Forensic Gadgeteer

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Forensic Gadgeteer: Creature - Vedalken Artificer Detective, Murders at Karlov Manor. Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Vedalken Artificer Detective
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
2/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
57
Artist
Volkan Baǵa
Commander rank
1,384 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Investigate

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About Forensic Gadgeteer

Forensic Gadgeteer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM), an expansion set released in February 2024. It is collector number 57 in that set, with art by Volkan Baǵa. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.78 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).

Card text

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost {1} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.78 (as of 2026-11-02).

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

Format legality

Legality of Forensic Gadgeteer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Forensic Gadgeteer

Forensic Gadgeteer has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #342Rare2024
Murders at Karlov Manor Promos (PMKM) #57pRare2024
Murders at Karlov Manor Promos (PMKM) #57sRare2024

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Forensic Gadgeteer, newest first.

  • Forensic Gadgeteer's last ability affects only abilities of artifacts you control on the battlefield. The costs of activated abilities of artifact cards that work in other zones, such as cycling, won't be reduced.
  • Some abilities trigger "whenever you sacrifice a Clue". Those abilities trigger whenever you sacrifice a Clue for any reason, not just to activate a Clue's activated ability.
  • Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") are unaffected by the cost reduction ability of Forensic Gadgeteer.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's activated ability.
  • 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.

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