Magnifying Glass

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Magnifying Glass: Artifact, Murders at Karlov Manor. Tap: Add Colorless. 4, Tap: Investigate. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}
Mana value
3
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Common
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
255
Artist
Paolo Puggioni
Commander rank
9,241 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Investigate

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About Magnifying Glass

Magnifying Glass is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common colourless artifact from Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM), an expansion set released in February 2024. It is collector number 255 in that set, with art by Paolo Puggioni. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Shadows over Innistrad (2016) to Murders at Karlov Manor (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.19 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{T}: Add {C}.

{4}, {T}: Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

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Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.19 (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 Magnifying Glass by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

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

Other printings of Magnifying Glass

Magnifying Glass has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #254Common2023
Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #95Uncommon2022
Double Masters (2XM) #269Common2020
Commander 2018 (C18) #208Uncommon2018
Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #258Uncommon2016

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Magnifying Glass, newest first.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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