Evidence Examiner (MKM #201)
Evidence Examiner is a uncommon printing from Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM #201), a Creature — Merfolk Detective. Illustrated by Paolo Puggioni.
Card text
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may collect evidence 4. (Exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater from your graveyard.)
Whenever you collect evidence, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Details
| Mana cost | {G}{U} |
|---|---|
| Type | Creature — Merfolk Detective |
| Power / Toughness | 2 / 2 |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Set | Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) |
| Collector number | 201 |
| Artist | Paolo Puggioni |
| Released | 2024-02-09 |
Current price
As of 2026-10-19, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $0.06, foil $0.08 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.
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Legality
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Future Standard | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Not legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Competitive Brawl | Legal |
| Alchemy | Not legal |
| Pauper Commander | Not legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| PrEDH | Not legal |
| TLR | Legal |
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Rulings
- February 2, 2024 — Evidence Examiner's last ability triggers whenever you collect evidence for any reason, not just when you collect evidence with its first ability.
- February 2, 2024 — If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
- February 2, 2024 — Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard to stop you from collecting evidence.
- February 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.
- February 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.
- February 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.
- February 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.
- February 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.