Card

Nick Valentine, Private Eye

Mana cost {2}{U}

Legendary Artifact Creature — Synth Detective 2/2

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 "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Part of 96 known combos, one of them two-card. 1 official ruling.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Rare · PIP · #35
Cheapest printing
€0.21
EDHREC salt
0.43
Color identity
Blue
Keywords
Investigate

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: March of the Machines
  • B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: March of the Machines
  • B3 Upgraded — allowed: Its two-card combos are not early, which Bracket 3 allows
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • Two-card combo with March of the Machines (none of them early)

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

96 known combos, one of them two-card.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2024-03-08 · Wizards of the Coast
    Once Nick Valentine has been blocked, making the blocking creature stop being an artifact won't cause Nick Valentine to become unblocked.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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