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Forensic Gadgeteer (showcase)
Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost 
less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.
2/3
Illustrated by: Vance Kelly
Watermark: N/A
Legal Formats
Alchemy
Brawl
Commander
Duel
Explorer
Future
Gladiator
Historic
Legacy
Modern
Oathbreaker
Oldschool
Pauper
Paupercommander
Penny
Pioneer
Predh
Premodern
Standard
Standardbrawl
Timeless
Vintage
Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM)
#342 - rare - en
Sets & Prices
| Prints | USD | USD Foil | TIX |
| Murders at Karlov Manor | $1.74 | $2.50 | 0.02 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Promos | - | $4.52 | - |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Promos | $2.60 | $2.76 | - |
| Murders at Karlov Manor | $1.66 | $2.28 | 0.02 |
Rulings
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") are unaffected by the cost reduction ability of Forensic Gadgeteer.
(2024-02-02)
Forensic Gadgeteer's last ability affects only abilities of artifacts you control on the battlefield. The costs of activated abilities of artifact cards that work in other zones, such as cycling, won't be reduced.
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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.
(2024-02-02)
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.
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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.
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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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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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