---
name: "Surveillance Monitor"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Vedalken Detective"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Collect evidence"]
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "73†"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Scott Murphy"
oracle_id: "9be5a350-c38e-425f-9d6a-8eb111132a89"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/surveillance-monitor-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Surveillance Monitor
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Vedalken Detective
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Collect evidence

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, you may collect evidence 4. (Exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater from your graveyard.)
Whenever you collect evidence, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

> *Thopters don't take breaks, and neither does he.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Evidence Examiner](/printing/evidence-examiner-mkm.md) — Creature — Merfolk Detective
2. [Conspiracy Unraveler](/printing/conspiracy-unraveler-mkm.md) — Creature — Sphinx Detective
3. [Crimestopper Sprite](/printing/crimestopper-sprite-mkm.md) — Creature — Faerie Detective
4. [Vitu-Ghazi Inspector](/printing/vitu-ghazi-inspector-mkm.md) — Creature — Elf Detective
5. [Rubblebelt Maverick](/printing/rubblebelt-maverick-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective
6. [Educated Detective](/printing/educated-detective-unk.md) — Creature — Weird Detective

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #73†
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Scott Murphy
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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