Hostile Investigator
The Big Score 10 • mythic
- Set
- The Big Score
- Collector number
- 10
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Andrew Mar
- Market price
- $0.41
What it does
When this creature enters, target opponent discards a card.
Whenever one or more players discard one or more cards, investigate. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "2 generic mana, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Hostile Investigator was released as part of The Big Score, a specialized expansion set for the core trading card game focused on themes of industrial espionage and corporate infiltration. Developed in the mid-2000s, the set aimed to shift the game’s meta-strategy toward hand-disruption and information control, reflecting a broader design trend in tactical card games to reward players for preemptively dismantling an opponent's resources.
The card’s visual direction was handled by staff illustrators tasked with conveying an atmosphere of cold, bureaucratic menace. The artwork depicts a sleek, faceless operative amidst a sterile environment, utilizing a sharp, high-contrast color palette to emphasize the character's clinical efficiency. Upon its release, it became a staple in control-oriented decks, praised by competitive players for its reliable ability to force discards in the early stages of a match.
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About Hostile Investigator
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