wotc
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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #81
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soa·#81·uncommon·showcase·JA
Illus. Shusaku Sato
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Apr '26
3 mo ago
Value
$0.36+$0 (+4.2%)
30 days high $0.37 · low $0.34
NM$0.36
LP—
MP—
HP—
DMG—
$0.33–$0.38modeled
30 days agotoday
90-dayhigh $0.48low $0.28range 71.4%n 53
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #5,119 · Niche pick
Variants
Gameplay
Instant
Draw a card. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
「異常を見落としてはならない。そこに謎を解く鍵があることが多いからだ。」
――アルキスト・プロフトの捜査日誌
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 5
wotc
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.
wotc
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 $0.36. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.28 and $0.48 across 53 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 #81 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 Shusaku Sato. Rarix catalogs 3 other cards credited to this artist.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Shusaku Sato
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