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Thraben Inspector

Card Name

Thraben Inspector

Mana Cost

Type

Creature – Human Soldier

Rarity

Common

rules Text

When Thraben Inspector enters the battlefield, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
2
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Flavor Text

"If you've been at this as long as I have, nothing can surprise you. That's the hope, at least."

Legal Formats

Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Standard

Rulings

(4/8/2016)
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.
(4/8/2016)
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.
(4/8/2016)
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.