Deduce
Instant
Deduce
Instant
Card Text
Draw a card. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 2
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- EDHREC Rank
- #5,466
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (19)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) | #81 | uncommon | en | Shusaku Sato | — | — |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) | #16 | uncommon | en | Dominik Mayer | — | — |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) | #146 | uncommon | en | Shusaku Sato | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #293 | common | en | Ina Wong | $0.12 | $0.28 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #52 | common | en | Quintin Gleim | $0.07 | $0.09 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #293 | common | de | Ina Wong | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #52 | common | de | Quintin Gleim | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #293 | common | es | Ina Wong | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #52 | common | es | Quintin Gleim | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #293 | common | fr | Ina Wong | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #52 | common | fr | Quintin Gleim | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #293 | common | it | Ina Wong | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #52 | common | it | Quintin Gleim | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #293 | common | ja | Ina Wong | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #52 | common | ja | Quintin Gleim | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #293 | common | pt | Ina Wong | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #52 | common | pt | Quintin Gleim | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #52 | common | zhs | Quintin Gleim | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #293 | common | zhs | Ina Wong | — | — |
Official Rulings (5)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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