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Mechanically Minded - Investigate - My Dear Watson
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $133.76
Salt Sum: 25.72
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Commander

Quantity: 2Price: $0.00
Akiri, Line-Slinger

First strike, vigilance Akiri, Line-Slinger gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Akiri, Line-Slinger (c16) 26
1
Thrasios, Triton Hero

{4}: Scry 1, then reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped. Otherwise, draw a card. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Thrasios, Triton Hero (c16) 46
1

Artifacts

Quantity: 10Price: $30.62
Blinkmoth Urn

At the beginning of each player's precombat main phase, if Blinkmoth Urn is untapped, that player adds {C} for each artifact they control.

Artifact
Blinkmoth Urn (c18) 197
1
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice Commander's Sphere: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (cmm) 377
1
Darksteel Ingot

Indestructible {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Darksteel Ingot (cmm) 378
1
Inspiring Statuary

Nonartifact spells you cast have improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast those spells. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)

Artifact
Inspiring Statuary (cmm) 394
1
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (cmm) 398
1
Magnifying Glass

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Artifact
Magnifying Glass (j22) 95
1
Mimic Vat

Imprint — Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you may exile that card. If you do, return each other card exiled with Mimic Vat to its owner's graveyard. {3}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of a card exiled with Mimic Vat. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

Artifact
Mimic Vat (ncc) 372
1
Relic of Progenitus

{T}: Target player exiles a card from their graveyard. {1}, Exile Relic of Progenitus: Exile all graveyards. Draw a card.

Artifact
Relic of Progenitus (brc) 157
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 410
1
Tamiyo's Journal

At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") {T}, Sacrifice three Clues: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Tamiyo's Journal (j22) 800
1

Creatures

Quantity: 24Price: $23.33
Briarbridge Patrol

Whenever Briarbridge Patrol deals damage to one or more creatures, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") At the beginning of each end step, if you sacrificed three or more Clues this turn, you may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Briarbridge Patrol (soi) 195
1
Broodstar

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Flying Broodstar's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control.

Creature
Broodstar (plst) MRD-31
1
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer

Creature tokens you control have haste. At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 2/1 blue Phyrexian Myr artifact creature token. Then you may choose a token you control. If you do, each other token you control becomes a copy of that token.

Creature Artifact
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer (brc) 122
1
Bygone Bishop

Flying Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 3 or less, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Creature
Bygone Bishop (clb) 689
1
Byway Courier

When Byway Courier dies, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Creature
Byway Courier (plst) SOI-196
1
Daring Sleuth

Creature
Daring Sleuth // Bearer of Overwhelming Truths (soi) 54Daring Sleuth // Bearer of Overwhelming Truths (soi) 54
1
Darksteel Juggernaut

Indestructible Darksteel Juggernaut's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control. Darksteel Juggernaut attacks each combat if able.

Creature Artifact
Darksteel Juggernaut (brc) 137
1
Drownyard Explorers

When Drownyard Explorers enters the battlefield, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Creature
Drownyard Explorers (j22) 289
1
Freejam Regent

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Flying {1}{R}: Freejam Regent gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Freejam Regent (aer) 81
1
Graf Mole

Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, you gain 3 life.

Creature
Graf Mole (soi) 207
1
Hangarback Walker

Hangarback Walker enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it. When Hangarback Walker dies, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying for each +1/+1 counter on Hangarback Walker. {1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Hangarback Walker.

Creature Artifact
Hangarback Walker (cmm) 951
1
Hellkite Igniter

Flying, haste {1}{R}: Hellkite Igniter gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of artifacts you control.

Creature
Hellkite Igniter (moc) 284
1
Hellkite Tyrant

Flying, trample Whenever Hellkite Tyrant deals combat damage to a player, gain control of all artifacts that player controls. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control twenty or more artifacts, you win the game.

Creature
Hellkite Tyrant (c21) 172
1
Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer

First strike Metalcraft — Creatures you control get +3/+0 as long as you control three or more artifacts.

Creature
Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer (onc) 119
1
Lodestone Myr

Trample Tap an untapped artifact you control: Lodestone Myr gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Lodestone Myr (mm2) 220
1
Master of Etherium

Master of Etherium's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control. Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.

Creature Artifact
Master of Etherium (moc) 226
1
Merchant's Dockhand

{3}{U}, {T}, Tap X untapped artifacts you control: Look at the top X cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Creature Artifact
Merchant's Dockhand (aer) 163
1
Myr Battlesphere

When Myr Battlesphere enters the battlefield, create four 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature tokens. Whenever Myr Battlesphere attacks, you may tap X untapped Myr you control. If you do, Myr Battlesphere gets +X/+0 until end of turn and deals X damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.

Creature Artifact
Myr Battlesphere (moc) 366
1
Prosperous Pirates

When Prosperous Pirates enters the battlefield, create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Prosperous Pirates (cmr) 85
1
Sailor of Means

When Sailor of Means enters the battlefield, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Sailor of Means (cmr) 88
1
Soul of New Phyrexia

Trample {5}: Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn. {5}, Exile Soul of New Phyrexia from your graveyard: Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Soul of New Phyrexia (cmm) 974
1
Thraben Inspector

When Thraben Inspector enters the battlefield, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Creature
Thraben Inspector (cmm) 66
1
Tireless Tracker

Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on Tireless Tracker.

Creature
Tireless Tracker (moc) 314
1
Vedalken Humiliator

Metalcraft — Whenever Vedalken Humiliator attacks, if you control three or more artifacts, creatures your opponents control lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 1/1 until end of turn.

Creature
Vedalken Humiliator (moc) 243
1

Enchantments

Quantity: 7Price: $4.31
Mechanized Production

Enchant artifact you control At the beginning of your upkeep, create a token that's a copy of enchanted artifact. Then if you control eight or more artifacts with the same name as one another, you win the game.

Enchantment
Mechanized Production (j22) 320
1
Ongoing Investigation

Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") {1}{G}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Investigate. You gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Ongoing Investigation (soi) 77
1
The Antiquities War

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. III — Artifacts you control become artifact creatures with base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn.

Enchantment
The Antiquities War (plst) DOM-42
1
Thopter Spy Network

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control an artifact, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. Whenever one or more artifact creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Enchantment
Thopter Spy Network (moc) 241
1
Trail of Evidence

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Enchantment
Trail of Evidence (plst) SOI-93
1
Ulvenwald Mysteries

Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.

Enchantment
Ulvenwald Mysteries (plst) SOI-236
1
Weirding Wood

Enchant land When Weirding Wood enters the battlefield, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") Enchanted land has "{T}: Add two mana of any one color."

Enchantment
Weirding Wood (moc) 315
1

Instants

Quantity: 8Price: $14.02
Confirm Suspicions

Counter target spell. Investigate three times. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Instant
Confirm Suspicions (soi) 53
1
Confront the Unknown

Investigate, then target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each Clue you control. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Instant
Confront the Unknown (soi) 198
1
Humble the Brute

Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Instant
Humble the Brute (soi) 23
1
Jace's Scrutiny

Target creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Instant
Jace's Scrutiny (j22) 311
1
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (cmm) 49
1
Second Harvest

For each token you control, create a token that's a copy of that permanent.

Instant
Second Harvest (c19) 178
1
Survive the Night

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Instant
Survive the Night (plst) SOI-41
1
Sylvan Reclamation

Exile up to two target artifacts and/or enchantments. Basic landcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Instant
Sylvan Reclamation (scd) 248
1

Land

Quantity: 40Price: $42.18
Ancient Den

{T}: Add {W}.

Artifact Land
Ancient Den (brc) 172
1
Azorius Chancery

Azorius Chancery enters the battlefield tapped. When Azorius Chancery enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (brc) 175
1
Boros Garrison

Boros Garrison enters the battlefield tapped. When Boros Garrison enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {R}{W}.

Land
Boros Garrison (onc) 146
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 420
1
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (plst) RIX-186
1
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (cmm) 993
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (woe) 266
4
Frontier Bivouac

Frontier Bivouac enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}, {U}, or {R}.

Land
Frontier Bivouac (cmm) 997
1
Great Furnace

{T}: Add {R}.

Artifact Land
Great Furnace (brc) 187
1
Gruul Turf

Gruul Turf enters the battlefield tapped. When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {R}{G}.

Land
Gruul Turf (2x2) 325
1
Irrigated Farmland

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Irrigated Farmland enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Irrigated Farmland (cmm) 1005
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (woe) 263
6
Izzet Boilerworks

Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield tapped. When Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{R}.

Land
Izzet Boilerworks (brc) 188
1
Jungle Shrine

Jungle Shrine enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {R}, {G}, or {W}.

Land
Jungle Shrine (cmm) 1006
1
Krosan Verge

Krosan Verge enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Krosan Verge: Search your library for a Forest card and a Plains card, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Krosan Verge (cmm) 1008
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (woe) 265
4
Mystic Monastery

Mystic Monastery enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {U}, {R}, or {W}.

Land
Mystic Monastery (cmm) 1014
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (woe) 262
4
Seaside Citadel

Seaside Citadel enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Land
Seaside Citadel (cmm) 1029
1
Seat of the Synod

{T}: Add {U}.

Artifact Land
Seat of the Synod (j22) 820
1
Selesnya Sanctuary

Selesnya Sanctuary enters the battlefield tapped. When Selesnya Sanctuary enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {G}{W}.

Land
Selesnya Sanctuary (cmm) 1031
1
Sheltered Thicket

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) Sheltered Thicket enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Sheltered Thicket (cmm) 1032
1
Simic Growth Chamber

Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield tapped. When Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Land
Simic Growth Chamber (moc) 424
1
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice Terramorphic Expanse: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (cmm) 428
1
Transguild Promenade

Transguild Promenade enters the battlefield tapped. When Transguild Promenade enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you pay {1}. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Transguild Promenade (cmr) 499
1
Tree of Tales

{T}: Add {G}.

Artifact Land
Tree of Tales (plst) MRD-285
1

Planeswalkers

Quantity: 3Price: $7.78
Karn, Scion of Urza

+1: Reveal the top two cards of your library. An opponent chooses one of them. Put that card into your hand and exile the other with a silver counter on it. −1: Put a card you own with a silver counter on it from exile into your hand. −2: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."

Planeswalker
Karn, Scion of Urza (dom) 1
1
Saheeli, the Gifted

+1: Create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token. +1: The next spell you cast this turn costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control as you cast it. −7: For each artifact you control, create a token that's a copy of it. Those tokens gain haste. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step. Saheeli, the Gifted can be your commander.

Planeswalker
Saheeli, the Gifted (c18) 44
1
Tezzeret, Artifice Master

+1: Create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. 0: Draw a card. If you control three or more artifacts, draw two cards instead. −9: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, search your library for a permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle."

Planeswalker
Tezzeret, Artifice Master (j22) 360
1

Sorceries

Quantity: 6Price: $11.52
Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (cmm) 872
1
Fell the Mighty

Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.

Sorcery
Fell the Mighty (moc) 185
1
Gone Missing

Put target permanent on top of its owner's library. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Sorcery
Gone Missing (plst) SOI-67
1
Reverse Engineer

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Reverse Engineer (cmm) 116
1
Root Out

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Sorcery
Root Out (moc) 311
1
Wave of Reckoning

Each creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

Sorcery
Wave of Reckoning (c16) 79
1

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