Forensic Gadgeteer
Forensic Gadgeteer from Murders at Karlov Manor. Rare MTG card for deck building and Commander. View rules, legality, and compare prices from multiple sellers.
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| Alchemy | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel | Legal |
| Explorer | Legal |
| Future | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Standard | Legal |
| Standardbrawl | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Card Set | Murders at Karlov Manor |
| Card Type | Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Mana Cost | |
| Card Stats | 2 / 3 |
| Card Text | 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. |
| Card Number | #342 |
| Artist | Vance Kelly |
| Subtypes | Artificer , Detective , Vedalken |
| Keywords | Investigate |
| Card Languages | Chinese Simplified , English , French , German , Italian , Japanese , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish |
| Frame Version | 2015 |
| Border Color | Black |
| EDHREC Rank | 1927 |
| EDHREC Saltiness | 0.22 |
| Reprint? | No |
| Is Promo? | No |
| Oversized? | No |
| Joke Card? | No |
| In Starter? | Yes |
| Time Shifted? | No |
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Card Rulings
2024-02-02Forensic Gadgeteer's last ability affects only abilities of artifacts you control on the battlefield. The costs of activated abilities of artifact cards that work in other zones, such as cycling, won't be reduced.
2024-02-02Some abilities trigger "whenever you sacrifice a Clue". Those abilities trigger whenever you sacrifice a Clue for any reason, not just to activate a Clue's activated ability.
2024-02-02Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") are unaffected by the cost reduction ability of Forensic Gadgeteer.
2024-02-02You can't sacrifice a Clue to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Clue token to activate its own ability and also to activate Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's ability.
2024-02-02Clue is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some cards with other permanent types, it's never a creature type, a land type, or anything but an artifact type.
2024-02-02If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's activated ability.
2024-02-02Some spells and abilities that investigate may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't create any Clue tokens.