Drag the Canal

Drag the Canal {U}{B}

Instant
Create a 2/2 white and blue Detective creature token. If a creature died this turn, you gain 2 life, surveil 2, then investigate.
"Let's gather what we can before the Golgari tidy up the scene."
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Legalities
Rulings
  • 2024-02-02 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.
  • 2024-02-02 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.
  • 2024-02-02 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.
  • 2024-02-02 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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Printings
  • Murders at Karlov Manor Promos — 199p 199s (rare)
  • Murders at Karlov Manor 199 415 (rare)

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Foreign names
  • 梳理运河
  • Kanaldurchsuchung
  • Draguer le canal
  • Dragare il Canale
  • 運河浚い
  • Dragar o Canal
  • Inspeccionar el canal