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◇ Catalog #21

Detective of the Month

mkc·#21·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Stella Spente

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wishlisted

Feb '24

2 yr ago

Value

$0.32+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.33 · low $0.30

NM$0.32

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.30–$0.34modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.61low $0.27range 496.3%n 45

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #6,344 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$0.32

Gameplay

Creature — Human Detective

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.

2/3

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 7

2024-02-02wotc

Gaining the city’s blessing after a Detective you control has become blocked won’t cause that Detective to become unblocked.

2024-02-02wotc

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.

2024-02-02wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.32. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.27 and $1.61 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from MKC — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #21 of *Murders at Karlov Manor Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2024 Murders at Karlov Manor Commander release.

Card type: Creature — Human Detective, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{U} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Ascend.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #6,344 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Stella Spente. Rarix catalogs 20 other cards credited to this artist.