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Eldritch Investigation
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Commander

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Lonis, Genetics Expert

Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on Lonis, investigate that many times. Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control.

Creature
Lonis, Genetics Expert (clu) 37

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Finisher

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Emrakul, the Promised End

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each card type among cards in your graveyard. When you cast this spell, you gain control of target opponent during that player's next turn. After that turn, that player takes an extra turn. Flying, trample, protection from instants

Creature
Emrakul, the Promised End (inr) 5
Emrakul, the World Anew

When you cast this spell, gain control of all creatures target player controls. Flying, protection from spells and from permanents that were cast this turn When Emrakul leaves the battlefield, sacrifice all creatures you control. Madness—Pay six {C}.

Creature
Emrakul, the World Anew (mh3) 6

Finisher

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Recursion

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Tamiyo, Collector of Tales

Spells and abilities your opponents control can't cause you to discard cards or sacrifice permanents. +1: Choose a nonland card name, then reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all cards with the chosen name from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. −3: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Planeswalker
Tamiyo, Collector of Tales (plst) WAR-220
Tamiyo, Compleated Sage

Compleated ({G/U/P} can be paid with {G}, {U}, or 2 life. If life was paid, this planeswalker enters with two fewer loyalty counters.) +1: Tap up to one target artifact or creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. −X: Exile target nonland permanent card with mana value X from your graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of that card. −7: Create Tamiyo's Notebook, a legendary colorless artifact token with "Spells you cast cost {2} less to cast" and "{T}: Draw a card."

Planeswalker
Tamiyo, Compleated Sage (neo) 238

Recursion

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Counters

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Duskshell Crawler

When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Creature
Duskshell Crawler (j25) 653
Merfolk Skydiver

Flying When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. {3}{G}{U}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Merfolk Skydiver (lcc) 277
Oran-Rief Ooze

When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on each attacking creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Oran-Rief Ooze (j25) 693
Pollenbright Druid

When this creature enters, choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. • Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Pollenbright Druid (cmm) 312
Pridemalkin

When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Creature
Pridemalkin (j25) 700
Ridgescale Tusker

When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.

Creature
Ridgescale Tusker (aer) 121
Satyr Grovedancer

When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Creature
Satyr Grovedancer (jou) 139
Tarrian's Soulcleaver

Equipped creature has vigilance. Whenever another artifact or creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature. Equip {2}

Artifact
Tarrian's Soulcleaver (lci) 264
Tyranid Prime

Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) Synapse Creature — Other creatures you control have evolve.

Creature
Tyranid Prime (40k) 145

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Land

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Alchemist's Refuge

{T}: Add {C}. {G}{U}, {T}: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.

Land
Alchemist's Refuge (lcc) 318
Botanical Sanctum

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Botanical Sanctum (otj) 267
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
Escape Tunnel

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Escape Tunnel (mkm) 261
Evolving Wilds

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

Land
Evolving Wilds (j25) 765
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (soi) 297
Hinterland Harbor

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Hinterland Harbor (dsc) 284
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (soi) 287
Kitchen

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

Land
Kitchen (clu) 17
Lumbering Falls

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. {2}{G}{U}: This land becomes a 3/3 green and blue Elemental creature with hexproof until end of turn. It's still a land.

Land
Lumbering Falls (afc) 247
Path of Ancestry

This land 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.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (blc) 322
Restless Vinestalk

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. {3}{G}{U}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 5/5 green and blue Plant creature with trample. It's still a land. Whenever this land attacks, up to one other target creature has base power and toughness 3/3 until end of turn.

Land
Restless Vinestalk (woe) 261
Temple of Mystery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Temple of Mystery (dsc) 311
Terramorphic Expanse

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

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (j25) 156
Vineglimmer Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal a Forest or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Vineglimmer Snarl (dsc) 323

Land

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Removal

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Identity Thief

Whenever this creature attacks, you may exile another target nontoken creature. If you do, this creature becomes a copy of that creature until end of turn. Return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Identity Thief (ncc) 224

Removal

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Creature

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Drownyard Explorers

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

Creature
Drownyard Explorers (j22) 289
Loxodon Eavesdropper

When this creature enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Whenever you draw your second card each turn, this creature gets +1/+1 and gains vigilance until end of turn.

Creature
Loxodon Eavesdropper (mkm) 168
Maro

Maro's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Creature
Maro (plst) 8ED-264

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Mill

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Fleeting Memories

When this enchantment enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, target player mills three cards.

Enchantment
Fleeting Memories (soi) 62

Mill

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Sac Outlet

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Extruder

Echo {4} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Creature Artifact
Extruder (mh2) 296

Sac Outlet

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Draw

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Aeon Chronicler

Aeon Chronicler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Suspend X—{X}{3}{U}. X can't be 0. Whenever a time counter is removed from this card while it's exiled, draw a card.

Creature
Aeon Chronicler (tsr) 51
Body of Knowledge

Body of Knowledge's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. You have no maximum hand size. Whenever this creature is dealt damage, draw that many cards.

Creature
Body of Knowledge (dsc) 112
Briarbridge Patrol

Whenever this creature deals damage to one or more creatures, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: 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
Clan Crafter

Commander creatures you own have "{2}, Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and draw a card."

Enchantment
Clan Crafter (clb) 651
Forensic Gadgeteer

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost {1} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Creature
Forensic Gadgeteer (mkm) 57
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.

Creature
Lonis, Cryptozoologist (mkc) 215
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 token: Draw a card.") {1}{G}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Investigate. You gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Ongoing Investigation (mkc) 114
Overbeing of Myth

Overbeing of Myth's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card.

Creature
Overbeing of Myth (eve) 157
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 token: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Creature
Piper Wright, Publick Reporter (pip) 36
Prime Speaker Zegana

Prime Speaker Zegana enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the greatest power among other creatures you control. When Prime Speaker Zegana enters, draw cards equal to its power.

Creature
Prime Speaker Zegana (rvr) 439
Sturmgeist

Flying Sturmgeist's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Sturmgeist (isd) 82
Tamiyo Meets the Story Circle

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Until your next turn, whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, it gets -2/-0 until end of turn. II — Discard any number of cards, then investigate twice for each card discarded this way. III — Shuffle up to three target cards from your graveyard into your library.

Enchantment
Tamiyo Meets the Story Circle (mh3) 72
Tamiyo's Journal

At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: 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
Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student

Creature
Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar (mh3) 242Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar (mh3) 242
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

+1: Tap target permanent. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. −2: Draw a card for each tapped creature target player controls. −8: You get an emblem with "You have no maximum hand size" and "Whenever a card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, you may return it to your hand."

Planeswalker
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage (j22) 358
Tireless Tracker

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

Creature
Tireless Tracker (inr) 219
Tishana, Voice of Thunder

Tishana's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. You have no maximum hand size. When Tishana enters, draw a card for each creature you control.

Creature
Tishana, Voice of Thunder (lcc) 291
Ulvenwald Mysteries

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

Enchantment
Ulvenwald Mysteries (inr) 222
Wavesifter

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

Creature
Wavesifter (mkc) 220

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Protection

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Scuttling Sentinel

Flash Vigilance When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control. Until end of turn, that creature becomes a blue Crab in addition to its other types and gains hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Creature
Scuttling Sentinel (clu) 42

Protection

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Tokens

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Academy Manufactor

If you would create a Clue, Food, or Treasure token, instead create one of each.

Creature Artifact
Academy Manufactor (blc) 264
Assemble the Entmoot

Creatures you control have reach. Sacrifice this enchantment: Create three tapped X/X green Treefolk creature tokens, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn. Put a reach counter on each of them.

Enchantment
Assemble the Entmoot (ltc) 36
Basking Broodscale

Devoid (This card has no color.) {1}{G}: Adapt 1. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Creature
Basking Broodscale (mh3) 145
Brood Monitor

Devoid (This card has no color.) When this creature enters, create three 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature tokens. They have "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Creature
Brood Monitor (j22) 637
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.

Creature
Duggan, Private Detective (who) 123
Eldrazi Repurposer

Devoid (This card has no color.) When you cast this spell and when this creature dies, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Creature
Eldrazi Repurposer (mh3) 150
Emrakul's Messenger

Devoid (This card has no color.) Flying Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Creature
Emrakul's Messenger (mh3) 61
Erdwal Illuminator

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

Creature
Erdwal Illuminator (mkc) 104
Esix, Fractal Bloom

Flying The first time you would create one or more tokens during each of your turns, you may instead choose a creature other than Esix and create that many tokens that are copies of that creature.

Creature
Esix, Fractal Bloom (c21) 10
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 "{2}, 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
Ethereal Investigator (mkc) 105
Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer

When Ich-Tekik enters, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token. Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Ich-Tekik and a +1/+1 counter on each Golem you control. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer (cmr) 233
Propagator Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.) Creature tokens you control have evolve. (They have "Whenever a creature you control enters, if it has greater power or toughness than this token, put a +1/+1 counter on this token." They see this creature enter.) {3}{G}: Create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Creature
Propagator Drone (mh3) 167
Scion Summoner

Devoid (This card has no color.) When this creature enters, create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}." ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Creature
Scion Summoner (j22) 725
Whirler Rogue

When this creature 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.

Creature
Whirler Rogue (otc) 122

Tokens

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Evasion

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Bower Passage

Creatures with flying can't block creatures you control.

Enchantment
Bower Passage (avr) 170

Evasion

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Ramp

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Awakening Zone

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Enchantment
Awakening Zone (ncc) 281
Eyeless Watcher

Devoid (This card has no color.) When this creature enters, create two 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature tokens. They have "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Creature
Eyeless Watcher (bfz) 166
From Beyond

Devoid (This card has no color.) At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}." {1}{G}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Search your library for an Eldrazi card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Enchantment
From Beyond (bfz) 167
Incubator Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.) When this creature enters, create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Creature
Incubator Drone (bfz) 60
Kozilek's Predator

When this creature enters, create two 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens. They have "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Creature
Kozilek's Predator (cmm) 301
Nest Invader

When this creature enters, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Creature
Nest Invader (plst) PCA-69
Path of Annihilation

Devoid (This card has no color.) When this enchantment enters, create two 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens with "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}." Eldrazi you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 7 or greater, you gain 4 life.

Enchantment
Path of Annihilation (mh3) 165
They Went This Way

Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Sorcery
They Went This Way (mkm) 178

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