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"Find me cards equivalent to: Detective of the Month"

Equivalent cards to Detective of the Month (a blue human detective that investigates when you cast a blue spell):
1. Erdwal Illuminator – Investigates an additional time (similar clue synergy).
2. Ulvenwald Mysteries – Investigates when a nontoken creature dies.
3. Thopter Spy Network – Creates clue-like artifact tokens on your upkeep.
4. Tamiyo's Journal – Generates Clues each upkeep and uses them for effects.


Reason: All are blue or blue-focused cards that support investigating or clue tokens.

Found Cards

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Detective of the Month

Erdwal Illuminator

Tamiyo's Journal

Thopter Spy Network

Ulvenwald Mysteries

Detective of the Month #331 Creature — Human Detective

Variations: v1 v2
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Info

Color:
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Cost:
Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
Power/Toughness: 2/3
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Detective
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    City's Blessing Detective

    Abilities/Keywords

    Ascend

    Rules

  • A permanent is any object on the battlefield, including tokens and lands. Spells and emblems aren’t permanents.
  • Ascend on a permanent isn’t a triggered ability and doesn’t use the stack. Players can respond to a spell that will give you your tenth permanent, but they can’t respond to you getting the city’s blessing once you control that tenth permanent. This means that if your tenth permanent is a land you play, players can’t respond before you get the city’s blessing.
  • Gaining the city’s blessing after a Detective you control has become blocked won’t cause that Detective to become unblocked.
  • If you cast a spell with ascend, you don't get the city’s blessing until it resolves. Players may respond to that spell by trying to change whether you get the city’s blessing.
  • If you control ten permanents but don’t control a permanent or resolving spell with ascend, you don’t get the city’s blessing. For example, if you control ten permanents, lose control of two, then cast Detective of the Month, you won’t have the city’s blessing.
  • If your tenth permanent enters the battlefield and then a permanent leaves the battlefield immediately afterwards (most likely due to the “legend rule” or due to being a creature with 0 toughness), you get the city’s blessing before it leaves the battlefield.
  • Once you have the city’s blessing, you have it for the rest of the game, even if you lose control of some or all your permanents. The city’s blessing isn’t a permanent itself and can’t be removed by any effect.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket 0.42 EUR / 0.19 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.59 USD
    Manapool 0.29 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) As long as you have the city's blessing, Detectives you control can't be blocked. Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 white and blue Detective creature token.

    Erdwal Illuminator #60 Creature — Spirit

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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 1/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Spirit
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Clue

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Investigate

    Rules

  • No entries

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    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom / 2.99 USD 0.35 USD
    Manapool / 1.05 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket / 1.05 EUR 0.13 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 2.26 USD 0.14 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Flying Whenever you investigate for the first time each turn, investigate an additional time.

    Tamiyo's Journal #265†b Legendary Artifact

    Variations: v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6
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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Artifact
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    EDH Bracket Attr:
    Tutors
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Clue

    Abilities/Keywords

    Investigate

    Rules

  • Clue is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some cards with other permanent types, it's never a creature type, a land type, or anything but an artifact type.
  • If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's activated ability.
  • You can't sacrifice a Clue to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Clue token to activate its own ability and also to activate Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's ability.

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    Manapool 4.45 USD
    Tcgplayer 5 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ",Sacrificethis token: Draw a card.") ,Sacrificethree Clues: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, thenshuffle

    Thopter Spy Network #79 Enchantment

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Thopter

    Rules

  • The last ability will trigger, at most, once per combat damage step per player. However, if at least one artifact creature you control has first strike and others don't, or if an artifact creature you control has double strike, the ability could trigger twice per combat: once in each combat damage step.
  • Thopter Spy Network's first ability has an “intervening ‘if' clause.” That means (1) the ability won't trigger at all unless you control an artifact as your upkeep begins, and (2) the ability will do nothing if you don't control an artifact as it resolves.

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    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD / 7.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.56 USD / 5.65 USD
    Manapool 0.4 USD / 4.12 USD
    Cardmarket 0.42 EUR / 2.6 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control an artifact, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. Whenever one or more artifact creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.

    Ulvenwald Mysteries #223 Enchantment

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Human Soldier Clue

    Abilities/Keywords

    Investigate

    Rules

  • If a nontoken creature dies at the same time as Ulvenwald Mysteries leaves the battlefield, the first ability triggers. Similarly, if Ulvenwald Mysteries isn’t a token and has become a creature, it dying will cause its own first ability to trigger.
  • If you sacrifice a Clue as part of casting a spell or activating an ability, the last ability will resolve before that spell or ability.
  • The last ability is a triggered ability, not an activated ability. It doesn’t allow you to sacrifice a Clue whenever you want; rather, you need some other way of sacrificing it, such as the activated ability that Clue tokens have.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ",Sacrificethis token: Draw a card.") Whenever yousacrificea Clue, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.