Mana Value
4
Rarity
uncommon
Surveillance Monitor
Creature — Vedalken Detective
Card Text
When this creature enters, you may collect evidence 4. (Exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater from your graveyard.) Whenever you collect evidence, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
Keywords
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor
(MKM)
EDHREC Rank
#26,541
Surveillance Monitor's last ability triggers whenever you collect evidence for any reason, not just when you collect evidence with its first ability.
Wotc — February 02, 2024
If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
Wotc — February 02, 2024
Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard to stop you from collecting evidence.
Wotc — February 02, 2024
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