Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Legendary Artifact Creature — Synth Detective · 
Nick Valentine, Private Eye is part of 96 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Displaced Dinosaurs and Academy Manufactor.
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Legendary Artifact Creature — Synth Detective
Nick Valentine can't be blocked except by artifact creatures.
Whenever Nick Valentine or another artifact creature you control dies, you may investigate. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
- Mana value
- 3
- Power/Toughness
- 2/2
- Keywords
- Investigate
- Color identity
Frequently combined with
The cards that most often join Nick Valentine, Private Eye across all of its 96 combos.
Roles in combos
Nick Valentine, Private Eye can stand in for these generic cards, so it also fits the combos that require them.
Combos with Nick Valentine, Private Eye
96 combos legal in Commander.
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Krark-Clan Ironworks
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite Clue tokens
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Ashnod's Altar
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite Clue tokens
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
March of the Machines
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Arcbound Ravager
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite Clue tokens
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Grinding Station
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite mill
Infinite self-mill
Infinite Clue tokens
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Phyrexian Altar
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite colored mana
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite Clue tokens
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Umbral Collar Zealot
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite Clue tokens
Infinite surveil
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Blasting Station
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite damage
Infinite Clue tokens
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Extruder
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite Clue tokens
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Altar of Dementia
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite mill
Infinite self-mill
Infinite Clue tokens
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Spawning Pit
Results in combo:
Infinite Clue tokens
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite charge counters on a permanent
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Viscera Seer
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite scry 1
Infinite Clue tokens
Color Identity: G, U
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Displaced Dinosaurs
Krark-Clan Ironworks
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite colorless mana
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Goblin Bombardment
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite damage
Infinite Clue tokens
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Woe Strider
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite scry 1
Infinite Clue tokens
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Phantom Train
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite Clue tokens
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Color Identity: W, U, B
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Bartolomé del Presidio
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite Clue tokens
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Stridehangar Automaton
Carrion Feeder
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite Clue tokens
Color Identity: G, U
Cards in combo:
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Displaced Dinosaurs
Arcbound Ravager
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Color Identity: G, U
Cards in combo:
Halsin, Emerald Archdruid
Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Krark-Clan Ironworks
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite card draw
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
