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◇ Catalog #16

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soa·#16·uncommon·showcase

Illus. Dominik Mayer

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Apr '26

3 mo ago

Value

$0.41+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.42 · low $0.39

NM$0.41

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.38–$0.43modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.41low $0.01range 4000.0%n 89

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,119 · Niche pick

Variants

Showcase$0.41

Gameplay

Instant

Draw a card. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

"Do not overlook the unusual, for therein often lie the keys to the unknown." —Alquist Proft's case journal

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2024-02-02wotc

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.

2024-02-02wotc

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.

2024-02-02wotc

Some spells and abilities that investigate may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't create any Clue tokens.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.41. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.01 and $0.41 across 89 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SOA — 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 #16 of *Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{U} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Investigate.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #5,119 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Dominik Mayer. Rarix catalogs 423 other cards credited to this artist.