Investigate
Root Out
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Sorcery
Mana Cost: {2}{G}
Oracle Rules Text: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Set: March of the Machine Commander (#311), Rarity: Common, Artist: Daniel Ljunggren
Sorcery
Green
Common
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
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Official Rulings (4)
2016-04-08
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.
2016-04-08
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
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
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.
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