Root Out

Sorcery

Shadows over Innistrad·#224·common·Daniel Ljunggren

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Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Legal in

Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Pauper

Rulings (4)

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.

2016-04-08

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.

2016-04-08

You can't cast a spell without choosing legal targets. If all of those targets become illegal, the spell doesn't resolve and you won't investigate.

2016-04-08

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.