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Halloween mask wearing duo nabbed for stealing $8K in Magic: The Gathering cards from comic store

They fell prey to the dork side.

Two nerdy burglars were busted this week for allegedly of thousands of dollars 𝐆of Magic: The Gathering cards while wearing low-quality Halloween masks.

The delinquent duo allegedly broke into Grand Adventures Comic and Games in Murfreesboro on Tuesday, making off with an estimated $8,000 worth of collectible cardboard gami༒ng cards, according to investigators.

Surveillance video shows one man wearing a nun mask and habit – in the styl🌟e of the heist movie – and the other ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚwore what appears to be a Michael Meyers mask.

Their disguises did not put police off the🅘ir scent൲ for too long.

Two men wearing Halloween masks while breaking into a comic bookstore
The pair’s disguise ended up being less than magical.

Philip Clodfelter, 42, and Kelly G♕arner, 64, were arrested after coꦓps pulled over their car due to erratic driving.

An officer immediately recognized the masks and said that the Magic: the Gathe꧟ring cards were sitting in plain sight inside the vehicle, according to the Musfre꧑eboro Police Department.

Cops say Clodfelter and Garne𒐪r also tried to burgle another store that same night – Grand Slam Collectibles – but were unable to gain entry.

The pair are now suspected of committing sജimilar burglaries at comic stores in B🐲rentwood and Nashville, according to Musfreeboro detectives.

Each is being held on $48,000 bond at the Ruth🐟erford Counไty Adult Detention Center.

Theꦐy face multiple charges incl🎀uding burglary, theft and vandalism.

Mugshot of Kelly Garner
The duo wore disguises and made off with around $8,000 worth of collectible cardboard gaming cards.

Earlier this summer, it was that Republican vice presidential candidate 𒈔J.D. Vance was an avid Magic: The Gathering player – his wi🅷fe calling it the dorkiest thing about the Ohio senator.

Vance said in an August interview that he stopped playiꦿng while younger.

He , “The big problem with transitioning from being a 13-year-old who likes Magic: the Gathering to🌼 being a 15-year-old who likes Magic: the ౠGathering is that 15-year-old girls do not like Magic: the Gathering.”

“So I dropped it like a bad habit,” Vance added.