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Nick Valentine, Private Eye
Oracle Text
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.")
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Character Background
Nick Valentine, Private Eye fits best in a blue value-tempo shell that can turn every traded artifact body into card selection and incremental advantage. A 2/2 for {2}{U} with near-unblockable pressure is already respectable, but the real strength is that he turns artifact creature deaths into Clues, letting you cash in board churn for extra cards while still pushing damage through most defenses. He works especially well alongside cheap artifact creatures, token makers, and sacrifice outlets, since each death potentially replaces itself with future gas. In a deck built around artifacts—especially one with repeatable artifacts to sacrifice or recur—Nick becomes a steady engine rather than just a beater. Pair him with artifact-heavy tempo cards or bounce effects to keep attacking while stocking Clues, and consider effects that make multiple artifact bodies at once so every sweep or trade advances your hand.
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Character Background
Nick Valentine, Private Eye fits best in a blue value-tempo shell that can turn every traded artifact body into card selection and incremental advantage. A 2/2 for {2}{U} with near-unblockable pressure is already respectable, but the real strength is that he turns artifact creature deaths into Clues, letting you cash in board churn for extra cards while still pushing damage through most defenses. He works especially well alongside cheap artifact creatures, token makers, and sacrifice outlets, since each death potentially replaces itself with future gas. In a deck built around artifacts—especially one with repeatable artifacts to sacrifice or recur—Nick becomes a steady engine rather than just a beater. Pair him with artifact-heavy tempo cards or bounce effects to keep attacking while stocking Clues, and consider effects that make multiple artifact bodies at once so every sweep or trade advances your hand.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 14:40:43 UTC