Fleeting Memories is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
When this enchantment enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, target player mills three cards.
How it works : Fleeting Memories
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If you sacrifice a Clue to pay the cost of a spell or ability, Fleeting Memories's second ability will resolve before that spell or ability.
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- #2· Wizards of the Coast
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.
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- #3· Wizards of the Coast
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.
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- #4· Wizards of the Coast
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.
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