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Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #80 · Common · Sorcery
Mana cost: {1}{U}
Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Illustrated by Steve Prescott · Released April 8, 2016
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.07 USD · €0.03 EUR
- Foil: $0.41 USD · €0.10 EUR
Nonfoil price since July 18, 2026: no net change at $0.07 USD; low $0.05 USD, high $0.07 USD.
Printings
- Jumpstart 2022 #337 (J22) · Common · 2022 · $0.08 USD
- Shadows over Innistrad #80 (this printing) · Common · 2016 · $0.07 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2016-04-08 · wotc — 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.
- 2016-04-08 · wotc — 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.
- 2016-04-08 · wotc — You can't cast a spell without choosing legal targets. If all of those targets become illegal, the spell doesn't resolve and you won't investigate.
- 2016-04-08 · wotc — 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.