Forensic Gadgeteer

Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective

Murders at Karlov Manor·#57·rare·Volkan Baǵa

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Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Legal in

Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, Historic

Rulings (7)

Forensic Gadgeteer's last ability affects only abilities of artifacts you control on the battlefield. The costs of activated abilities of artifact cards that work in other zones, such as cycling, won't be reduced.

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

Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") are unaffected by the cost reduction ability of Forensic Gadgeteer.

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.