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◇ Catalog #73†

Surveillance Monitor

mkm·#73†·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Scott Murphy

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Feb '24

2 yr ago

Value

$0.13+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.13 · low $0.12

NM$0.13

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.12–$0.14modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.13low $0.02range 550.0%n 105

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #27,200 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.03

Nonfoil$0.13

Gameplay

Creature — Vedalken Detective

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.

3/3

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2024-02-02wotc

If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.

2024-02-02wotc

Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard to stop you from collecting evidence.

2024-02-02wotc

Surveillance Monitor's last ability triggers whenever you collect evidence for any reason, not just when you collect evidence with its first ability.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.13. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.13 across 105 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from MKM — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #73† of *Murders at Karlov Manor*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2024 Murders at Karlov Manor release.

Card type: Creature — Vedalken Detective, color identity blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3}{U} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Collect evidence.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #27,200 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Scott Murphy. Rarix catalogs 392 other cards credited to this artist.