Forensic Gadgeteer (Murders at Karlov Manor) - Gatherer

Forensic Gadgeteer

Other Variations:

1 2

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Forensic Gadgeteer

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective

Card Text:

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate.

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.

P/T:

2 / 3

Expansion:

Murders at Karlov Manor

Rarity:

Rare

Card Number:

342

Artist:

Vance Kelly

Language:

English

Rulings

2/2/2024	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.
2/2/2024	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.
2/2/2024	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.
2/2/2024	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.
2/2/2024	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.
2/2/2024	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.
2/2/2024	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.