Innocent Bystander
Creature β Goblin Citizen
Innocent Bystander
Creature β Goblin Citizen
Card Text
Whenever this creature is dealt 3 or more damage, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 2
- Colors
- Red
- Color Identity
- Red
- Power / Toughness
- 2 / 1
- EDHREC Rank
- #22,533
Format Legalities
Market Prices
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (8)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #133 | common | en | Warren Mahy | $0.04 | $0.03 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #133 | common | de | Warren Mahy | β | β |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #133 | common | es | Warren Mahy | β | β |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #133 | common | fr | Warren Mahy | β | β |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #133 | common | it | Warren Mahy | β | β |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #133 | common | ja | Warren Mahy | β | β |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #133 | common | pt | Warren Mahy | β | β |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #133 | common | zhs | Warren Mahy | β | β |
Official Rulings (6)
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.
Innocent Bystander's ability triggers only if it's dealt 3 or more damage all at once. It doesn't trigger if damage that adds up to 3 or more is dealt to it at different times.
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.
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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