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Commander

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Sarah Jane Smith
Whenever you cast a historic spell, investigate. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic. To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)
Legendary Creature - Human Detective
Sarah Jane Smith (who) 536
The Third Doctor
Trample
The Third Doctor gets +1/+1 for each noncreature token you control.
When The Third Doctor enters, create your choice of a Clue token, a Food token, or a Treasure token.
Legendary Creature - Doctor Time Lord
The Third Doctor (who) 554

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Artifact Affinity

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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
Junk Winder
Affinity for tokens (This spell costs
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.
Creature - Serpent
Junk Winder (mh2) 48
Organic Extinction
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for
.)
Destroy all nonartifact creatures.
Sorcery
Organic Extinction (eoc) 66
Shimmer Dragon
Flying
As long as you control four or more artifacts, this creature has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Draw a card.
Creature - Dragon
Shimmer Dragon (eld) 317
Thought Monitor
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
When this creature enters, draw two cards.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Thought Monitor (eoc) 79
Thoughtcast
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Draw two cards.
Sorcery
Thoughtcast (j25) 374
Voyage Home
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
You draw three cards and gain 3 life.
Sorcery
Voyage Home (dft) 227

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Clues Matter

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Academy Manufactor
If you would create a Clue, Food, or Treasure token, instead create one of each.
Creature Artifact - Assembly-Worker
Academy Manufactor (blc) 264
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
Haliya, Guided by Light
Whenever Haliya or another creature or artifact you control enters, you gain 1 life.
At the beginning of your end step, draw a card if you've gained 3 or more life this turn.
Warp
(You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Haliya, Guided by Light (eoe) 19
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
.)
Artifact
Inspiring Statuary (brr) 22
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
Tokens you control have "
: Add
."
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Legendary Creature - Human Elf Druid
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest (clb) 409
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

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Finisher

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Cyberdrive Awakener
Flying
Other artifact creatures you control have flying.
When this creature enters, each noncreature artifact you control becomes a 4/4 artifact creature until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Cyberdrive Awakener (eoc) 69
Katara, Water Tribe's Hope
Vigilance
When Katara enters, create a 1/1 white Ally creature token.
Waterbend
: Creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X until end of turn. X can't be 0. Activate only during your turn. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for
.)
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior Ally
Katara, Water Tribe's Hope (tla) 231
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 (mkc) 109
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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Investigate Triggers

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Dennick, Pious Apprentice
Lifelink
Cards in graveyards can't be the targets of spells or abilities.
Disturb
(You may cast this card from your graveyard transformed for its disturb cost.)
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition (mid) 317Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition (mid) 317
Erdwal Illuminator
Flying
Whenever you investigate for the first time each turn, investigate an additional time.
Creature - Spirit
Erdwal Illuminator (mkc) 104
Innocuous Researcher
Parley — Whenever this creature 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.
Creature - Centaur Detective
Innocuous Researcher (mkc) 38
Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy
Vigilance
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
: Add
. Activate only during an opponent's turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Detective
Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy (clu) 284
Lonis, Cryptozoologist
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, investigate.
, 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.
Legendary Creature - Elf Scout Snake
Lonis, Cryptozoologist (mh2) 370
Novice Inspector
When this creature enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Creature - Human Detective
Novice Inspector (mkm) 29
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 "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Legendary Creature - Human Detective
Sally Sparrow (who) 155
Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
Flying
Whenever Tamiyo attacks, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
When you draw your third card in a turn, exile Tamiyo, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Moonfolk
Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar (mh3) 242Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar (mh3) 242
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
Wojek Investigator
Flying, vigilance
At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate once for each opponent who has more cards in hand than you. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Creature - Angel Detective
Wojek Investigator (mkm) 340

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Land

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Agna Qel'a
This land enters tapped unless you control a basic land.
: Add
.
,
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Land
Agna Qel'a (tla) 264
Ancient Den
: Add
.
Artifact Land
Ancient Den (eoc) 148
Breeding Pool
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Forest
Breeding Pool (rvr) 399
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (who) 263
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (eoc) 159
Flooded Strand
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Flooded Strand (mh3) 220
Floodfarm Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control a Plains or an Island.
Land
Floodfarm Verge (dsk) 259
Fountainport
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice a token: Draw a card.
,
, Pay 1 life: Create a 1/1 blue Fish creature token.
,
: Create a Treasure token.
Land
Fountainport (blb) 253
Glacial Fortress
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Glacial Fortress (eoc) 160
Hallowed Fountain
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Island
Hallowed Fountain (rvr) 404
Hedge Maze
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Land - Island Forest
Hedge Maze (mkm) 326
Hinterland Harbor
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Hinterland Harbor (dsc) 284
Inventors' Fair
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life.
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
Legendary Land
Inventors' Fair (eos) 21
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (mkm) 273
Meticulous Archive
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Land - Plains Island
Meticulous Archive (mkm) 328
Mistrise Village
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest.
: Add
.
,
: The next spell you cast this turn can't be countered.
Land
Mistrise Village (tdm) 261
Misty Rainforest
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 438
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.)
Land
Path of Ancestry (who) 293
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (mkm) 272
Razortide Bridge
This land enters tapped.
Indestructible
: Add
or
.
Artifact Land
Razortide Bridge (eoc) 171
Rejuvenating Springs
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Rejuvenating Springs (cmm) 424
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (tdc) 386
Sea of Clouds
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
Seaside Citadel
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Seaside Citadel (mkc) 288
Seat of the Synod
: Add
.
Artifact Land
Seat of the Synod (eoc) 176
Spara's Headquarters
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Island Forest
Spara's Headquarters (snc) 355
The Grey Havens
When The Grey Havens enters, scry 1.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color among legendary creature cards in your graveyard.
Legendary Land
The Grey Havens (ltr) 706
Trenzalore Clocktower
: Add
. Put a time counter on Trenzalore Clocktower.
,
, Remove twelve time counters from Trenzalore Clocktower and exile it: Shuffle your graveyard and hand into your library, then draw seven cards. Activate only if you control a Time Lord.
Legendary Land
Trenzalore Clocktower (who) 190
Uthros, Titanic Godcore
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Planet. Station only as a sorcery.)
12+ |
,
: Add
for each artifact you control.
Land - Planet
Uthros, Titanic Godcore (eoe) 260
Willowrush Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control a Forest or an Island.
Land
Willowrush Verge (dft) 270
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (m3c) 409

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (eoc) 53
Case of the Locked Hothouse
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
To solve — You control seven or more lands. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — You may look at the top card of your library any time, and you may play lands and cast creature and enchantment spells from the top of your library.
Enchantment - Case
Case of the Locked Hothouse (mkm) 155
Cultivate
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Cultivate (m21) 317
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (mkc) 237
The Seriema
When The Seriema enters, search your library for a legendary creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Spacecraft. Station only as a sorcery. It's an artifact creature at 7+.)
7+ | Flying
Other tapped legendary creatures you control have indestructible.
Legendary Artifact - Spacecraft
The Seriema (eoe) 35

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Removal

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Aetherize
Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
Instant
Aetherize (sld) 1667
Aetherspouts
For each attacking creature, its owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.
Instant
Aetherspouts (m15) 44
An Offer You Can't Refuse
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
Azorius Charm
Choose one —
• Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
• Draw a card.
• Put target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library.
Instant
Azorius Charm (plst) IMA-192
Desynchronization
Return each nonland permanent that's not historic to its owner's hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Instant
Desynchronization (acr) 16
Dispatch
Tap target creature.
Metalcraft — If you control three or more artifacts, exile that creature.
Instant
Dispatch (eoc) 64
Dovin's Veto
This spell can't be countered.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
Get Lost
Destroy target creature, enchantment, or planeswalker. Its controller creates two Map tokens. (They're artifacts with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")
Instant
Get Lost (lci) 14
Leadership Vacuum
Target player returns each commander they control from the battlefield to the command zone.
Draw a card.
Instant
Leadership Vacuum (c19) 9
Mission Briefing
Surveil 2, then choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. (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
Mission Briefing (mkc) 110
Oko, Thief of Crowns
+2: Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
+1: Target artifact or creature loses all abilities and becomes a green Elk creature with base power and toughness 3/3.
−5: Exchange control of target artifact or creature you control and target creature an opponent controls with power 3 or less.
Legendary Planeswalker - Oko
Oko, Thief of Crowns (otp) 50
Reverse the Polarity
Choose one —
• Counter all other spells.
• Switch each creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
• Creatures can't be blocked this turn.
Instant
Reverse the Polarity (who) 54
Supreme Verdict
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy all creatures.
Sorcery
Supreme Verdict (clu) 211
Swan Song
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Instant
Swan Song (eoc) 46
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (sta) 10
Tale's End
Counter target activated ability, triggered ability, or legendary spell.
Instant
Tale's End (m20) 77
Tempest of Light
Destroy all enchantments.
Instant
Tempest of Light (m10) 36

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Saga

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Michiko's Reign of Truth
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I, II — Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each artifact and/or enchantment you control.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
Enchantment - Saga
Michiko's Reign of Truth // Portrait of Michiko (neo) 29Michiko's Reign of Truth // Portrait of Michiko (neo) 29
Summon: Fenrir
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Crescent Fang — Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
II — Heavenward Howl — When you next cast a creature spell this turn, that creature enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
III — Ecliptic Growl — Draw a card if you control the creature with the greatest power or tied for the greatest power.
Creature Enchantment - Saga Wolf
Summon: Fenrir (fin) 372
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 - Saga
Tamiyo Meets the Story Circle (mh3) 72
The Legend of Kuruk
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I, II — Scry 2, then draw a card.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
Enchantment - Saga
The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk (tla) 61The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk (tla) 61
War of the Last Alliance
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I, II — Search your library for a legendary creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
III — Creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn. The Ring tempts you.
Enchantment - Saga
War of the Last Alliance (ltr) 36

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Waterbending Clues

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Aang, Swift Savior
Flash
Flying
When Aang enters, airbend up to one other target creature or spell. (Exile it. While it's exiled, its owner may cast it for
rather than its mana cost.)
Waterbend
: Transform Aang.
Legendary Creature - Human Avatar Ally
Aang, Swift Savior // Aang and La, Ocean's Fury (tla) 347Aang, Swift Savior // Aang and La, Ocean's Fury (tla) 347
Secret of Bloodbending
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may waterbend
.
You control target opponent during their next combat phase. If this spell's additional cost was paid, you control that player during their next turn instead. (You see all cards that player could see and make all decisions for them.)
Exile Secret of Bloodbending.
Sorcery - Lesson
Secret of Bloodbending (tla) 69
Spirit Water Revival
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may waterbend
. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for
.)
Draw two cards. If this spell's additional cost was paid, instead shuffle your graveyard into your library, draw seven cards, and you have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game.
Exile Spirit Water Revival.
Sorcery
Spirit Water Revival (tla) 73
Water Tribe Rallier
Waterbend
: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card with power 3 or less from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for
.)
Creature - Human Soldier Ally
Water Tribe Rallier (tla) 42
Water Whip
As an additional cost to cast this spell, waterbend
. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for
.)
Return up to two target creatures to their owners' hands. Draw two cards.
Sorcery - Lesson
Water Whip (tle) 227
Waterbender's Restoration
As an additional cost to cast this spell, waterbend
. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for
.)
Exile X target creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Instant - Lesson
Waterbender's Restoration (tle) 99
Yue, the Moon Spirit
Flying, vigilance
Waterbend
,
: You may cast a noncreature spell from your hand without paying its mana cost. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for
.)
Legendary Creature - Spirit Ally
Yue, the Moon Spirit (tla) 83

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Maybeboard

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Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
Ward
(Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Adrix and Nev, Twincasters (c21) 336
Aftermath Analyst
When this creature enters, mill three cards. (Put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)
, Sacrifice this creature: Return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Creature - Elf Detective
Aftermath Analyst (eoc) 91
Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth
Vigilance
When Alquist Proft enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
,
, Sacrifice a Clue: You draw X cards and gain X life.
Legendary Creature - Human Detective
Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth (mkm) 355
Analyze the Pollen
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 8. (Exile cards with total mana value 8 or greater from your graveyard.)
Search your library for a basic land card. If evidence was collected, instead search your library for a creature or land card. Reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Analyze the Pollen (mkm) 150
Annul
Counter target artifact or enchantment spell.
Instant
Annul (eoe) 46
Archway of Innovation
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island.
: Add
.
,
: 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
.)
Land
Archway of Innovation (mh3) 214
Ballad of the Black Flag
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I, II, III — Mill three cards. You may put a historic card from among them into your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
IV — Historic spells you cast this turn cost
less to cast.
Enchantment - Saga
Ballad of the Black Flag (acr) 13
Biomancer's Familiar
Activated abilities of creatures you control cost
less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.
: The next time target creature adapts this turn, it adapts as though it had no +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature - Mutant
Biomancer's Familiar (rna) 158
Buried in the Garden
Enchant land
When this Aura enters, exile target nonland permanent you don't control until this Aura leaves the battlefield.
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of any color.
Enchantment - Aura
Buried in the Garden (mkm) 191
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.")
Enchantment - Case
Case of the Pilfered Proof (mkm) 9
City of Death
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after VI.)
I — Create a Treasure token.
II, III, IV, V, VI — Create a token that's a copy of target non-Saga token you control.
Enchantment - Saga
City of Death (who) 99
Clock of Omens
Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Untap target artifact.
Artifact
Clock of Omens (plst) M13-202
Cyclonic Rift
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Instant
Cyclonic Rift (rvr) 40
Defabricate
Choose one —
• Counter target artifact or enchantment spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
• Counter target activated or triggered ability.
Instant
Defabricate (bro) 45
Delighted Halfling
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a legendary spell, and that spell can't be countered.
Creature - Citizen Halfling
Delighted Halfling (ltr) 158
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
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
Disorder in the Court (mkc) 209
Doppelgang
For each of X target permanents, create X tokens that are copies of that permanent.
Sorcery
Doppelgang (mkm) 198
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 —
,
: Duggan deals damage equal to twice its power to another target creature. Activate only once.
Legendary Creature - Human Detective
Duggan, Private Detective (who) 123
Exorcise
Exile target artifact, enchantment, or creature with power 4 or greater.
Sorcery
Exorcise (dsk) 8
Extinguisher Battleship
When this Spacecraft enters, destroy target noncreature permanent. Then this Spacecraft deals 4 damage to each creature.
Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Spacecraft. Station only as a sorcery. It's an artifact creature at 5+.)
5+ | Flying, trample
Artifact - Spacecraft
Extinguisher Battleship (eoe) 242
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.
Legendary Creature - Archon Detective
Ezrim, Agency Chief (mkm) 202
Fateful Absence
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Its controller investigates. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Instant
Fateful Absence (mid) 18
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
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn
When Heliod enters, return target enchantment card that isn't a God from your graveyard to your hand.
: Transform Heliod. Activate only as a sorcery. (
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse (mom) 17Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse (mom) 17
Hydroid Krasis
When you cast this spell, you gain half X life and draw half X cards. Round down each time.
Flying, trample
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature - Beast Jellyfish Hydra
Hydroid Krasis (m3c) 266
James, Wandering Dad
: Add
. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.
Legendary Creature - Human Scientist
James, Wandering Dad // Follow Him (pip) 31
Kappa Cannoneer
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for
.)
Ward

Whenever this creature or another artifact you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It can't be blocked this turn.
Creature Artifact - Warrior Turtle
Kappa Cannoneer (eoc) 74
Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy
Flying, vigilance
Whenever Kellan attacks, destroy up to one target artifact. If you controlled that permanent, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Human Faerie Detective
Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect (mkm) 212
Krark-Clan Ironworks
Sacrifice an artifact: Add
.
Artifact
Krark-Clan Ironworks (mb2) 224
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.
Legendary Creature - Elf Snake Detective
Lonis, Genetics Expert (clu) 37
Lost in the Maze
Flash
When this enchantment enters, tap X target creatures. Put a stun counter on each of those creatures you don't control. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Tapped creatures you control have hexproof.
Enchantment
Lost in the Maze (mkm) 64
Martha Jones
Woman Who Walked the Earth — When Martha Jones enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: 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.)
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Martha Jones (who) 48
Medomai's Prophecy
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I — Scry 2.
II — Choose a card name.
III — When you cast a spell with the chosen name for the first time this turn, draw two cards.
IV — Look at the top card of each player's library.
Enchantment - Saga
Medomai's Prophecy (thb) 53
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.)
Creature - Angel Detective
Merchant of Truth (mkc) 11
Mirrorform
Each nonland permanent you control becomes a copy of target non-Aura permanent.
Instant
Mirrorform (ecl) 59
Mirrormind Crown
As long as this Equipment is attached to a creature, the first time you would create one or more tokens each turn, you may instead create that many tokens that are copies of equipped creature.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Mirrormind Crown (ecl) 258
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
Molder Slug
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices an artifact of their choice.
Creature - Beast Slug
Molder Slug (plst) MRD-125
Mondrak, Glory Dominus
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.
, Sacrifice two other artifacts and/or creatures: Put an indestructible counter on Mondrak. (
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Legendary Creature - Horror Phyrexian
Mondrak, Glory Dominus (one) 23
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 "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put two +1/+1 counters on Morska.
Legendary Creature - Vedalken Fish Detective
Morska, Undersea Sleuth (mkc) 317
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
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.)
Legendary Creature - Human Scientist
Nyssa of Traken (who) 51
On the Trail
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
Enchantment
On the Trail (mkc) 39
Otherworldly Escort
Flash
When this creature dies, if it's not a Spirit, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with four charge counters on it. It's a Spirit Detective. (It's no longer a Human.)
,
, Remove a charge counter from this creature: Destroy target creature that dealt damage to you this turn.
Creature - Human Detective
Otherworldly Escort (mkc) 12
Perimeter Enforcer
Flying, lifelink
Whenever another Detective you control enters and whenever a Detective you control is turned face up, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Human Detective
Perimeter Enforcer (mkm) 31
Private Eye
Other Detectives you control get +1/+1.
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, target Detective can't be blocked this turn.
Creature - Homunculus Detective
Private Eye (mkm) 223
Proft's Eidetic Memory
When Proft's Eidetic Memory enters, draw a card.
You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you've drawn more than one card this turn, put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the number of cards you've drawn this turn minus one.
Legendary Enchantment
Proft's Eidetic Memory (mkm) 67
Rapid Hybridization
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.
Instant
Rapid Hybridization (tdc) 162
Rescue Skiff
When this Spacecraft enters, return target creature or enchantment card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Spacecraft. Station only as a sorcery. It's an artifact creature at 10+.)
10+ | Flying
Artifact - Spacecraft
Rescue Skiff (eoe) 32
Rubblebelt Maverick
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.)
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Human Detective
Rubblebelt Maverick (mkm) 174
Samwise Gamgee
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Sacrifice three Foods: Return target historic card from your graveyard to your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Legendary Creature - Peasant Halfling
Samwise Gamgee (ltr) 222
Search the Premises
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Enchantment
Search the Premises (mkc) 81
Seedborn Muse
Untap all permanents you control during each other player's untap step.
Creature - Spirit
Seedborn Muse (tdc) 268
Serene Sleuth
When this creature enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
At the beginning of combat on your turn, investigate for each goaded creature you control. Then each creature you control is no longer goaded.
Creature - Human Detective
Serene Sleuth (mkc) 14
Sharp-Eyed Rookie
Vigilance
Whenever a creature you control enters, if its power is greater than this creature's power or its toughness is greater than this creature's toughness, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Creature - Human Detective
Sharp-Eyed Rookie (mkm) 353
Shrieking Drake
Flying
When this creature enters, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.
Creature - Drake
Shrieking Drake (mh3) 272
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
Sublime Epiphany
Choose one or more —
• Counter target spell.
• Counter target activated or triggered ability.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
• Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control.
• Target player draws a card.
Instant
Sublime Epiphany (m21) 355
Tegan Jovanka
Brave Heart — Whenever you attack, target attacking historic creature gets +1/+1 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)
Legendary Creature - Human
Tegan Jovanka (who) 348
Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
The first activated ability of an artifact you activate each turn costs
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."
Legendary Planeswalker - Tezzeret
Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh (mkc) 120
The Fourth Doctor
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
Would You Like A...? — Once each turn, you may play a historic land or cast a historic spell from the top of your library. When you do, create a Food token. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Legendary Creature - Doctor Time Lord
The Fourth Doctor (who) 555
The Goose Mother
Flying
The Goose Mother enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When The Goose Mother enters, create half X Food tokens, rounded up.
Whenever The Goose Mother attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Bird Hydra
The Goose Mother (woe) 204
Thousand Moons Smithy
When Thousand Moons Smithy enters, create a white Gnome Soldier artifact creature token with "This token's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts and/or creatures you control."
At the beginning of your first main phase, you may tap five untapped artifacts and/or creatures you control. If you do, transform Thousand Moons Smithy.
Legendary Artifact
Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand (lci) 39Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand (lci) 39
Tireless Tracker
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, 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 this creature.
Creature - Human Scout
Tireless Tracker (eoc) 110
Universal Surveillance
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for
.)
Draw X cards.
Sorcery
Universal Surveillance (eoc) 81
Uthros Research Craft
Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Spacecraft. Station only as a sorcery. It's an artifact creature at 12+.)
3+ | Whenever you cast an artifact spell, draw a card. Put a charge counter on this Spacecraft.
12+ | Flying
This Spacecraft gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
Artifact - Spacecraft
Uthros Research Craft (eoc) 7
Wavesifter
Flying
When this creature enters, investigate twice. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Evoke
(You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)
Creature - Elemental
Wavesifter (mkc) 220
Whir of Invention
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for
.)
Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Instant
Whir of Invention (plst) AER-49

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