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Crime Scene: The evidence you need to solve this puzzle can be found on certain Murders at Karlov Manor cards. You’ll need your solutions from all of the other Mystery Files to complete your investigation.

It all comes down to this. Although the cases may be rooted in the past, today is the day you can finally unravel this enigma. Each Mystery File will lead you to a card name. All you need to do is follow the evidence.

  • The Mysterious Museum (3)

  • The Intriguing Interrogation (1)

  • The Ruby Ruse (2)

  • The Unusual Unlock (6)

  • The Radiant Riddle (3)

  • The Hidden Homunculus (9)

  • The Perplexing Prism (5)

  • The Strange Scenes (10)

  • The Fractured Fingerprint (1)

  • The Weird Window (4)

  • The Confounding Kidnapper (6)

  • The Arcane Agency (1)

Ravnica Detective Agency


As guessed, Mystery File 13 utilizes the MKM cards connected to each of the previous 12 solutions. Here are the relationships for the 12 Mystery File solution cards. Spoilers, of course.

the cunning conclusion - evidence

01: 'Intriguing Interrogation' solution
Same knives in corpse
02: 'Hidden Homunculus' solution
Similar looking mask
03: 'Strange Scenes' solution
Same Jace puppet
04: 'Perplexing Prism' solution
Same sealed letter
05: 'Confounding Kidnapper' solution
Same acorn
06: 'Mysterious Musuem' Solution
Same gold skull on a chain
07: 'Arcane Agency' Solution
Same map
08: 'Weird Window' Solution
Same doorknocker/ring
09: 'Unusual Unlock' Solution
Nikya's staff-skull in web
10: 'Radiant Riddle' Solution
Same grotesque (bottom right)
11: 'Ruby Ruse' Solution
Same flanking thrulls
12: 'Fractured Fingerprint' Solution
Same egg (in frozen hand)
made with @nex3's grid generator


And the solution is relatively straightforward. Ravnica Detective Agency provides us with a sequence of Mystery File titles, and numbers with each.

the cunning conclusion - solution

Take the n'th letter of the MKM card name corresponding each Mystery File in the provided sequence. This spells out our solution: THEWAYISOPEN

This also unlocks Episode 11 of the story, a short epilogue.

To redeem the Arena rewards, follow the instructions and create a deck named "THEWAYISOPEN" with the 12 MKM cards in the mainboard - you don't need to own the cards. As a reward, you will receive a little message by Proft, a sleeve, and 5,000 XP. For your convenience, here is an Arena-format decklist that can be copied and imported into the game. Rename the deck, and the gift should show up in your inbox.


Deck
1 Homicide Investigator (MKM) 86
1 Meddling Youths (MKM) 219
1 Case of the Stashed Skeleton (MKM) 80
1 Furtive Courier (MKM) 59
1 Reckless Detective (MKM) 141
1 Extract a Confession (MKM) 84
1 Novice Inspector (MKM) 29
1 The Pride of Hull Clade (MKM) 172
1 Glint Weaver (MKM) 162
1 Granite Witness (MKM) 206
1 Leering Onlooker (MKM) 91
1 Out Cold (MKM) 66

message from Proft

Arena sleeve


And just for fun, here were some 'red herring' card relationships identified prior to the Mystery File's

potential card relationships

Unconfirmed as solution
Same yellow rose
Unconfirmed as solution
Same candle
Unconfirmed as solution
Same mask
Unconfirmed as solution
Same offering dish
Unconfirmed as solution
Same mask
Unconfirmed as solution
Sword in 'statue'
Unconfirmed as solution
Same blue-flame skull
Unconfirmed as solution
Same weapons
made with @nex3's grid generator
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