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Wernog, Rider's Chaplain
When Wernog, Rider's Chaplain enters or leaves the battlefield, each opponent may investigate. Each opponent who doesn't loses 1 life. You investigate X times, where X is one plus the number of opponents who investigated this way.
Partner—Friends forever (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)
Partner—Friends forever (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)
Legendary Creature - Human

Commander
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Disorder in the Court
Exile X target creatures, then investigate X times. Return the exiled cards to the battlefield tapped under their owners' control at the beginning of the next end step. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Instant

Blink
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Lazav, Wearer of Faces
Whenever Lazav attacks, exile target card from a graveyard, then investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, you may have Lazav become a copy of a creature card exiled with it until end of turn.
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, you may have Lazav become a copy of a creature card exiled with it until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter Detective

Creature
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Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth
Whenever another creature you control dies, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a token, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
Whenever you sacrifice a token, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue

Ezrim, Agency Chief
Flying
When Ezrim enters, investigate twice. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
, Sacrifice an artifact: Ezrim gains your choice of vigilance, lifelink, or hexproof until end of turn.
When Ezrim enters, investigate twice. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
, Sacrifice an artifact: Ezrim gains your choice of vigilance, lifelink, or hexproof until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Archon Detective

Intrude on the Mind
Reveal the top five cards of your library and separate them into two piles. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. Create a 0/0 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying, then put a +1/+1 counter on it for each card put into your graveyard this way.
Instant

Merchant of Truth
Flying
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, investigate.
Clues you control have exalted. (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each instance of exalted among permanents you control.)
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, investigate.
Clues you control have exalted. (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each instance of exalted among permanents you control.)
Creature - Angel Detective

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.")
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

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.
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Legendary Creature - Human Detective

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Evasion
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Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land

Land
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Armed with Proof
When this enchantment enters, investigate twice. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Clues you control are Equipment in addition to their other types and have "Equipped creature gets +2/+0" and equip .
Clues you control are Equipment in addition to their other types and have "Equipped creature gets +2/+0" and equip .
Enchantment

Pump
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Tivit, Seller of Secrets
Flying, ward
Council's dilemma — Whenever Tivit enters or deals combat damage to a player, starting with you, each player votes for evidence or bribery. For each evidence vote, investigate. For each bribery vote, create a Treasure token.
While voting, you may vote an additional time. (The votes can be for different choices or for the same choice.)
Council's dilemma — Whenever Tivit enters or deals combat damage to a player, starting with you, each player votes for evidence or bribery. For each evidence vote, investigate. For each bribery vote, create a Treasure token.
While voting, you may vote an additional time. (The votes can be for different choices or for the same choice.)
Legendary Creature - Rogue Sphinx

Ramp
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Viconia, Drow Apostate
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are four or more creature cards in your graveyard, return a creature card at random from your graveyard to your hand.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Legendary Creature - Cleric Elf

Recursion
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Hold for Questioning
Enchant creature or planeswalker
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted permanent and investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Enchanted permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step and its activated abilities can't be activated.
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted permanent and investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Enchanted permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step and its activated abilities can't be activated.
Enchantment - Aura

Removal
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Case of the Pilfered Proof
Whenever a Detective you control enters or is turned face up, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
To solve — You control three or more Detectives. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — If one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus a Clue token are created instead. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
To solve — You control three or more Detectives. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — If one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus a Clue token are created instead. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Enchantment - Case

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.
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

Ethereal Investigator
Flying
When this creature enters, investigate X times, where X is the number of opponents you have. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
When this creature enters, investigate X times, where X is the number of opponents you have. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Creature - Spirit

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
Deathtouch
At the beginning of your end step, investigate for each opponent who lost life this turn.
Whenever a Clue you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying. This ability triggers only once each turn.
At the beginning of your end step, investigate for each opponent who lost life this turn.
Whenever a Clue you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor

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