Confront the Unknown
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SetSIR
Collector #190
Released2023-03-21
Raritycommon
ArtistKev Walker
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Confront the Unknown

CommonColour IDMV 1
Instant
Investigate, then target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each Clue you control. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Keywords
Investigate
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2016-04-08Newest 2016-04-08Cheapest priced $0.09 in SOI
Rulings (5)
wotc8 Apr 2016
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.
wotc8 Apr 2016
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.
wotc8 Apr 2016
No player may take any action in between the two steps of Confront the Unknown, so the target creature will get at least +1/+1.
wotc8 Apr 2016
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.
wotc8 Apr 2016
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.