---
name: "Nick Valentine, Private Eye"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Artifact Creature — Synth Detective"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Investigate"]
set: "PIP"
set_name: "Fallout"
collector_number: "35"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Viko Menezes"
oracle_id: "5663288a-7300-4e1b-8fb0-43c467709fe5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nick-valentine-private-eye-pip"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Nick Valentine, Private Eye
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact Creature — Synth Detective
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Investigate

## Oracle Text
Nick Valentine can't be blocked except by artifact creatures.
Whenever Nick Valentine or another artifact creature you control dies, you may investigate. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

> *"Tu caso es mi máxima prioridad".*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Forensic Gadgeteer](/printing/forensic-gadgeteer-pmkm.md) — Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective
2. [Hotshot Investigators](/printing/hotshot-investigators-mkm.md) — Creature — Vedalken Detective
3. [Serene Sleuth](/printing/serene-sleuth-mkc.md) — Creature — Human Detective
4. [Novice Inspector](/printing/novice-inspector-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective
5. [Piper Wright, Publick Reporter](/printing/piper-wright-publick-reporter-pip.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Detective
6. [April O'Neil, Live on the Scene](/printing/april-oneil-live-on-the-scene-tmc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Detective

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fallout (PIP) #35
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Viko Menezes
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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