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Officious Interrogation

{W}{U}

Instant

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"Oh gods, here come the verity circles. Do the Azorius ever tire of them?" —Alquist Proft, case notes

Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 50–1600
Illustrator
Eliz Roxs
Found in
Murders at Karlov Manor Collector Booster Pack · Murders at Karlov Manor Collector Booster Sample Pack · Murders at Karlov Manor Play Booster Pack
Printings4CombosIn 3
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
This spell costs {W}{U} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Choose any number of target players. Investigate X times, where X is the total number of creatures those players control.

Plays as: Clue Maker

Market · per finishspark updated 12h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-3.4%
$0.28
$0.04 low-$0.04 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.35
$0.21 low$0.05 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.28· across 4 printings

Rulings

10 · latest Feb 2, 2024 · one tap opens all
  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    Any target players that are no longer legal targets by the time Officious Interrogation resolves won't have their creatures counted when determining how many tokens you create.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    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.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    If a spell or ability allows you to cast Officious Interrogation without paying its mana cost, you must still pay the additional cost for any targets beyond the first.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    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.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    If this spell is copied and the effect that copies the spell allows a player to choose new targets for the copy, the number of targets can't be changed. The player may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, the player can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    Officious Interrogation's mana value doesn't change no matter how many targets it has.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    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.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    Some 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.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    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.

  • WotCFeb 2, 2024

    You choose how many targets Officious Interrogation has and what those targets are as you cast it. You can't choose the same target more than once. It's legal to cast Officious Interrogation with no targets, although this particular option should be placed under some serious scrutiny.