Clone Shell
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This printing
Set2XM
Collector #241
Released2020-08-07
Rarityuncommon
ArtistVolkan Baǵa
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Clone Shell

UncommonMV 5
Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
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.
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Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2010-10-01Newest 2010-10-01Cheapest priced $0.11 in SOM
Rulings (3)
wotc7 Aug 2020
As Clone Shell's first ability resolves, you must exile one of the cards you look at, even if none of them is a creature card.
wotc7 Aug 2020
If you gain control of another player's Clone Shell, you can't look at the face-down exiled card. However, if Clone Shell dies, you turn that card face up and, if it's a creature card, you put it onto the battlefield under your control.
wotc7 Aug 2020
As Clone Shell's second ability resolves, if the exiled card is not a creature card, it simply remains in exile face up.