Turtle Power! by Xhadow13

Format: Commander

Commander: Leonardo, the Balance and Michelangelo, the Heart

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 11

Deck overview

This is a five-color Turtle-themed creature deck that builds a wide board, places +1/+1 counters, and converts tokens into combat pressure. The partner commanders provide incremental growth: Michelangelo, the Heart rewards attacking, while Leonardo, the Balance turns token creation into a team-wide counter. The clearest engine is Endless Foot Assault, which makes three attacking Ninjas each combat in a four-player game. The deck has strong thematic synergies with Felidar Retreat, Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon, Raphael, the Muscle, Leatherhead, Iron Gator, and Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute. Its main problems are slow assembly, weak tutoring, many tapped lands, and a lack of a compact or reliable final kill. Draw engines such as Fathom Mage, Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order, and Inspiring Call can produce strong turns when found, but they are not part of the ordinary commander-plus-enchantment checkpoint. The deck is best treated as a casual-to-mid-power combat engine, not a competitive combo or lock deck.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Animation Module
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcade Cabinet
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Baxter, Fly in the Ointment
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Continue?
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Donatello, the Brains
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Endless Foot Assault
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Falcon and Redwing
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heroes in a Half Shell
  • 1 Heroic Feast
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 High Score
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Leader's Talent
  • 1 Leatherhead, Iron Gator
  • 1 Leonardo, the Balance
  • 1 Lessons from Life
  • 1 Level Up
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Michelangelo, the Heart
  • 1 Mikey & Don, Party Planners
  • 1 Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Science Geek
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Ninja Pizza
  • 1 Ooze Spill
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Raphael, the Muscle
  • 1 Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Saved by the Shell
  • 1 Skystrike Officer
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Treats
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Tendershoot Dryad
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Turtles Forever
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Wave Goodbye