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Shadows over Innistrad #80 common
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Live Value $0.05
Foil Multiplier: 7.4x Premium Factor 🔥
Reprint Profile:
Printed 2 times ELEVATED

Reprinted 2x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (Jumpstart 2022).

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Rarity
common
Set Origin
Daily Shift
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EDHREC Rank
#20,184
Mana Cost
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Oracle Data

Card Type Sorcery
Color Identity Blue
🖋️ Curator's Notes
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.")
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Official Judge Precedents

4 Precedents

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.

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.

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.

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.

📜 Technical Attributes
Release Date: 2016-04-08
Artist Reference: Steve Prescott
Border Profile: black
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Standard • Traditional Foil
Promo Status NO
Edition Status Original Printing

Sanctioned Formats

standard not_legal
modern legal
legacy legal
commander legal
pioneer legal
pauper legal
vintage legal
brawl not_legal
explorer not_legal
penny legal
predh not_legal
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