First printed in Mirrodin (2003)

All 3 prints

Reality Fracture Commander (FRC) #59, 2026
Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #140, 2024
Mirrodin (MRD) #230, 2003

Proteus Staff

Artifact

2 generic Blue , tap : 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.

In the last 30 days 0.2% of Commander decks played it (14 of 6150). Most played in Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero.

Combos

2 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite turns, Lock: Nexus of Fate + Proteus Staff
Infinite turns, Lock: Beacon of Tomorrows + Proteus Staff

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 14 of 6150 decks (0.2%).

Share of decks

0.2%

▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

14 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

25%

4 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero	5.7%	0%
Urza, Lord High Artificer	0.6%	3%
Vraska, Soul of Stone	0.5%	3%
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator	0.3%	15%
Jace, Multiverse Architect	0.3%	38%
Shorikai, Genesis Engine	0.2%	8%
Commodore Guff	0.0%	33%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Command Tower	93%	1.1
Arcane Signet	71%	1.1
Brainstorm	64%	15.1
Shivan Reef	64%	13.6
Fellwar Stone	64%	1.9
Exotic Orchard	64%	1.7
An Offer You Can't Refuse	64%	1.4
Polymorph	57%	234.3
Talisman of Progress	57%	14.5

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Obscurity in Commander Invitational Qualifier - Riddle & Rune	2-3 40%
Jace, Multiverse Architect Grant Kropf in Paragon Gaming October 10th Pre Con Tournament	2-3 40%
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero Jordan Z (Ban Rhystic) in Cian Colony Memorial Tournament 4	1-4 20%
Urza, Lord High Artificer Dylan Jeremí Collao Vargas in 2do Clasificatorio Nacional cEDH 2026 Sede La Serena	0-5 0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Daniel Johnston, 25 Oct	1 main	#48 0-4
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero Jordan Z (Ban Rhystic), 24 Oct	1 main	#40 1-4
Commodore Guff Adam Usher, 18 Oct	1 main	#33 0-2
Vraska, Soul of Stone Rhys Hartles, 18 Oct	1 main	#18 0-3
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Obscurity, 17 Oct	1 main	#8 2-3
Jace, Multiverse Architect Martin Sayago, 11 Oct	1 main	#1 2-0
Jace, Multiverse Architect Charles, 10 Oct	1 main	#2 3-1
Jace, Multiverse Architect Grant Kropf, 10 Oct	1 main	#3 2-3

No recent decks in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.