Have you got a clue? If you haven’t, then you probably need to start Investigating. Shadows Over Innistrad brought us investigating and clue tokens, a little twist on normal cantrips. Instead of getting your card right away, you get a token that you can sacrifice later on for a card. And there’s even some cards that give you bonuses for the clues you sacrifice. Cards like Daring Sleuth, who transforms when you sacrifice a clue, or Graf Mole, that gives you life when you sacrifice a clue. But it’s not just sacrificing the clue using its ability to draw a card that can give you those bonuses. Can you figure it out?

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Have you solved the mystery yet? Those cards (among others) just care about you sacrificing a clue. But it doesn’t specify sacrificing the clue to its own ability! For instance, let’s take a look at Angelic Purge. To cast it, you have to sacrifice a permanent. A clue token is a permanent, and can be sacrificed to cast the Purge. And since you sacrificed a clue, your Daring Sleuth is going to transform into Bearer of Overwhelming Truths, and you’re going to gain two life from the Mole! See, sometimes the answer isn’t obvious, and you need to follow the clues in a different direction to find your answer.

Today’s Rules Tip written by Nathan Long