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Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth

Legendary Creature — Human Rogue

Whenever another creature you control dies, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a token, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{U}{B}
Color identity
BU
Rarity
mythic
Set
Midnight Hunt Commander
Price
$0.39
EDHREC rank
#10828
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Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth card art
Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth turns every token death into a free Surveil 1, and in a token-sacrifice shell that triggers dozens of times per game — that's card selection at a scale most five-drops can't touch. The cost is real: she does nothing alone and needs a steady supply of expendable creatures to matter, but in the right shell alongside cards like Inquisitor Greyfax or March of the Machines she's an engine piece, not a win condition.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Inquisitor Greyfax

Inquisitor Greyfax

25.7% of decks · synergy 0.25

Inquisitor Greyfax generates Clue tokens that become sacrifice fodder the moment they've been cracked, and Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth converts every one of those deaths into Surveil 1 — the two cards share a token-centric game plan so tightly that Eloise shows up in over a quarter of Greyfax lists.

02
Ashnod the Uncaring

Ashnod the Uncaring

20.6% of decks · synergy 0.20

Ashnod the Uncaring doubles every activated ability, which means Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth's Surveil triggers stack alongside whatever payoff Ashnod is copying — the combination rewards sacrifice-heavy decks that want both card selection and value multiplication on the same axis.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth is a Commander card through and through — her value scales with the number of triggers per game, and multiplayer token strategies are where that count gets high enough to justify a five-mana investment. In Legacy and Vintage she's technically legal but never played; five mana for a Surveil-on-a-stick is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand. Oathbreaker offers a narrower window, but the 20-life total compresses game length and makes a slow-building engine like Eloise a hard sell unless the signature spell accelerates her immediately.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

168 decks
Eloise, Nephalia SleuthCauldron FamiliarAcademy ManufactorAshnod's Altar

Eloise, Nephalia SleuthCauldron FamiliarAcademy ManufactorAshnod's Altar

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite card draw; Infinite lifeloss; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite Clue tokens; Infinite surveil

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Price Context

Current price

$0.39 bulk tier

At $0.39, Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth sits firmly in bulk territory, which is accurate — she's a niche engine piece with no competitive demand pulling her price up. Bulk rares with narrow applications tend to stay flat unless a new commander or precon pushes the archetype into the mainstream.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.