Cowabunga! CEDH by SamaMetalBass

Format: Commander

Commander: Leonardo, the Balance and Donatello, the Brains

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This 5-color Commander deck utilizes Leonardo, the Balance and Donatello, the Brains to anchor a creature-centric combo and +1/+1 counters strategy. The primary game plan focuses on assembling compact, high-synergy creature loops rather than relying on slow combat buildup. Its fastest primary route pairs Rosie Cotton of South Lane with Basking Broodscale or Scurry Oak to produce infinite creature tokens and infinite mana on Turn 4. Highly redundant backup lines include the two-card infinite damage combo of Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute and The Red Terror, as well as infinite mana engines via Freed from the Real with Kami of Whispered Hopes or Mona Lisa, Science Geek. Supported by 8 dedicated tutors, high-velocity ramp, and elite free protection like Fierce Guardianship and Deflecting Swat, the deck quickly converts early acceleration into decisive game-ending states.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 April O'Neil, Human Element
  • 1 April O'Neil, Live on the Scene
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Donatello, the Brains
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hawkeye's Bow
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kid Loki
  • 1 Leonardo, the Balance
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Michelangelo, Mutant BFF
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Mighty Mutanimals
  • 1 Mikey & Don, Party Planners
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Ever Adaptable
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Science Geek
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mutagen Man, Living Ooze
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Raphael, Tough Turtle
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Saved by the Shell
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider-Sense
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 The Red Terror
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vigean Graftmage
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast