Card
Piper Wright, Publick Reporter
Mana cost {1}{U}
Legendary Creature — Human Detective 1/2
Whenever Piper Wright deals combat damage to a player, investigate that many times. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Part of 13 known combos, 2 of them two-card. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · PIP · #36
- Cheapest printing
- €0.27
- EDHREC salt
- 0.41
- Color identity
- Blue
- Keywords
- Investigate
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Time Sieve, Sage of Hours
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Time Sieve, Sage of Hours
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Time Sieve, Sage of Hours
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Time Sieve, Sage of Hours (early with Time Sieve, Sage of Hours)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
13 known combos, 2 of them two-card.
- Piper Wright, Publick Reporter + Time Sieve
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Lonis, Genetics Expert + Piper Wright, Publick Reporter + Krark-Clan Ironworks
Produces: Infinite colorless mana, Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Piper Wright, Publick Reporter + Sage of Hours
Produces: Near-infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2024-03-08 · Wizards of the Coast
If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, if you sacrifice a nontoken Clue artifact, such as Candy Trail from the Wilds of Eldraine set, Piper Wright's last ability will trigger. - 2024-03-08 · Wizards of the Coast
Piper Wright's last ability triggers whenever you sacrifice a Clue for any reason, not just to activate a Clue's activated ability.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast