Private Eye
Creature — Homunculus Detective
Other Detectives you control get +1/+1.
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, target Detective can't be blocked this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #17225
Private Eye puts a Clue on the table the moment it enters, turning every future Clue you sacrifice into a free scry 1 — card selection stapled onto an already-useful token generator. At two mana for a 1/3 with immediate value, the floor is high enough that Morska, Undersea Sleuth decks run it without a second thought.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Morska, Undersea Sleuth
Morska, Undersea Sleuth rewards every Clue sacrifice with an extra card, so Private Eye's enter-the-battlefield Clue and its scry-on-sacrifice trigger both feed directly into that engine — it's a two-mana piece that generates value on arrival and keeps generating it every time you crack an artifact.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Private Eye slots cleanly into any Clue or artifact-sacrifice strategy — the scry-on-sacrifice trigger compounds fast when you're cracking multiple Clues per turn cycle. Constructed formats are legal across the board, but a 1/3 for two that makes a single Clue isn't competing with dedicated draw spells in Modern or Pioneer, where tempo demands are higher and the Clue-sacrifice payoff loop rarely comes online fast enough. Standard is the friendliest non-Commander home if a Clue-matters shell exists in the current rotation. Private Eye is a Commander card first.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Private Eye is bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or toss into any Clue deck without budget consideration. Bulk commons and uncommons with niche synergy tend to stay in this range unless a breakout deck pushes demand, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.