Sophia, Dogged Detective 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 Sophia enters, create Tiny, a legendary 2/2 green Dog Detective creature token with trample., Sacrifice an artifact token: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Dog you control. Whenever a Dog you control deals combat damage to a player, create a Food token, then investigate.
How it works : Sophia, Dogged Detective
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
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- #2· Wizards of the Coast
You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
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- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
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- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Some spells and abilities that investigate may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't create any Clue tokens.
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- #5· 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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- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Some abilities trigger "whenever you sacrifice a Clue". Those abilities trigger whenever you sacrifice a Clue for any reason, not just to activate a Clue's activated ability.
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- #7· 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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- #8· 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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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Sophia, Dogged Detective + Lonis, Genetics Expert + Basking Broodscale + Maskwood Nexus
- 1Activate Sophia by paying and sacrificing an artifact token.
- 2If the token was a Clue, Lonis's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- 3Resolve the Sophia ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 4Lonis's first ability and Basking Broodscale trigger, creating a Clue token and a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
- 5Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding
. - 6Repeat.
Sophia, Dogged Detective + Lonis, Genetics Expert + Basking Broodscale + Leyline of Transformation
- 1Activate Sophia by paying and sacrificing an artifact token.
- 2If the token was a Clue, Lonis's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- 3Resolve the Sophia ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 4Lonis's first ability and Basking Broodscale trigger, creating a Clue token and a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
- 5Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Repeat.
Sophia, Dogged Detective + Lonis, Genetics Expert + Basking Broodscale + Arcane Adaptation
- 1Activate Sophia by paying and sacrificing an artifact token.
- 2If the token was a Clue, Lonis's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- 3Resolve the Sophia ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 4Lonis's first ability and Basking Broodscale trigger, creating a Clue token and a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
- 5Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Repeat.
Sophia, Dogged Detective + Lonis, Genetics Expert + Cryptic Trilobite + Maskwood Nexus
- 1Activate Sophia by paying and sacrificing an artifact token.
- 2If the token was a Clue, Lonis's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- 3Resolve the Sophia ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 4Lonis's first ability triggers, creating a Clue token.
- 5Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding that can only be spent to activate abilities.
- 6Repeat.
Sophia, Dogged Detective + Lonis, Genetics Expert + Cryptic Trilobite + Leyline of Transformation
- 1Activate Sophia by paying and sacrificing an artifact token.
- 2If the token was a Clue, Lonis's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- 3Resolve the Sophia ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 4Lonis's first ability triggers, creating a Clue token.
- 5Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding that can only be spent to activate abilities.
- 6Repeat.
Sophia, Dogged Detective + Lonis, Genetics Expert + Basking Broodscale + Xenograft
- 1Activate Sophia by paying and sacrificing an artifact token.
- 2If the token was a Clue, Lonis's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- 3Resolve the Sophia ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 4Lonis's first ability and Basking Broodscale trigger, creating a Clue token and a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
- 5Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Repeat.
Sophia, Dogged Detective + Lonis, Genetics Expert + Cryptic Trilobite + Arcane Adaptation
- 1Activate Sophia by paying and sacrificing an artifact token.
- 2If the token was a Clue, Lonis's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- 3Resolve the Sophia ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 4Lonis's first ability triggers, creating a Clue token.
- 5Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding that can only be spent to activate abilities.
- 6Repeat.
Sophia, Dogged Detective + Lonis, Genetics Expert + Cryptic Trilobite + Xenograft
- 1Activate Sophia by paying and sacrificing an artifact token.
- 2If the token was a Clue, Lonis's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- 3Resolve the Sophia ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 4Lonis's first ability triggers, creating a Clue token.
- 5Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding that can only be spent to activate abilities.
- 6Repeat.
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