Merchant of Truth
~$0.42 low · ~$1.15 high
White. Creature — Angel Detective
Foundations Commander #39 · Illustrated by Carissa Susilo
Foundations Commander #39 · Illustrated by Carissa SusiloWhat is Merchant of Truth worth?
Highest TCGplayer price
~$1.15
Extended Art non-foil · Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #322
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Oracle text
Flying
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, investigate.
Clues you control have exalted. (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each instance of exalted among permanents you control.)
2/5
Format legality
All 3 printings of Merchant of Truth
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Foundations Commander fdc #39· 2026rare· Cardmarket €0.35 | rare | $0.42 | €0.35 | |
 Murders at Karlov Manor Commander mkc #11· 2024rare· Cardmarket €0.56 | rare | $0.82 | €0.56 | |
 Murders at Karlov Manor Commander mkc #322· 2024Extended Artrare· Cardmarket €0.51 | rare | $1.15 | €0.51 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2024
- Printings
- 3
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #6,381 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Flying, Investigate
- Artist
- Carissa Susilo
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Foundations Commander card (#39).
0039 · FDC · R · EN
- 0039Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- FDCSet code for Foundations Commander
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (8)
2024-02-02
Some abilities trigger “whenever you sacrifice a Clue”. Those abilities trigger whenever you sacrifice a Clue for any reason, not just to activate a Clue’s activated ability.
2024-02-02
If you control multiple Merchants of Truth, Clues you control will have multiple instances of exalted.
2024-02-02
If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth’s activated ability.
2024-02-02
Clue is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some cards with other permanent types, it’s never a creature type, a land type, or anything but an artifact type.
2024-02-02
You can’t sacrifice a Clue to pay multiple costs. For example, you can’t sacrifice a Clue token to activate its own ability and also to activate Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth’s ability.
2024-02-02
A creature attacks alone if it’s the only creature declared as an attacker during the declare attackers step (including creatures controlled by your teammates, if applicable). For example, exalted won’t trigger if you attack with multiple creatures and all but one of them are removed from combat. Similarly, creatures that enter the battlefield attacking later in combat won’t affect exalted abilities that have already triggered or resolved.
2024-02-02
If Merchant of Truth dies at the same time as one or more other nontoken creatures you control, its second ability will trigger for each of those creatures.
2024-02-02
Some spells and abilities that investigate may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won’t resolve. You won’t create any Clue tokens.
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