Dogged Detective

Dogged Detective card image

Dogged Detective: Creature - Human Rogue, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. When this creature enters, surveil 2. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Human Rogue
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
2/1
Rarity
Rare
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
127
Artist
Caroline Gariba
Commander rank
6,895 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Surveil

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About Dogged Detective

Dogged Detective is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 127 in that set, with art by Caroline Gariba. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from New Capenna Commander (2022) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

When this creature enters, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Dogged Detective by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Dogged Detective

Dogged Detective has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #99819Rare2024
New Capenna Commander (NCC) #136Rare2022
New Capenna Commander (NCC) #35Rare2022
New Capenna Commander Promos (PNCC) #35pRare2022

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Dogged Detective, newest first.

  • When you surveil, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards into your graveyard, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them into your graveyard.
  • Dogged Detective doesn't need to be in the graveyard when the first card is drawn for its last ability to trigger. As long as it is in the graveyard when an opponent draws their second card in a turn, it will trigger.

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Dogged Detective is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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