---
name: "Hostile Investigator"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Ogre Rogue Detective"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Investigate"]
set: "BIG"
set_name: "The Big Score"
collector_number: "10"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Andrew Mar"
oracle_id: "de83b1a4-0ce0-4cc1-aff3-6d0239d92302"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hostile-investigator-big"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hostile Investigator
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Ogre Rogue Detective
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/3
- **Keywords:** Investigate

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, target opponent discards a card.
Whenever one or more players discard one or more cards, investigate. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Serene Sleuth](/printing/serene-sleuth-mkc.md) — Creature — Human Detective
2. [Carnage Interpreter](/printing/carnage-interpreter-clu.md) — Creature — Devil Detective
3. [Homicide Investigator](/printing/homicide-investigator-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective
4. [Projektor Inspector](/printing/projektor-inspector-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective
5. [Novice Inspector](/printing/novice-inspector-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective
6. [Thraben Inspector](/printing/thraben-inspector-inr.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Big Score (BIG) #10
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Andrew Mar
- **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`