---
name: "Defective Detective"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Spy"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "UST"
set_name: "Unstable"
collector_number: "32"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Matt Dixon"
oracle_id: "282bcb1b-3dfd-44aa-99b3-04012316ec60"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/defective-detective-ust"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Defective Detective
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Spy
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1

## Oracle Text
This creature can't be blocked.
When this creature enters, a person outside the game looks at target opponent's hand and chooses a card from it. That player reveals that card.

> *Nothing gets by her . . . except the evidence, the motive, and the culprit.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Port Inspector](/printing/port-inspector-mmq.md) — Creature — Human
2. [Telepathic Spies](/printing/telepathic-spies-7ed.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Sly Spy](/printing/sly-spy-ust.md) — Creature — Human Spy
4. [Stromgald Spy](/printing/stromgald-spy-all.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Unscrupulous Agent](/printing/unscrupulous-agent-mkm.md) — Creature — Elf Detective
6. [Exit Specialist](/printing/exit-specialist-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unstable (UST) #32
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Matt Dixon

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