Duggan, Private Detective

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Duggan, Private Detective: Legendary Creature - Human Detective, Doctor Who. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{G}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Detective
Colour identity
Blue and green (UG)
Power / toughness
*/*
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
123
Artist
Craig J Spearing
Commander rank
15,033 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Investigate, The Most Important Punch in History
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Duggan, Private Detective

Duggan, Private Detective is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and green legendary creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 123 in that set, with art by Craig J Spearing. It costs {2}{G}{U} (two generic, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a */* creature. Its colour identity is blue and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Doctor Who is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Duggan's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Whenever Duggan enters or attacks, investigate.

The Most Important Punch in History - {1}{G}, {T}: Duggan deals damage equal to twice its power to another target creature. Activate only once.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (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 Duggan, Private Detective by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Duggan, Private Detective

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #1000Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #409Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #728Rare2023

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Duggan, Private Detective.

  • Duggan, Private Detective's last ability can be activated only once during the game. However, if Duggan leaves and later returns to the battlefield, he's considered a new permanent (with a new set of abilities) and it can be activated again.

Similar cards

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