---
name: "Clone Shell"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Imprint"]
set: "2XM"
set_name: "Double Masters"
collector_number: "241"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Volkan Baǵa"
oracle_id: "94ab7d13-bcd7-419f-9e68-bd8e7ef66d42"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/clone-shell-2xm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Clone Shell
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Imprint

## Oracle Text
Imprint — When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
When this creature dies, turn the exiled card face up. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield under your control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Compleated Clone Shell](/printing/compleated-clone-shell-unk.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
2. [Duplicant](/printing/duplicant-moc.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Clone](/printing/clone-10e.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Summoner's Egg](/printing/summoners-egg-5dn.md) — Artifact Creature — Egg
5. [Death-Mask Duplicant](/printing/death-mask-duplicant-dst.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Double Masters (2XM) #241
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Volkan Baǵa
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`