First printed in Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024)
Creature — Human Detective
As this creature enters, choose Believe or Doubt.
• Believe — Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 2/2 black Horror enchantment creature token.
• Doubt — At the beginning of your end step, you may return a nonland permanent you own to your hand. If you do, draw a card.
3/4
- Illustrated by
- Viko Menezes
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Ruling (1)
- If you somehow control Phenomenon Investigators and no choice was made for it (perhaps because another permanent on the battlefield became a copy of it, or it was manifested and later turned face up), it has neither of the two triggered abilities, no matter how much you want to believe (or doubt).
Prices
MTGO price: 0.06 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
132 combos, the most popular first:
- Lock, Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you…: Phenomenon Investigators + The One Ring
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Phenomenon Investigators + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Viscera Seer
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Phenomenon Investigators + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Woe Strider
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Bastion of Remembrance + Phenomenon Investigators + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Phenomenon Investigators + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Zulaport Cutthroat (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Carrion Feeder + Phenomenon Investigators + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Nether Traitor + Phenomenon Investigators + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Phenomenon Investigators + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Umbral Collar Zealot
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Blood Artist + Phenomenon Investigators + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Phenomenon Investigators + Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician (+ 1 other requirement)