First printed in Fallout (2024)
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.")
"Your case is my top concern."
2/2
- Illustrated by
- Viko Menezes
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Ruling (1)
- Once Nick Valentine has been blocked, making the blocking creature stop being an artifact won't cause Nick Valentine to become unblocked.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.21 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
96 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite creature LTB…: Krark-Clan Ironworks + Nick Valentine, Private Eye + Stridehangar Automaton
- Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite creature LTB…: Ashnod's Altar + Nick Valentine, Private Eye + Stridehangar Automaton
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: March of the Machines + Nick Valentine, Private Eye
- Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite creature LTB…: Arcbound Ravager + Nick Valentine, Private Eye + Stridehangar Automaton
- Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite creature LTB…: Grinding Station + Nick Valentine, Private Eye + Stridehangar Automaton
- Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite creature LTB…: Nick Valentine, Private Eye + Phyrexian Altar + Stridehangar Automaton
- Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite creature LTB…: Nick Valentine, Private Eye + Stridehangar Automaton + Umbral Collar Zealot
- Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite creature LTB…: Blasting Station + Nick Valentine, Private Eye + Stridehangar Automaton
- Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite creature LTB…: Extruder + Nick Valentine, Private Eye + Stridehangar Automaton
- Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite creature LTB…: Altar of Dementia + Nick Valentine, Private Eye + Stridehangar Automaton
