Centaur Detective of Quiet Gains

Innocuous Researcher rewards patient attackers and card advantage strategies. The card combines Parley driven information exchange with a repeatable investigate engine when it attacks, letting you convert opponents top cards into Clues and incremental value. Its three power makes it a credible attacker while the four toughness helps it trade favorably in a slower metagame.

Play it when you need steady draw and board resilience. The end step untap ability offers a land based tempo window that charges future turns at the cost of a brief spell lock. This fits deck plans that want to ramp, sacrifice Clues for value, or set up big single turn plays after a quiet exchange of information.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {3}{G}
• Card Type – Creature
• Subtypes – Centaur Detective
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Parley — Whenever Innocuous Researcher attacks, each player reveals the top card of their library. For each nonland card revealed this way, you investigate. Then each player draws a card. At the beginning of your end step, you may untap all lands you control. If you do, you can’t cast spells until your next turn.
• Power / Toughness – 3/4