Proteus Staff

Proteus Staff

Artifact

Mana cost: {3}

How we read this card

Put target creature on the bottom of its owner's library. That creature's controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card. The player puts that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of their library in any order. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {2}{U}, {T} —

Causes: put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice, hits creature .

Works well with

hits creature — 2,283 cards in the game can cause this.

Proteus Staff can put:

  1. Kapsho Kitefins — onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Sharding Sphinx — onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Madame Web, Clairvoyant — onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Shadow Puppeteers — onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Screaming Swarm — onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Ultimecia, Temporal Threat — onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Deepfathom Skulker — onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Starwinder — onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Windreader Sphinx — onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Twins of Discord — onto the battlefield from your library

2,273 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is cast — 3,629 cards in the game can cause this (Proteus Staff is one).

When Proteus Staff is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

267 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Proteus Staff is one).

When Proteus Staff enters:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  4. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  5. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  6. Mirrorworks — makes a token

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 3,988 cards in the game can cause this (Proteus Staff is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Proteus Staff:

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  3. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token
  4. Dual Nature — exiles a creature

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,091 cards in the game can cause this (Proteus Staff is one).

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Proteus Staff, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  2. Extractor Demon — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Proteus Staff, Extractor Demon mills a card
  3. Aang, Airbending Master — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Proteus Staff, Aang, Airbending Master puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Dour Port-Mage — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Proteus Staff, Dour Port-Mage draws you 1 card
  5. Vela the Night-Clad — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Proteus Staff, Vela the Night-Clad makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Taeko, the Patient Avalanche — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Proteus Staff, Taeko, the Patient Avalanche scries
  7. Phantasmal Mount — When Phantasmal Mount leaves the battlefield thanks to Proteus Staff, it triggers
  8. Funeral March — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Proteus Staff, Funeral March makes a player sacrifice a creature
  9. Sally Sparrow — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Proteus Staff, Sally Sparrow triggers
  10. Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Proteus Staff, Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior triggers

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,580 cards in the game can cause this (Proteus Staff is one).

When Proteus Staff enters:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — gains you 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  9. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  10. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life

55 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,291 cards in the game can cause this (Proteus Staff is one).

When a creature enters thanks to Proteus Staff:

  1. Riku of Two Reflections — makes a token
  2. Samwise Gamgee — makes a token
  3. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — grants haste
  4. Preston, the Vanisher — makes a token
  5. Angelic Sell-Sword — makes a token
  6. Arni, Humble Scribe — untaps itself
  7. Saradoc, Master of Buckland — makes a token
  8. Bramble Sovereign — makes a token
  9. Lonis, Cryptozoologist — triggers
  10. Radiant Solar — triggers

23 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,635 cards in the game can cause this (Proteus Staff is one).

  1. Master of Winds — When Master of Winds enters thanks to Proteus Staff, it draws you 2 cards
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature enters thanks to Proteus Staff, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple gains you 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature enters thanks to Proteus Staff, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature enters thanks to Proteus Staff, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim gains you 1 life
  5. Glaring Fleshraker — When a creature enters thanks to Proteus Staff, Glaring Fleshraker deals 1 damage
  6. Flame-Kin War Scout — When a creature enters thanks to Proteus Staff, Flame-Kin War Scout sacrifices itself
  7. Mogg Bombers — When a creature enters thanks to Proteus Staff, Mogg Bombers sacrifices itself

320 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,290 cards in the game can cause this (Proteus Staff is one).

  1. T'Challa, the Black Panther — When T'Challa, the Black Panther enters thanks to Proteus Staff, it makes a token
  2. Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival — When Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival enters thanks to Proteus Staff, it shrinks a creature by -2/-2
  3. Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus — When Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus enters thanks to Proteus Staff, it triggers

43 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.