Novice Inspector
Creature — Human Detective
Novice Inspector
Creature — Human Detective
Card Text
When this creature enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 1
- Colors
- White
- Color Identity
- White
- Power / Toughness
- 1 / 2
- EDHREC Rank
- #8,268
Format Legalities
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (8)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #29 | common | en | Fajareka Setiawan | $0.18 | $0.28 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #29 | common | de | Fajareka Setiawan | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #29 | common | es | Fajareka Setiawan | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #29 | common | fr | Fajareka Setiawan | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #29 | common | it | Fajareka Setiawan | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #29 | common | ja | Fajareka Setiawan | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #29 | common | pt | Fajareka Setiawan | — | — |
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) | #29 | common | zhs | Fajareka Setiawan | — | — |
Official Rulings (5)
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.
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.
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