Card
Lonis, Cryptozoologist
Mana cost {G}{U}
Legendary Creature — Snake Elf Scout 1/2
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, investigate. {T}, Sacrifice X Clues: Target opponent reveals the top X cards of their library. You may put a nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield under your control. That player puts the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 32 known combos. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · MKC · #215
- Cheapest printing
- €0.15
- EDHREC salt
- 0.25
- Color identity
- Green, Blue
- Keywords
- Investigate
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
32 known combos.
- Lonis, Cryptozoologist + Shrieking Drake + Academy Manufactor
Produces: Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite Clue tokens, Infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook - Lonis, Cryptozoologist + Shrieking Drake + Urza, Lord High Artificer
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook - Lonis, Cryptozoologist + Jaheira, Friend of the Forest + Deadeye Navigator + Academy Manufactor
Produces: Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite blinking, Infinite card draw
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2021-06-18 · Wizards of the Coast
You can't sacrifice a Clue to activate its own ability and also to activate the ability of Lonis, Cryptozoologist. - 2021-06-18 · Wizards of the Coast
The token is named Clue Token and has the artifact subtype Clue. Clue isn't a creature type. - 2021-06-18 · Wizards of the Coast
The tokens are normal artifacts. For example, one can be sacrificed to activate the ability of Breya's Apprentice and one can be the target of Break Ties.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast