Serene Sleuth

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Serene Sleuth: Creature - Human Detective, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. When this creature enters, investigate. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{W}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Human Detective
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
14
Artist
Fay Dalton
Commander rank
20,116 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Investigate

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About Serene Sleuth

Serene Sleuth is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 14 in that set, with art by Fay Dalton. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Murders at Karlov Manor Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

When this creature enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

At the beginning of combat on your turn, investigate for each goaded creature you control. Then each creature you control is no longer goaded.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Serene Sleuth by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Serene Sleuth

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

PrintingRarityYear
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #325Rare2024

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Serene Sleuth, newest first.

  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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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