum
4	Suspect	Legendary Creature - Human Warlock	Headliner Scarlett
5	Suspect	Legendary Creature - Human Advisor	Emissary Green
6	Suspect	Legendary Creature - Human Soldier	Commander Mustard
7	Murder weapon	Artifact - Clue Equipment	Wrench
8	Murder weapon	Artifact - Clue Equipment	Candlestick
9	Murder weapon	Artifact - Clue Equipment	Lead Pipe
10	Murder weapon	Artifact - Clue Equipment	Knife
11	Murder weapon	Artifact - Clue Equipment	Rope
12	Scene of the crime	Land	Ballroom
13	Scene of the crime	Land	Billiard Room
14	Scene of the crime	Land	Conservatory
15	Scene of the crime	Land	Dining Room
16	Scene of the crime	Land	Hall
17	Scene of the crime	Land	Kitchen
18	Scene of the crime	Land	Library
19	Scene of the crime	Land	Lounge
20	Scene of the crime	Land	Secret Passage
21	Scene of the crime	Land	Study

Additional unique cards[ | ]

Across the 20 half decks, there are an additional 30 mechanically unique cards, laid out in three double cycles.

Cycle name	Azorius Senate	House Dimir	Cult of Rakdos	Gruul Clans	Selesnya Conclave	Orzhov Syndicate	Izzet League	Golgari Swarm	Boros Legion	Simic Combine
Gold rares	Suppressor Skyguard	Memory Vampire	Frenzied Gorespawn	Herald of Ilharg	Vernal Sovereign	Covetous Elegy	Corporeal Projection	Amzu, Swarm's Hunger	Aegis of the Legion	Unruly Krasis
	Ten rare gold cards.
Hybrid rares	Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy	Dimir Strandcatcher	Carnage Interpreter	Stampede Surfer	Conclave Evangelist	Syndicate Heavy	Resonance Technician	Sludge Titan	Boros Strike-Captain	Lonis, Genetics Expert
	Ten rare hybrid cards, each requiring two hybrid symbols.
Hybrid uncommons	Portal Manipulator	Undercover Butler	Incriminating Impetus	Furious Spinesplitter	Sumala Rumblers	Afterlife Insurance	Ecstatic Electromancer	Tribune of Rot	Ordruun Mentor	Scuttling Sentinel
	Ten uncommon hybrid cards.

Mechanics[ | ]

Though Murders at Karlov Manor wasn’t guild themed, Ravnica: Clue Edition is. This is seen in the use of guild watermarks, unlike Murders at Karlov Manor, and the revisiting of multiple guild keywords on new cards: Adapt, Afterlife, Battalion, Evolve, Extort, Mentor, Overload and the now-deciduous Surveil. Collect evidence, Investigate, and Suspect from the main set are present. In addition, multiplayer mechanics Goad and Myriad are reused, and Emissary Green also uses a voting mechanic. Finally, the shield counter makes a reappearance.

Rules[ | ]

External links[ | ]

• Tom Marks (January 22, 2024). "Magic: The Gathering's Clue Crossover Is a Strangely Compelling Mix of Both Games". IGN.com.

References[ | ]