Forensic Gadgeteer

Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective · two generic manaone blue mana

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Forensic Gadgeteer is part of 92 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Urza, Lord High Artificer and Krark-Clan Ironworks.

Forensic Gadgeteertwo generic manaone blue mana
Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "two generic mana, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost one generic mana less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Mana value
3
Power/Toughness
2/3
Keywords
Investigate
Color identity
one blue mana

Frequently combined with

The cards that most often join Forensic Gadgeteer across all of its 92 combos.

Roles in combos

What Forensic Gadgeteer provides to the combos it is part of.

  • Cost Reducer - Activated Abilities
  • Permanent with "Whenever a nontoken creature ETB/cast, create a creature token"
  • Permanent with "When you cast a spell, create a token"

Combos with Forensic Gadgeteer

92 combos legal in Commander.

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Basalt Monolith
Forensic Gadgeteer
Results in combo:
Infinite colorless mana

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
Etherium Sculptor
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
Foundry Inspector
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
Cloud Key
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
Jhoira's Familiar
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count

Color Identity: U, R

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
Enthusiastic Mechanaut
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
Glaring Fleshraker
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count
Near-infinite damage
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
Academy Manufactor
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite colored mana
Near-infinite Food tokens
Near-infinite lifegain
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Near-infinite storm count
Near-infinite Treasure tokens

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Pili-Pala
Forensic Gadgeteer
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Cast all spells in your library
Exile your library
Infinite colored mana

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
Semblance Anvil
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
Helm of Awakening
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
Shuri, Wakandan Inventor
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count

Color Identity: W, U

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
Urza, Lord Protector
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Forensic Gadgeteer
Efficient Construction
Sensei's Divining Top
Krark-Clan Ironworks
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Near-infinite creature ETB
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers

Color Identity: W, U

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
Voyager Quickwelder
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Forensic Gadgeteer
Efficient Construction
Sensei's Divining Top
Ashnod's Altar
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Near-infinite creature ETB
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
Ugin, the Ineffable
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count

Color Identity: U, R

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Forensic Gadgeteer
Sensei's Divining Top
The Immortal Sun
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Filigree Sages
Gilded Lotus
Forensic Gadgeteer
Results in combo:
Infinite colored mana
Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce
Infinite untap of artifacts you control
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