Root Out
Sorcery
Root Out
Sorcery
Card Text
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Green
- Color Identity
- Green
- EDHREC Rank
- #12,644
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (20)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #311 | common | en | Daniel Ljunggren | $0.06 | — |
| The List (PLST) | #SOI-224 | common | en | Daniel Ljunggren | $0.05 | — |
| Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) | #224 | common | en | Daniel Ljunggren | $0.08 | $0.49 |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #311 | common | de | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) | #224 | common | de | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #311 | common | es | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) | #224 | common | es | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #311 | common | fr | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) | #224 | common | fr | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #311 | common | it | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) | #224 | common | it | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #311 | common | ja | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) | #224 | common | ja | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) | #224 | common | ko | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #311 | common | pt | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) | #224 | common | pt | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) | #224 | common | ru | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) | #311 | common | zhs | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) | #224 | common | zhs | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
| Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) | #224 | common | zht | Daniel Ljunggren | — | — |
Official Rulings (4)
You can't cast a spell without choosing legal targets. If all of those targets become illegal, the spell doesn't resolve and you won't investigate.
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.
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.
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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