Gleaming Geardrake — Clues on the Wing
Gleaming Geardrake is an artifact creature that brings steady value to artifact heavy or clue driven decks. For two mana you get a flying 1 1 that immediately generates a Clue token on arrival and grows each time you sacrifice an artifact. It slots well alongside sacrifice outlets and card draw engines where the investigate trigger and the sacrifice growth combine to push early air pressure into a mid game threat.
Play it on curve, then convert the Clue into card advantage while feeding your sacrifice synergies. The creature is compact but scales with artifact sacrifice lines and works cleanly in tempo focused blue red shells or in builds that abuse Clue artifacts. There is a bit of Karlov Manor story in the design, where clever tinkering yields small proofs that lead to larger discoveries and then to an oversized drake that keeps investigating for answers.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost — {U}{R}
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Card Type — Artifact Creature
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Subtypes — Drake
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) — Flying. When Gleaming Geardrake enters the battlefield, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It is an artifact with "2, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on Gleaming Geardrake.
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Power / Toughness — 1/1
