Carnage Interpreter
Creature — Devil Detective
Oracle Text
When this creature enters, discard your hand, then investigate four times. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
As long as you have one or fewer cards in hand, this creature gets +2/+2 and has menace.
Rules for this card
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A keyword action that creates a Clue artifact token. See rule 701.16, “Investigate.”
Rulings (6)
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Wizards of the CoastSome 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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Wizards of the CoastOnce Carnage Interpreter has been blocked, causing it to gain menace by removing cards from your hand won't cause it to stop being blocked.
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Wizards of the CoastSome 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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Wizards of the CoastIf 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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Wizards of the CoastYou 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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Wizards of the CoastClue 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.