Sophia, Dogged Detective
Legendary Creature — Human Detective
Rarity
Mythic
Mana Cost
Artist
Campbell White
Power / Toughness
3 / 4
Oracle Text
When Sophia enters, create Tiny, a legendary 2/2 green Dog Detective creature token with trample., Sacrifice an artifact token: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Dog you control.
Whenever a Dog you control deals combat damage to a player, create a Food token, then investigate.
Rules for this card
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A keyword action that creates a Clue artifact token. See rule 701.16, “Investigate.”
Rulings (8)
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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 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.
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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 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 CoastYou can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
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Wizards of the CoastWhatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
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Wizards of the CoastFood is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.