Detective of the Month
Creature — Human Detective
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.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #6305
Detective of the Month drops a 2/2 Detective token onto the board every end step where you drew two or more cards — a persistent, low-maintenance threat that rewards the draw-heavy strategy you're already running. The cost is four mana in blue-white, which is steep enough that you only run it in a deck built around clue production or mass card draw, and Morska, Undersea Sleuth is the clearest home for it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Morska, Undersea Sleuth
Morska, Undersea Sleuth triggers off clues and rewards drawing cards repeatedly, so Detective of the Month reliably fires every turn and floods the board with tokens that Morska can then leverage for further value — 73% of Morska decks run it for a reason.
The Council of Four
The Council of Four draws cards whenever opponents cast multicolored spells, which means Detective of the Month's end-step trigger fires consistently even without dedicated draw support in your own turn.
Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra
Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra cares about clues and investigation, and Detective of the Month feeds that synergy directly by creating Detective tokens that slot into the creature-type and artifact-token payoffs the deck builds around.
Vnwxt, Verbose Host
Vnwxt, Verbose Host draws cards based on word counts, generating the repeated draw triggers that Detective of the Month needs to produce tokens every single end step.
Zimone and Dina
Zimone and Dina combines drawing extra cards with life drain payoffs, and Detective of the Month converts those draw-two events into a growing board presence that pressures opponents from a different angle.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Detective of the Month is a Commander card through and through — the four-mana cost and slow token accumulation are calibrated for a 40-life multiplayer game where you have multiple end steps to exploit. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, the card does nothing competitive; no 60-card format wants a four-mana enchantment that generates vanilla 2/2s on a conditional trigger. Commander is the only context where the engine matters, specifically in Dimir or Azorius shells that draw two or more cards per turn reliably.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Detective of the Month sits firmly in bulk territory, which is accurate given its narrow playability outside dedicated Morska, Undersea Sleuth builds. There's no reason to expect price movement in either direction — it's a role-player, not a staple, and bulk is where it belongs.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Morska, Undersea Sleuth
- The Council of Four
- Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra
- Vnwxt, Verbose Host
- Zimone and Dina
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.