Magery
Theme
Forensic Gadgeteer
2U
Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective
Artist:
Volkan Baǵa
All artists:
Volkan Baǵa
, Vance Kelly
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "2, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost 1 less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.
2/3
U
$2.02
cheapest print
Prices
| Set | # | Treatment | Finish | Price (USD) |
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Murders at Karlov Manor
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57 | Regular | Nonfoil | $2.02 |
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Murders at Karlov Manor
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57 | Regular | Foil | $3.02 |
Murders at Karlov Manor Promos
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57p | Promo | Nonfoil | $2.82 |
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Murders at Karlov Manor Promos
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57p | Promo | Foil | $2.37 |
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Murders at Karlov Manor Promos
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57s | Promo | Foil | $5.48 |
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Murders at Karlov Manor
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342 | Showcase | Nonfoil | $2.13 |
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Murders at Karlov Manor
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342 | Showcase | Foil | $3.41 |
Price History
Printings (4)
Rulings
You can't sacrifice a Clue to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Clue token to activate its own ability and also to activate Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's ability.
Some spells and abilities that investigate may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't create any Clue tokens.
Some abilities trigger "whenever you sacrifice a Clue". Those abilities trigger whenever you sacrifice a Clue for any reason, not just to activate a Clue's activated ability.
If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's activated ability.
Forensic Gadgeteer's last ability affects only abilities of artifacts you control on the battlefield. The costs of activated abilities of artifact cards that work in other zones, such as cycling, won't be reduced.
Clue is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some cards with other permanent types, it's never a creature type, a land type, or anything but an artifact type.
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") are unaffected by the cost reduction ability of Forensic Gadgeteer.
Format Legality
Standard
Legal
Future
Legal
Historic
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Pauper
Not Legal
Vintage
Legal
Penny
Legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Standardbrawl
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Alchemy
Not Legal
Paupercommander
Not Legal
Duel
Legal
Oldschool
Not Legal
Premodern
Not Legal
Predh
Not Legal