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Expose Evil
Instant
common
Tap up to two target creatures. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
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A spell that replaces itself by drawing a card as part of its resolution.
Puts additional cards into your hand. Includes direct draw, 'look/reveal and put into hand' effects, and conditional draw triggers.
Clue token and investigate synergies — card draw and artifact interactions.
Clue token and investigate synergies — card draw and artifact interactions.
A permanent with a repeatable activated ability that converts excess mana into value.
A keyword that lets a creature card be cast as a mutating creature spell. See rule 702.140, “Mutate.”
Creates creature tokens, Treasure tokens, Food tokens, Clue tokens, or other token types.
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Printings (2)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The List#SOI-19 | common | · | · | · |
| Shadows over Innistrad#19 | common | · | · | · |
Related Concepts
A keyword action that creates a Clue artifact token. See rule 701.16, “Investigate.”
Related Rules
Some keyword abilities, such as equip and modular, represent targeted activated or triggered abilities, and some keyword abilities, such as mutate, cause spells to have targets. In those cases, the phrase “target [something]” appears in the rule for that keyword ability rather than in the ability itself. (The keyword’s reminder text will often contain the word “target.”) See rule 702, “Keyword Abilities.”
Investigate
“Investigate” means “Create a Clue token.” See rule 111.10f.
Mutate
Mutate appears on some creature cards. It represents a static ability that functions while the spell with mutate is on the stack. “Mutate [cost]” means “You may pay [cost] rather than pay this spell’s mana cost. If you do, it becomes a mutating creature spell and targets a non-Human creature with the same owner as this spell.” Casting a spell using its mutate ability follows the rules for paying alternative costs (see 601.2b and 601.2f–h).
One keyword causes an object to merge with a permanent. See rule 702.140, “Mutate.”
Rulings
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.
You can cast Expose Evil with no targets if you only want to investigate.
If Expose Evil has at least one target and all of those targets become illegal, the spell doesn't resolve and you won't investigate.
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.
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.