---
name: "Carnage Interpreter"
mana_cost: "{1}{B/R}{B/R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Devil Detective"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["Investigate"]
set: "CLU"
set_name: "Ravnica: Clue Edition"
collector_number: "26"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Justine Cruz"
oracle_id: "4bc79fb3-81bb-42ed-9bbb-93f8cede3094"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/carnage-interpreter-clu"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Carnage Interpreter
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B/R}{B/R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Devil Detective
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Investigate

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, discard your hand, then investigate four times. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
As long as you have one or fewer cards in hand, this creature gets +2/+2 and has menace.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hostile Investigator](/printing/hostile-investigator-big.md) — Creature — Ogre Rogue Detective
2. [Serene Sleuth](/printing/serene-sleuth-mkc.md) — Creature — Human Detective
3. [Persuasive Interrogators](/printing/persuasive-interrogators-mkm.md) — Creature — Gorgon Detective
4. [Meddling Youths](/printing/meddling-youths-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective
5. [Reckless Detective](/printing/reckless-detective-mkm.md) — Creature — Devil Detective
6. [Thraben Inspector](/printing/thraben-inspector-inr.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU) #26
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Justine Cruz

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`