Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect
Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect: Legendary Creature - Human Faerie Detective, Murders at Karlov Manor. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Faerie Detective
- Colour identity
- Blue and green (UG)
- Power / toughness
- 3/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 212
- Artist
- Joshua Raphael
- Keywords
- Flying, Investigate, Vigilance
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect
Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and green legendary creature from Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM), an expansion set released in February 2024. It is collector number 212 in that set, with art by Joshua Raphael. It costs {2}{G}{U} (two generic, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue and green. 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. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Flying, vigilance
Whenever Kellan attacks, destroy up to one target artifact. If you controlled that permanent, draw a card.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect
Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #334 | Rare | 2024 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Promos (PMKM) #212p | Rare | 2024 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Promos (PMKM) #212s | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect, newest first.
- If the artifact you target with Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy's triggered ability isn't destroyed (perhaps because it's indestructible), you will still draw a card as long as you control the artifact.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The effect of Tail the Suspect that allows you to play an additional land is cumulative with similar effects. For example, on a turn where you cast two Tail the Suspects, you'll be able to play three lands.
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