---
name: "Sakashima's Protege"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flash", "Cascade"]
set: "CMR"
set_name: "Commander Legends"
collector_number: "90"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tyler Walpole"
oracle_id: "cf127842-5fb1-44df-8d91-8cc0f48c559a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sakashimas-protege-cmr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sakashima's Protege
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1
- **Keywords:** Flash, Cascade

## Oracle Text
Flash
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any permanent that entered this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty](/printing/imoti-celebrant-of-bounty-cmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Snake Druid
2. [Shardless Agent](/printing/shardless-agent-mh2.md) — Artifact Creature — Human Rogue
3. [Waxen Shapethief](/printing/waxen-shapethief-dft.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Stunt Double](/printing/stunt-double-pz2.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Shadow Kin](/printing/shadow-kin-mic.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Quandrix, the Proof](/printing/quandrix-the-proof-sos.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends (CMR) #90
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tyler Walpole
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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