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Commander

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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.
Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter Detective
Lazav, Wearer of Faces (mkm) 318

Commander

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Burn

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Dire Fleet Ravager
Menace, deathtouch
When this creature enters, each player loses a third of their life, rounded up.
Creature - Wizard Orc Pirate
Dire Fleet Ravager (otc) 132

Burn

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Copy

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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 - Aura
Mechanized Production (pip) 178

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Counters

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Power Conduit
, Remove a counter from a permanent you control: Choose one —
• Put a charge counter on target artifact.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Artifact
Power Conduit (ncc) 376

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Drain

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Ravenloft Adventurer
When this creature enters, you take the initiative.
If a creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and put a hit counter on it.
Whenever this creature attacks, if you've completed a dungeon, defending player loses 1 life for each card they own in exile with a hit counter on it.
Creature - Human Rogue Assassin
Ravenloft Adventurer (clb) 142

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Draw

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Cerebral Download
Surveil X, where X is the number of artifacts you control. Then draw three cards. (To surveil X, look at the top X 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
Cerebral Download (eoe) 48
Cruel Truths
Surveil 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (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.)
Instant
Cruel Truths (tdm) 76
Deduce
Draw a card. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Instant
Deduce (mkm) 52
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.)
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth (mic) 3
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
Likeness Looter
Flying
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
: This creature becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with mana value X, except it has flying and this ability. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Faerie Shapeshifter
Likeness Looter (woe) 208
Mari, the Killing Quill
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, exile it with a hit counter on it.
Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues you control have deathtouch and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a hit counter from a card that player owns in exile. If you do, draw a card and create two Treasure tokens."
Legendary Creature - Vampire Assassin
Mari, the Killing Quill (otc) 138
Mask of Riddles
Equipped creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Mask of Riddles (ncc) 347
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
Obsessive Pursuit
When this enchantment enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a Clue token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you attack, put X +1/+1 counters on target attacking creature, where X is the number of permanents you've sacrificed this turn. If X is three or more, that creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
Enchantment
Obsessive Pursuit (tla) 112
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
Secrets of the Key
Investigate. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, investigate twice instead. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Flashback
Instant
Secrets of the Key (mid) 73
The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a Clue token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
: Until end of turn, target artifact token you control becomes a 3/1 Construct artifact creature with flying.
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer Ally
The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan (tla) 64
Trail of Evidence
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Enchantment
Trail of Evidence (plst) SOI-93
Unshakable Tail
When this creature enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1.
Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from your library, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
, Sacrifice a Clue: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Zombie Detective
Unshakable Tail (mkc) 29

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Evasion

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Aqueous Form
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be blocked.
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Enchantment - Aura
Aqueous Form (cmr) 56
Dimir Spybug
Flying
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever you surveil, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Insect
Dimir Spybug (mkc) 206
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

Evasion

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Finisher

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Persuasive Interrogators
When this creature enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, target opponent gets two poison counters. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)
Creature - Gorgon Detective
Persuasive Interrogators (mkm) 345
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

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Land

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Gloomlake Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control an Island or a Swamp.
Land
Gloomlake Verge (dsk) 260
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (ecl) 270
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (ecl) 271
Tainted Isle
: Add
.
: Add
or
. Activate only if you control a Swamp.
Land
Tainted Isle (dsc) 303

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Lifegain

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Basilica Stalker
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you gain 1 life and surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
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.)
Creature - Vampire Detective
Basilica Stalker (mkm) 78

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Mill

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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
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
Consuming Aberration
Consuming Aberration's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your opponents' graveyards.
Whenever you cast a spell, each opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards into their graveyard.
Creature - Horror
Consuming Aberration (tdc) 283
Dogged Detective
When this creature enters, 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.)
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Human Rogue
Dogged Detective (mkc) 127
Duskmantle Guildmage
: Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere this turn, that player loses 1 life.
: Target player mills two cards.
Creature - Human Wizard
Duskmantle Guildmage (gtc) 158
The Mindskinner
The Mindskinner can't be blocked.
If a source you control would deal damage to an opponent, prevent that damage and each opponent mills that many cards.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - Nightmare
The Mindskinner (dsk) 66

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Protection

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Eliminate the Impossible
Investigate. Creatures your opponents control get -2/-0 until end of turn. If any of them are suspected, they're no longer suspected. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Instant
Eliminate the Impossible (mkm) 54
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
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (fic) 349
Living Conundrum
Hexproof
If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, skip that draw instead.
As long as there are no cards in your library, this creature has base power and toughness 10/10 and has flying and vigilance.
Creature - Elemental
Living Conundrum (mkm) 63

Protection

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Pump

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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

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Ramp

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Dimir Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Dimir Signet (drc) 129
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
Karn, Legacy Reforged
Karn's power and toughness are each equal to the greatest mana value among artifacts you control.
At the beginning of your upkeep, add
for each artifact you control. This mana can't be spent to cast nonartifact spells. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
Legendary Creature Artifact - Golem
Karn, Legacy Reforged (mat) 49
Magnifying Glass
: Add
.
,
: Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Artifact
Magnifying Glass (mkm) 255
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (ecc) 57
Talisman of Dominance
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (fic) 364

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Recursion

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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
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
Flying, vigilance
Whenever you surveil, put a +1/+1 counter on Mirko.
At the beginning of your end step, you may return target creature card with power less than Mirko's from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. (If it would die, exile it instead.)
Legendary Creature - Vampire Detective
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist (mkc) 2

Recursion

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Removal

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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
Confirm Suspicions
Counter target spell.
Investigate three times. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Instant
Confirm Suspicions (mkc) 97
Deny Reality
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Sorcery
Deny Reality (40k) 223
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
Etrata, the Silencer
Etrata can't be blocked.
Whenever Etrata deals combat damage to a player, exile target creature that player controls and put a hit counter on that card. That player loses the game if they own three or more exiled cards with hit counters on them. Etrata's owner shuffles Etrata into their library.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Assassin
Etrata, the Silencer (grn) 170
Foreboding Steamboat
When this Vehicle enters, each player chooses two nontoken, non-Vehicle creatures they control. Exile them until this Vehicle leaves the battlefield.
Whenever this Vehicle attacks, put a card exiled with it into its owner's graveyard. If you do, investigate.
Crew 2
Artifact - Vehicle
Foreboding Steamboat (mkc) 28
Foul Play
Destroy target creature with power 2 or less. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Sorcery
Foul Play (j25) 442
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.
Enchantment - Aura
Hold for Questioning (j22) 11
Karn's Sylex
Karn's Sylex enters tapped.
Players can't pay life to cast spells or to activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.
,
, Exile Karn's Sylex: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X or less. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Artifact
Karn's Sylex (dmu) 234
Karn's Temporal Sundering
(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.)
Target player takes an extra turn after this one. Return up to one target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Exile Karn's Temporal Sundering.
Legendary Sorcery
Karn's Temporal Sundering (dom) 55
Out Cold
This spell can't be countered. (This includes by the ward ability.)
Tap up to two target creatures and put a stun counter on each of them. Investigate. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Instant
Out Cold (mkm) 66
Press for Answers
Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Sorcery
Press for Answers (j22) 337
Toxin Analysis
Target creature gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Instant
Toxin Analysis (mkm) 107

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Theft

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Gríma, Saruman's Footman
Gríma can't be blocked.
Whenever Gríma deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Gríma, Saruman's Footman (ltc) 464
Mindleech Mass
Trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may look at that player's hand. If you do, you may cast a spell from among those cards without paying its mana cost.
Creature - Horror
Mindleech Mass (rvr) 375
Nightveil Specter
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of their library.
You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with this creature.
Creature - Specter
Nightveil Specter (gtc) 222

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Tokens

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Curious Inquiry
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, investigate." (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Enchantment - Aura
Curious Inquiry (mkm) 51
Daring Sleuth
When you sacrifice a Clue, transform this creature.
Creature - Human Rogue
Daring Sleuth // Bearer of Overwhelming Truths (soi) 54Daring Sleuth // Bearer of Overwhelming Truths (soi) 54
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
Drag the Canal
Create a 2/2 white and blue Detective creature token. If a creature died this turn, you gain 2 life, surveil 2, then investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Instant
Drag the Canal (mkm) 199
Erdwal Illuminator
Flying
Whenever you investigate for the first time each turn, investigate an additional time.
Creature - Spirit
Erdwal Illuminator (mkc) 104
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 "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Sorcery
Follow the Bodies (mkc) 23

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Tutor

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Buried Alive
Search your library for up to three creature cards, put them into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Buried Alive (mh3) 273

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