---
name: "Reckless Detective"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Devil Detective"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "141"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Tuan Duong Chu"
oracle_id: "4debd0e4-3bb6-4dd1-addc-08e4bda69d11"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/reckless-detective-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Reckless Detective
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Devil Detective
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice an artifact or discard a card. If you do, draw a card and this creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

> *He's gonna crack this thing wide open.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vengeful Tracker](/printing/vengeful-tracker-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective
2. [Carnage Interpreter](/printing/carnage-interpreter-clu.md) — Creature — Devil Detective
3. [Cornered Crook](/printing/cornered-crook-mkm.md) — Creature — Lizard Warrior
4. [Audacious Reshapers](/printing/audacious-reshapers-c21.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
5. [Scour the Scene](/printing/scour-the-scene-ymkm.md) — Enchantment
6. [Havoc Jester](/printing/havoc-jester-m21.md) — Creature — Devil

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #141
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Tuan Duong Chu
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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