Homicide Investigator
Creature — Human Detective
Homicide Investigator
Creature — Human Detective
Card Text
Whenever one or more nontoken creatures you control die, investigate. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 2
- Colors
- Black
- Color Identity
- Black
- Power / Toughness
- 2 / 2
- EDHREC Rank
- #13,781
Format Legalities
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (18)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #343 | rare | en | David Robert Hovey | $0.18 | $0.19 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #86 | rare | en | Jodie Muir | $0.22 | $0.14 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Promos (PMKM) | #86s | rare | en | Jodie Muir | — | $0.49 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Promos (PMKM) | #86p | rare | en | Jodie Muir | $0.12 | $0.28 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #343 | rare | de | David Robert Hovey | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #86 | rare | de | Jodie Muir | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #343 | rare | es | David Robert Hovey | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #86 | rare | es | Jodie Muir | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #343 | rare | fr | David Robert Hovey | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #86 | rare | fr | Jodie Muir | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #343 | rare | it | David Robert Hovey | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #86 | rare | it | Jodie Muir | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #343 | rare | ja | David Robert Hovey | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #86 | rare | ja | Jodie Muir | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #86 | rare | pt | Jodie Muir | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #343 | rare | pt | David Robert Hovey | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #343 | rare | zhs | David Robert Hovey | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #86 | rare | zhs | Jodie Muir | — | — |
Official Rulings (7)
Homicide Investigator's ability triggers when it dies if it's not a token.
If Homicide Investigator dies at the same time as one or more other nontoken creatures you control, Homicide Investigator's ability triggers for each of them.
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.
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.
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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