---
name: "Foul Play"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Investigate"]
set: "MID"
set_name: "Innistrad: Midnight Hunt"
collector_number: "101"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Campbell White"
oracle_id: "773c7a1e-0f59-4606-a2fc-c47bda760ecd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/foul-play-mid"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Foul Play
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Investigate

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature with power 2 or less. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

> *Les preuves étaient accablantes. La meute de Tovolar devenait plus audacieuse, plus rusée et plus forte.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fateful Absence](/printing/fateful-absence-mid.md) — Instant
2. [Root Out](/printing/root-out-plst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Persuasive Interrogators](/printing/persuasive-interrogators-mkm.md) — Creature — Gorgon Detective
4. [Serene Sleuth](/printing/serene-sleuth-mkc.md) — Creature — Human Detective
5. [Eliminate the Impossible](/printing/eliminate-the-impossible-mkm.md) — Instant
6. [Humble the Brute](/printing/humble-the-brute-sir.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #101
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Campbell White
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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