Novice Inspector
- Mana cost
- {W}
- Type
- Creature — Human Detective
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 2
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor #29 (common)
- Price
- $0.25 USD
When this creature enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Novice Inspector has 1 printing, first in Murders at Karlov Manor (2024). EDHREC ranks it #9,281 among Commander cards. It appears most in Morska, Undersea Sleuth decks (807 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Novice Inspector most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Morska, Undersea Sleuth: 807 decks
- Teysa, Opulent Oligarch: 566 decks
- Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth: 524 decks
- Ezrim, Agency Chief: 447 decks
- Inquisitor Greyfax: 331 decks
- Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy: 244 decks
- Astrid Peth: 172 decks
- Sally Sparrow: 76 decks
Often played with Novice Inspector
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : 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.