Ethereal Investigator
Ethereal Investigator: Creature - Spirit, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Spirit
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 2/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 105
- Artist
- Sean Murray
- Commander rank
- 4,047 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying, Investigate
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About Ethereal Investigator
Ethereal Investigator is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 105 in that set, with art by Sean Murray. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Crimson Vow Commander (2021) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.57 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Flying
When this creature enters, investigate X times, where X is the number of opponents you have. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.57 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Ethereal Investigator by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Ethereal Investigator
Ethereal Investigator has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #95295 | Rare | 2024 |
| Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #12 | Rare | 2021 |
| Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #50 | Rare | 2021 |
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Ethereal Investigator is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.