Nick Valentine, Private Eye

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Nick Valentine, Private Eye: Legendary Artifact Creature - Synth Detective, Fallout. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Artifact Creature - Synth Detective
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Fallout (PIP)
Released
2024-03-08
Collector number
35
Artist
Viko Menezes
Commander rank
10,835 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Investigate
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Nick Valentine, Private Eye

Nick Valentine, Private Eye is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue legendary artifact creature from Fallout (PIP), a Commander product released in March 2024. It is collector number 35 in that set, with art by Viko Menezes. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Fallout 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

Nick Valentine can't be blocked except by artifact creatures.

Whenever Nick Valentine or another artifact creature you control dies, you may investigate. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

"Your case is my top concern."

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 Nick Valentine, Private Eye by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Nick Valentine, Private Eye

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

PrintingRarityYear
Fallout (PIP) #378Rare2024
Fallout (PIP) #563Rare2024
Fallout (PIP) #906Rare2024

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Nick Valentine, Private Eye.

  • Once Nick Valentine has been blocked, making the blocking creature stop being an artifact won't cause Nick Valentine to become unblocked.

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