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Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Nick Valentine can't be blocked except by artifact creatures.
Whenever Nick Valentine or another artifact creature you control dies, you may investigate. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Legendary Creature Artifact - Detective Synth
Nick Valentine, Private Eye (pip) 35

Commander

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Basalt Monolith
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
: Add
.
: Untap this artifact.
Artifact
Basalt Monolith (mb2) 217
Candlestick
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, surveil 2." (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
, Sacrifice this Equipment: Draw a card.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment Clue
Candlestick (mkm) 43
Candy Trail
When this artifact enters, scry 2.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life and draw a card.
Artifact - Clue Food
Candy Trail (woe) 243
Cryptex
, Collect evidence 3: Add one mana of any color. Put an unlock counter on this artifact. (To collect evidence 3, exile cards with total mana value 3 or greater from your graveyard.)
Sacrifice this artifact: Surveil 3, then draw three cards. Activate only if this artifact has five or more unlock counters on it.
Artifact
Cryptex (mkm) 251
Esoteric Duplicator
Whenever you sacrifice this artifact or another artifact, you may pay
. If you do, at the beginning of the next end step, create a token that's a copy of that artifact.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact - Clue
Esoteric Duplicator (big) 5
Excalibur, Sword of Eden
This spell costs
less to cast, where X is the total mana value of historic permanents you control. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Equipped creature gets +10/+0 and has vigilance.
Equip legendary creature
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Excalibur, Sword of Eden (acr) 72
Five Hundred Year Diary
Five Hundred Year Diary enters tapped.
: Add
for each Clue you control.
, Sacrifice Five Hundred Year Diary: Draw a card.
Legendary Artifact - Clue Book
Five Hundred Year Diary (who) 42
Found Footage
You may look at face-down creatures your opponents control any time.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Surveil 2, then draw a card. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Artifact - Clue
Found Footage (dsk) 246
Investigator's Journal
This artifact enters with a number of suspect counters on it equal to the greatest number of creatures a player controls.
,
, Remove a suspect counter from this artifact: Draw a card.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact - Clue Book
Investigator's Journal (cmm) 956
Laser Screwdriver
: Add one mana of any color.
,
: Tap target artifact.
,
: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
,
: Goad target creature. (Until your next turn, it attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Artifact
Laser Screwdriver (who) 178
Patchwork Banner
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Patchwork Banner (blb) 247
Pillar of Origins
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type.
Artifact
Pillar of Origins (cmm) 970
Ransom Note
When this artifact enters, surveil 1.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Choose one —
• Cloak the top card of your library.
• Goad target creature.
• Draw a card.
Artifact - Clue
Ransom Note (mkc) 48
Sword of Once and Future
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from blue and from black.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, surveil 2. Then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Sword of Once and Future (mom) 265
Tamiyo's Journal
At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
, Sacrifice three Clues: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Legendary Artifact - Book
Tamiyo's Journal (inr) 272
Thinking Cap
Equipped creature gets +1/+2.
Equip Detective

Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Thinking Cap (mkm) 257
Ugin's Nexus
If a player would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead.
If Ugin's Nexus would be put into a graveyard from the battlefield, instead exile it and take an extra turn after this one.
Legendary Artifact
Ugin's Nexus (ktk) 227

Artifact

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Agency Outfitter
Flying
When this creature enters, you may search your graveyard, hand and/or library for a card named Magnifying Glass and/or a card named Thinking Cap and put them onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle.
Creature - Sphinx Detective
Agency Outfitter (mkm) 38
Cold Case Cracker
Flying
When this creature dies, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Creature - Spirit Detective
Cold Case Cracker (mkm) 46
Conspiracy Unraveler
Flying
You may collect evidence 10 rather than pay the mana cost for spells you cast. (To collect evidence 10, exile cards with total mana value 10 or greater from your graveyard.)
Creature - Sphinx Detective
Conspiracy Unraveler (mkm) 47
Crimestopper Sprite
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. (Exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.)
Flying
When this creature enters, tap target creature. If evidence was collected, put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Creature - Faerie Detective
Crimestopper Sprite (mkm) 49
Detective of the Month
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
As long as you have the city's blessing, Detectives you control can't be blocked.
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 white and blue Detective creature token.
Creature - Human Detective
Detective of the Month (mkc) 21
Exit Specialist
This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.
Disguise
(You may cast this card face down for
as a 2/2 creature with ward
. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, return another target creature to its owner's hand.
Creature - Human Detective
Exit Specialist (mkm) 55
Final-Word Phantom
Flash
Flying
During each opponent's end step, you may cast spells as though they had flash.
Creature - Spirit Detective
Final-Word Phantom (mkc) 22
Forensic Gadgeteer
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost
less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.
Creature - Artificer Vedalken Detective
Forensic Gadgeteer (mkm) 57
Forensic Researcher
: Untap another target permanent you control.
, Collect evidence 3: Tap target creature you don't control. (To collect evidence 3, exile cards with total mana value 3 or greater from your graveyard.)
Creature - Merfolk Detective
Forensic Researcher (mkm) 58
Hotshot Investigators
When this creature enters, return up to one other target creature to its owner's hand. If you controlled it, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Creature - Vedalken Detective
Hotshot Investigators (mkm) 60
Jaded Analyst
Defender
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, this creature loses defender and gains vigilance until end of turn.
Creature - Human Detective
Jaded Analyst (mkm) 62
Metallic Mimic
As this creature enters, choose a creature type.
This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types.
Each other creature you control of the chosen type enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
Creature Artifact - Shapeshifter
Metallic Mimic (inr) 268
Mistway Spy
Flying
Disguise
(You may cast this card face down for
as a 2/2 creature with ward
. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, until end of turn, whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, investigate.
Creature - Merfolk Detective
Mistway Spy (mkm) 65
Paranormal Analyst
Whenever you manifest dread, put a card you put into your graveyard this way into your hand.
Creature - Human Detective
Paranormal Analyst (dsk) 69
Parcel Myr
, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.
Creature Artifact - Myr Clue
Parcel Myr (mh2) 54
Piper Wright, Publick Reporter
Whenever Piper Wright deals combat damage to a player, investigate that many times. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Legendary Creature - Human Detective
Piper Wright, Publick Reporter (pip) 36
Projektor Inspector
Whenever this creature or another Detective you control enters and whenever a Detective you control is turned face up, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
Creature - Human Detective
Projektor Inspector (mkm) 68
Senator Peacock
Artifacts you control are Clues in addition to their other types and have "
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card."
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Senator Peacock (clu) 2
Steamcore Scholar
Flying, vigilance
When this creature enters, draw two cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an instant or sorcery card or a creature card with flying.
Creature - Weird Detective
Steamcore Scholar (mkm) 71
Surveillance Monitor
When this creature enters, you may collect evidence 4. (Exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater from your graveyard.)
Whenever you collect evidence, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
Creature - Vedalken Detective
Surveillance Monitor (mkm) 73†
Tangletrove Kelp
Ward

At the beginning of each combat, other Clues you control become 6/6 Plant creatures in addition to their other types until end of turn.
, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.
Creature Artifact - Plant Clue
Tangletrove Kelp (mkc) 24
Tunnel Surveyor
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 white Glimmer enchantment creature token.
Creature - Human Detective
Tunnel Surveyor (dsk) 76

Creature

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Burden of Proof
Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 as long as it's a Detective you control. Otherwise, it has base power and toughness 1/1 and can't block Detectives.
Enchantment - Aura
Burden of Proof (mkm) 42
Case of the Filched Falcon
When this Case enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
To solve — You control three or more artifacts. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved —
, Sacrifice this Case: Put four +1/+1 counters on target noncreature artifact. It becomes a 0/0 Bird creature with flying in addition to its other types.
Enchantment - Case
Case of the Filched Falcon (mkm) 44
Case of the Ransacked Lab
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost
less to cast.
To solve — You've cast four or more instant and sorcery spells this turn. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.
Enchantment - Case
Case of the Ransacked Lab (mkm) 45
Case of the Shifting Visage
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1.
To solve — There are fifteen or more cards in your graveyard. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — Whenever you cast a nonlegendary creature spell, copy that spell. (The copy becomes a token.)
Enchantment - Case
Case of the Shifting Visage (mkc) 19
Enhanced Surveillance
You may look at an additional two cards each time you surveil.
Exile this enchantment: Shuffle your graveyard into your library.
Enchantment
Enhanced Surveillance (mkc) 102
Gossip's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Whenever a creature you control enters, surveil 1.
: Level 2
Whenever you attack, target attacking creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.
: Level 3
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may exile it, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Enchantment - Class
Gossip's Talent (blb) 51
Reflections of Littjara
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, copy that spell. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Enchantment
Reflections of Littjara (lcc) 168

Enchantment

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Behind the Mask
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. (Exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.)
Until end of turn, target artifact or creature becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/3. If evidence was collected, it has base power and toughness 1/1 until end of turn instead.
Instant
Behind the Mask (mkm) 39
Consider
Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Consider (mb2) 25
Dazzling Lights
Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn.
Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Instant
Dazzling Lights (plst) GRN-34
Don't Make a Sound
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
. If they do, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Instant
Don't Make a Sound (dsk) 49
Ephara's Dispersal
This spell costs
less to cast if it targets an attacking creature.
Return target creature to its owner's hand. Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Instant
Ephara's Dispersal (mkc) 103
Fierce Guardianship
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Fierce Guardianship (cmm) 94
Mystical Tutor
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Mystical Tutor (dmr) 60
Otherworldly Gaze
Surveil 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Instant
Otherworldly Gaze (dsc) 122
Sinister Sabotage
Counter target spell.
Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Instant
Sinister Sabotage (rvr) 61

Instant

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Arid Archway
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. If another Desert was returned this way, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
: Add
.
Land - Desert
Arid Archway (otj) 252
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (dft) 280
Scene of the Crime
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Artifact Land - Clue
Scene of the Crime (mkm) 267
Three Tree City
As Three Tree City enters, choose a creature type.
: Add
.
,
: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to the number of creatures you control of the chosen type.
Legendary Land
Three Tree City (blb) 260

Land

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Contingency Plan
Surveil 5. (Look at the top five cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Sorcery
Contingency Plan (plst) EMN-52
Personal Tutor
Search your library for a sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Sorcery
Personal Tutor (cmm) 110
Raise the Palisade
Choose a creature type. Return all creatures that aren't of the chosen type to their owners' hands.
Sorcery
Raise the Palisade (ltc) 23
Taigam's Scheming
Surveil 5. (Look at the top five cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Sorcery
Taigam's Scheming (ktk) 57

Sorcery

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