Sophia, Dogged Detective

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Sophia, Dogged Detective: Legendary Creature - Human Detective, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{G}{W}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Detective
Colour identity
White, blue and green (WUG)
Power / toughness
3/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
8
Artist
Campbell White
Commander rank
12,833 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Food, Investigate
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Sophia, Dogged Detective

Sophia, Dogged Detective is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white, blue and green legendary creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 8 in that set, with art by Campbell White. It costs {1}{G}{W}{U} (one generic, one white, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is white, blue and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from The List (2020) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.49 (foil finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

When Sophia enters, create Tiny, a legendary 2/2 green Dog Detective creature token with trample.

{1}, Sacrifice an artifact token: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Dog you control.

Whenever a Dog you control deals combat damage to a player, create a Food token, then investigate.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the foil finish of this printing: $0.49 (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 Sophia, Dogged Detective by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Sophia, Dogged Detective

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

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #MKC-8Mythic2025
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #319Mythic2024

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Sophia, Dogged Detective, newest first.

  • Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
  • Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
  • You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider'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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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