---
name: "Chalk Outline"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Investigate"]
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "157"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Julia Griffin"
oracle_id: "af335eb3-f60a-44b3-a1ed-1e165f3e3605"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/chalk-outline-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Chalk Outline
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Investigate

## Oracle Text
Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 2/2 white and blue Detective creature token, then investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

> *"Quando cerchi il colpevole, ricorda sempre che la persona più importante è la vittima."
—Ezrim, capo dell'Agenzia*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Novice Inspector](/printing/novice-inspector-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective
2. [Serene Sleuth](/printing/serene-sleuth-mkc.md) — Creature — Human Detective
3. [Homicide Investigator](/printing/homicide-investigator-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective
4. [Thraben Inspector](/printing/thraben-inspector-inr.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Ongoing Investigation](/printing/ongoing-investigation-soi.md) — Enchantment
6. [Unshakable Tail](/printing/unshakable-tail-mkc.md) — Creature — Zombie Detective

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #157
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Julia Griffin
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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