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Sophia, Dogged Detective

Legendary Creature — Human Detective

When Sophia enters, create Tiny, a legendary 2/2 green Dog Detective creature token with trample.
{1}, Sacrifice an artifact token: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Dog you control.
Whenever a Dog you control deals combat damage to a player, create a Food token, then investigate.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{1}{G}{W}{U}
Color identity
GUW
Rarity
mythic
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#12042
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Sophia, Dogged Detective card art
Sophia, Dogged Detective generates a Clue token every time a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, turning their board development into card-draw fuel for you. Lonis, Genetics Expert players were already looking for exactly this effect, and Sophia delivers it on a cheap, resilient body.

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

Sophia, Dogged Detective is a Commander card through and through — the effect scales directly with the number of opponents developing boards, which means four-player pods are where it pays off most. In Legacy and Vintage, where creature counts are lower and the game ends too fast, Sophia's incremental Clue generation rarely accumulates enough value to matter. Oathbreaker sits closer to Commander in terms of board development patterns, so Sophia is serviceable there in the right Clue-synergy shell.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Sophia, Dogged DetectiveLonis, Genetics ExpertBasking BroodscaleXenograft

Sophia, Dogged DetectiveLonis, Genetics ExpertBasking BroodscaleXenograft

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data for Sophia, Dogged Detective isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. Given its niche but real appeal in Clue-synergy Commander builds, it's worth picking up if the price is low — this kind of passive draw engine tends to hold steady demand.

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