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Forensic Gadgeteer
CREATURE — VEDALKEN ARTIFICER DETECTIVE

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.
CMC
3
Set
PMKM
Rarity
rare
Price
—
FORMATS
CommanderSTAPLE 1.8%
Brawl (Historic)LEGAL
DraftNOT LEGAL
StandardLEGAL
ModernLEGAL
PioneerLEGAL
REMINDER TEXT · 1
  • WOTC Official Reminder Textofficial rules
    Investigate — Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card."
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  • WWizards of the Coast2024-02-02
    Official Ruling
    Forensic 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.
  • WWizards of the Coast2024-02-02
    Official Ruling
    Some 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.
  • WWizards of the Coast2024-02-02
    Official Ruling
    Activated 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.
  • WWizards of the Coast2024-02-02
    Official Ruling
    You 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.
  • WWizards of the Coast2024-02-02
    Official Ruling
    Clue 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.
  • WWizards of the Coast2024-02-02
    Official Ruling
    If 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.
  • WWizards of the Coast2024-02-02
    Official Ruling
    Some 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.

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