---
name: "Homicide Investigator"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Detective"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Investigate"]
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "343"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "David Robert Hovey"
oracle_id: "dc4d5602-47cb-47c8-8a43-3b840e12b79c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/homicide-investigator-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Homicide Investigator
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Detective
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Investigate

## Oracle Text
Whenever one or more nontoken creatures you control die, investigate. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

> *調査技能：非の打ち所なし。対人技能：欠落している。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Serene Sleuth](/printing/serene-sleuth-mkc.md) — Creature — Human Detective
2. [Novice Inspector](/printing/novice-inspector-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective
3. [Byway Courier](/printing/byway-courier-soi.md) — Creature — Human Scout
4. [Cold Case Cracker](/printing/cold-case-cracker-mkm.md) — Creature — Spirit Detective
5. [Chalk Outline](/printing/chalk-outline-mkm.md) — Enchantment
6. [Piper Wright, Publick Reporter](/printing/piper-wright-publick-reporter-pip.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Detective

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #343
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** David Robert Hovey
- **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`