Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters tapped.
{T}: 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.)

Lonis, Cryptozoologist

Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, investigate.
{T}, Sacrifice X Clues: Target opponent reveals the top X cards of their library. You may put a nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield under your control. That player puts the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.

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.

Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.)
Prairie Stream enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Azorius Chancery

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

Command Tower

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

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.")

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 "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Erdwal Illuminator

Flying
Whenever you investigate for the first time each turn, investigate an additional time.

Exotic Orchard

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

Finale of Revelation

Draw X cards. If X is 10 or more, instead shuffle your graveyard into your library, draw X cards, untap up to five lands, and you have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game.
Exile Finale of Revelation.

Fumigate

Destroy all creatures. You gain 1 life for each creature destroyed this way.

Graf Mole

Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, you gain 3 life.

Idol of Oblivion

{T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you created a token this turn.
{8}, {T}, Sacrifice Idol of Oblivion: Create a 10/10 colorless Eldrazi creature token.

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.
{T}: Add {C}.

Secluded Steppe

Secluded Steppe enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W}.
Cycling {W} ({W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Selesnya Sanctuary

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

Selvala, Explorer Returned

Parley — {T}: Each player reveals the top card of their library. For each nonland card revealed this way, add {G} and you gain 1 life. Then each player draws a card.

Simic Growth Chamber

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

Simic Signet

Skycloud Expanse

Sol Ring

Temple of Mystery

Temple of Mystery enters tapped.
When Temple of Mystery enters, scry 1.
{T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Officious Interrogation

This spell costs {W}{U} more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Choose any number of target players. Investigate X times, where X is the total number of creatures those players control.

Azorius Signet

Shimmer Dragon

Flying
As long as you control four or more artifacts, Shimmer Dragon has hexproof.
Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Draw a card.

Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh

The first activated ability of an artifact you activate each turn costs {2} less to activate.
+1: Draw two cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an artifact card.
−2: Target artifact becomes an artifact creature. If it isn't a Vehicle, it has base power and toughness 4/4.
−6: You get an emblem with "Whenever an artifact you control becomes tapped, draw a card."

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.

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.")

Duggan, Private Detective

Duggan's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Whenever Duggan enters or attacks, investigate.
The Most Important Punch in History — {1}{G}, {T}: Duggan deals damage equal to twice its power to another target creature. Activate only once.

Deduce

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

Dispatch

Tap target creature.
Metalcraft — If you control three or more artifacts, exile that creature.

Bennie Bracks, Zoologist

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
At the beginning of each end step, if you created a token this turn, draw a card.

Sharp-Eyed Rookie

Vigilance
Whenever a creature you control enters, if its power is greater than Sharp-Eyed Rookie's power or its toughness is greater than Sharp-Eyed Rookie's toughness, put a +1/+1 counter on Sharp-Eyed Rookie and investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Chulane, Teller of Tales

Vigilance
Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
{3}, {T}: Return target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Martha Jones

Woman Who Walked the Earth — When Martha Jones enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, Martha Jones and up to one other target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)

Forest

Island

Magnifying Glass

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

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.)

Armed with Proof

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

Aerial Extortionist

Flying
Whenever Aerial Extortionist enters or deals combat damage to a player, exile up to one target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may cast it.
Whenever another player casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card.

Alandra, Sky Dreamer

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.
Whenever you draw your fifth card each turn, Alandra, Sky Dreamer and Drakes you control each get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

Arcane Signet

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.

Follow the Bodies

Gravestorm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each permanent put into a graveyard from the battlefield this turn.)
Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

On the Trail

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.

Plains

Tangletrove Kelp

Ward {2}
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.
{2}, Sacrifice Tangletrove Kelp: Draw a card.

Hydroid Krasis

When you cast this spell, you gain half X life and draw half X cards. Round down each time.
Flying, trample
Hydroid Krasis enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Canopy Vista

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.)
Canopy Vista enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Krosan Verge

Krosan Verge enters 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.

Lonely Sandbar

Lonely Sandbar enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.
Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Study

Study enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W} or {U}.
{4}, {T}: Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Five Hundred Year Diary

Five Hundred Year Diary enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U} for each Clue you control.
{2}, Sacrifice Five Hundred Year Diary: Draw a card.

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 "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Kitchen

Kitchen enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G} or {U}.
{4}, {T}: Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Rise and Shine

Target noncreature artifact you control becomes a 0/0 artifact creature. Put four +1/+1 counters on each artifact that became a creature this way.
Overload {4}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Innocuous Researcher

Parley — Whenever Innocuous Researcher attacks, each player reveals the top card of their library. For each nonland card revealed this way, you investigate. Then each player draws a card.
At the beginning of your end step, you may untap all lands you control. If you do, you can't cast spells until your next turn.

Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 green Cat creature token.
{4}{G}{G}: Until end of turn, creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

Junk Winder

Affinity for tokens (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each token you control.)
Whenever a token you control enters, tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Kappa Cannoneer

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Ward {4}
Whenever Kappa Cannoneer or another artifact you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Kappa Cannoneer and it can't be blocked this turn.

Wilderness Reclamation

At the beginning of your end step, untap all lands you control.

Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy

Vigilance
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only during an opponent's turn.

Knowledge Is Power

Creatures you control get +X/+X, where X is the number of cards you've drawn this turn.

Sophia, Dogged Detective

When Sophia, Dogged Detective enters, create Tiny, a legendary 2/2 green Dog Detective creature token with trample.
{1}, Sacrifice an artifact token: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Dog you control.
Whenever a Dog you control deals combat damage to a player, create a Food token, then investigate.

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}.)

Irrigated Farmland

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

Scattered Groves

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.)
Scattered Groves enters tapped.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Seaside Citadel

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

Spire of Industry

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control an artifact.

Sungrass Prairie

Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Talisman of Curiosity

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {G} or {U}. Talisman of Curiosity deals 1 damage to you.

Talisman of Progress

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {W} or {U}. Talisman of Progress deals 1 damage to you.

Talisman of Unity

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {G} or {W}. Talisman of Unity deals 1 damage to you.

Teferi's Ageless Insight

If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Temple of Enlightenment

Temple of Enlightenment enters tapped.
When Temple of Enlightenment enters, scry 1.
{T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Temple of Plenty

Temple of Plenty enters tapped.
When Temple of Plenty enters, scry 1.
{T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Temple of the False God

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Thought Monitor

Affinity for artifacts
Flying
When Thought Monitor enters, draw two cards.

Tireless Tracker

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, 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.

Tranquil Thicket

Tranquil Thicket enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}.
Cycling {G} ({G}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

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.

Wavesifter

Flying
When Wavesifter enters, investigate twice. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Evoke {G}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Conservatory

Conservatory enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G} or {W}.
{4}, {T}: Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Ethereal Investigator

Flying
When Ethereal Investigator enters, investigate X times, where X is the number of opponents you have. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

Whirler Rogue

When Whirler Rogue enters, create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying.
Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime enters tapped.
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.
{2}, Sacrifice Scene of the Crime: Draw a card.

Senator Peacock

Artifacts you control are Clues in addition to their other types and have "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card."
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Sally Sparrow

You may cast creature spells as though they had flash.
Whenever one or more other creatures you control leave the battlefield, investigate. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Archway of Innovation

Archway of Innovation enters tapped unless you control an Island.
{T}: Add {U}.
{U}, {T}: The next spell you cast this turn has improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast that spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)

Nyssa of Traken

You have no maximum hand size.
Sonic Booster — Whenever Nyssa of Traken attacks, sacrifice any number of artifacts. When you sacrifice one or more artifacts this way, tap up to that many target creatures and draw that many cards.
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)

Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy

Flying, vigilance
Whenever Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy attacks, destroy up to one target artifact. If you controlled that permanent, draw a card.

Tail the Suspect

Investigate. You may play an additional land this turn. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect

Morska, Undersea Sleuth

You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put two +1/+1 counters on Morska, Undersea Sleuth.

James, Wandering Dad

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.

Follow Him

Investigate X times. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

James, Wandering Dad // Follow Him

Growth Spiral

Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Psychosis Crawler

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

Organic Extinction

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Destroy all nonartifact creatures.

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