---
name: "Forensic Gadgeteer"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Investigate"]
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "57"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Volkan Baǵa"
oracle_id: "9d5917d5-4fb3-4f37-9278-e08c1f73aae5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/forensic-gadgeteer-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Forensic Gadgeteer
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Investigate

## Oracle Text
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost {1} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Serene Sleuth](/printing/serene-sleuth-mkc.md) — Creature — Human Detective
2. [Detective's Satchel](/printing/detectives-satchel-mkm.md) — Artifact
3. [Novice Inspector](/printing/novice-inspector-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective
4. [Investigator's Journal](/printing/investigators-journal-vow.md) — Artifact — Book Clue
5. [Hotshot Investigators](/printing/hotshot-investigators-mkm.md) — Creature — Vedalken Detective
6. [Nick Valentine, Private Eye](/printing/nick-valentine-private-eye-pip.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Synth Detective

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #57
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Volkan Baǵa
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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