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"Find me cards equivalent to: Nick Valentine, Private Eye"

Equivalent cards to Nick Valentine, Private Eye (blue artifact creatures with unblockability, death triggers, or clues):

  • Sai, Master Thopterist (U): Makes artifact tokens when casting artifacts, synergy with artifacts.
  • Sharding Sphinx (U): Unblockable in a way (makes tokens for attacks with artifacts, synergy with artifacts).
  • Emry, Lurker of the Loch (U): Artifact synergy, easier recursion, not unblockable but fills similar artifact commander roles.
  • Sphinx of Foresight (U): Evasion and artifact synergy, but lacks clue/death trigger.
  • Padeem, Consul of Innovation (U): Artifact-focused, provides protection, and card draw.
  • Vedalken Humiliator (U): Makes creatures lose abilities (pseudo-evasion), artifact synergy.

All of these are blue artifact creatures like Nick Valentine, Private Eye and have artifact synergy, unblockability, or clue/investigate elements. There is no perfect match—Nadier's Nightblade for death and clues is black, so doesn't fit the blue request.

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Emry, Lurker of the Loch

Nadier's Nightblade

Nick Valentine, Private Eye

Padeem, Consul of Innovation

Sai, Master Thopterist

Sharding Sphinx

Sphinx of Foresight

Vedalken Humiliator

Emry, Lurker of the Loch #71 Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
Power/Toughness: 1/2
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Merfolk
  • Wizard
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Affinity Mill

    Rules

  • Casting the target card causes it to leave your graveyard and become a new object. You can't cast it again if it returns to your graveyard this turn.
  • If Emry's last ability targets an artifact land card, you can't play it. Effects that allow you to "cast" a card don't allow you to play a land card.
  • Once you announce that you're casting a spell, no player may take actions until the spell has been paid for. Notably, opponents can't try to change by how much Emry's cost is reduced.
  • The cost reduction ability reduces only the generic mana in Emry's cost. The colored mana must still be paid.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Emry). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
  • You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions for the target artifact card. Unless it has flash, you'll most likely only be able to cast it during your main phase while the stack is empty.
  • You'll still pay all costs for a spell cast this way, including additional costs. You may also pay alternative costs if any are available.

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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

    Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.) When Emry enters,millfour cards. : Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)

    Nadier's Nightblade #641 Creature — Elf Warrior

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 1/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Elf
  • Warrior
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

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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

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    Whenever a token you control leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

    Nick Valentine, Private Eye #906 Legendary Artifact Creature — Synth Detective

    Variations: v1 v2 v3 v4
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Synth
  • Detective
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Tokens:
    Clue

    Abilities/Keywords

    Investigate

    Rules

  • Once Nick Valentine has been blocked, making the blocking creature stop being an artifact won't cause Nick Valentine to become unblocked.

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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

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    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 ",Sacrificethis token: Draw a card.")

    Padeem, Consul of Innovation #59p Legendary Creature — Vedalken Artificer

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 1/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Vedalken
  • Artificer
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • If an artifact has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • If you don't control an artifact with the highest mana value as your upkeep begins, Padeem's second ability won't trigger. You can't cast an instant to destroy an opponent's artifact during your turn before your upkeep begins.
  • If you no longer control an artifact with the highest mana value as Padeem's triggered ability resolves, you don't draw a card.
  • The artifact you control has to have the highest mana value only among artifacts on the battlefield, not among all permanents on the battlefield.

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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

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    Artifacts you control have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.) At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control the artifact with the greatest mana value or tied for the greatest mana value, draw a card.

    Sai, Master Thopterist #69s Legendary Creature — Human Artificer

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 1/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Artificer
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Thopter

    Rules

  • Sai's triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.

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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

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    Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. ,Sacrificetwo artifacts: Draw a card.

    Sharding Sphinx #235 Artifact Creature — Sphinx

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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 4/4
    Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Sphinx
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Thopter

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • If combat damage is dealt to players by multiple artifact creatures you control (including, perhaps, Sharding Sphinx itself), Sharding Sphinx's ability will trigger that many times. You'll get that many Thopter tokens. You'll get just one token per creature, no matter how much combat damage that creature dealt.
  • The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.

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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

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    Flying Whenever an artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may create a 1/1 blue Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

    Sphinx of Foresight #55 Creature — Sphinx

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 4/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Sphinx
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Scry

    Rules

  • If you reveal two Sphinxes of Foresight from your opening hand, you'll scry 3 twice; you won't scry 6. Any cards you put on top of your library the first time you scry 3 will be part of the second time you scry 3.
  • A player's "opening hand" is the hand of cards the player has after all players have taken mulligans. If players have any cards in hand that allow actions to be taken with them from a player's opening hand, the starting player takes all such actions first in any order, followed by each other player in turn order. Then the first turn begins.

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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

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    You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, scry 3 at the beginning of your first upkeep. Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1.

    Vedalken Humiliator #13 Creature — Vedalken Wizard

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 3/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Vedalken
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Rules

  • All creatures your opponents control are affected by Vedalken Humiliator's ability, not just those controlled by the player it's attacking.
  • Any power- or toughness-modifying effects (those that give +N/+N, for example) and counters will apply to the creature's new base power and toughness, even if they started to apply before Vedalken Humiliator's ability resolved.
  • If you don't control three artifacts as Vedalken Humiliator's ability resolves, it has no effect. If you do, the effect continues to apply even if you lose control of Vedalken Humiliator or your artifacts later in the turn.
  • Vedalken Humiliator's ability affects only creatures your opponents control at the time it resolves. Creatures they begin to control later in the turn won't lose power, toughness, or abilities.
  • Vedalken Humiliator's ability overwrites all previous effects that set an affected creature's base power and toughness to specific values. Any power- or toughness-setting effects that start to apply to a creature after the ability resolves will overwrite this effect.

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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

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    Metalcraft — Whenever this creature attacks, if you control three or more artifacts, creatures your opponents control lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 1/1 until end of turn.