---
name: "Proteus Staff"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MB2"
set_name: "Mystery Booster 2"
collector_number: "140"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Trevor Hairsine"
oracle_id: "97024e8e-dfde-4769-bc27-c3d6fad19e7c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/proteus-staff-mb2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Proteus Staff
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{2}{U}, {T}: 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Misleading Motes](/printing/misleading-motes-woe.md) — Instant
2. [Repel](/printing/repel-ody.md) — Instant
3. [Time Ebb](/printing/time-ebb-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Forced Retreat](/printing/forced-retreat-me3.md) — Sorcery
5. [Run Aground](/printing/run-aground-xln.md) — Instant
6. [Chronostutter](/printing/chronostutter-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #140
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Trevor Hairsine
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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