Unshakable Tail

Creature — Zombie Detective

Illustrated by Sean Murray

EDHREC Rank #7,768

When this creature enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from your library, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") , Sacrifice a Clue: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Rulings (6)

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.

Feb 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.

Feb 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.

Feb 2, 2024