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◇ Catalog #342

Forensic Gadgeteer

mkm·#342·rare·showcase

Illus. Vance Kelly

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Feb '24

2 yr ago

Value

$2.12+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $2.19 · low $2.00

NM$2.12

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.96–$2.24modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $3.79low $0.02range 18850.0%n 85

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,370 · Common include

Variants

Showcase$2.12

Gameplay

Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost {1} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

2/3

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 7

2024-02-02wotc

Forensic Gadgeteer's last ability affects only abilities of artifacts you control on the battlefield. The costs of activated abilities of artifact cards that work in other zones, such as cycling, won't be reduced.

2024-02-02wotc

Some abilities trigger "whenever you sacrifice a Clue". Those abilities trigger whenever you sacrifice a Clue for any reason, not just to activate a Clue's activated ability.

2024-02-02wotc

Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") are unaffected by the cost reduction ability of Forensic Gadgeteer.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.12. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $3.79 across 85 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from MKM — the lineup includes Showcase 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 #342 of *Murders at Karlov Manor*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2024 Murders at Karlov Manor release.

Card type: Creature — Vedalken Artificer 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: Investigate.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,370 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Vance Kelly. Rarix catalogs 9 other cards credited to this artist.