Officious Interrogation

Printings

  • Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM)#222
  • Murders at Karlov Manor Promos (PMKM)#222s
  • Murders at Karlov Manor Promos (PMKM)#222p
  • Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM)#314

Officious Interrogation

Card Information

Type: Instant

Mana Cost: White manaBlue mana

CMC: 2

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for UMana symbol for W

Set: Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM)

Rarity: Rare

Collector Number: 222

Oracle Text

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.

Keywords

Investigate

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Related Cards

Clue(Token Artifact — Clue)
Officious Interrogation(Instant)

Card Rulings

  1. February 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).

    Source: wotc
  2. February 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.

    Source: wotc
  3. February 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.

    Source: wotc
  4. February 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.

    Source: wotc
  5. February 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.

    Source: wotc
  6. February 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.

    Source: wotc
  7. February 2, 2024

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

    Source: wotc
  8. February 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.

    Source: wotc
  9. February 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.

    Source: wotc
  10. February 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.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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