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    Detective of the Month

    Creature — Human Detective

    Detective of the Month

    Illustrated by Stella Spente

    EDHREC Rank #6,456
    Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) As long as you have the city's blessing, Detectives you control can't be blocked. Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 white and blue Detective creature token.

    Rulings (7)

    If you control ten permanents but don’t control a permanent or resolving spell with ascend, you don’t get the city’s blessing. For example, if you control ten permanents, lose control of two, then cast Detective of the Month, you won’t have the city’s blessing.

    Feb 2, 2024

    If your tenth permanent enters the battlefield and then a permanent leaves the battlefield immediately afterwards (most likely due to the “legend rule” or due to being a creature with 0 toughness), you get the city’s blessing before it leaves the battlefield.

    Feb 2, 2024

    Once you have the city’s blessing, you have it for the rest of the game, even if you lose control of some or all your permanents. The city’s blessing isn’t a permanent itself and can’t be removed by any effect.

    Feb 2, 2024

    Legality

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    Commander

    Competitive

    Printings (2)

    Detective of the Month — Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
    MKC#21$0.35
    Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
    Detective of the Month — Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
    MKC#331$0.43
    Murders at Karlov Manor Commander