turtles by user6478290

Format: Commander

Commander: April O'Neil, Live on the Scene and Leonardo, the Balance

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color tribal aggressive strategy led by April O'Neil, Live on the Scene and Leonardo, the Balance. The game plan focuses on deploying low-cost Mutants, Ninjas, and Turtles to trigger April's investigate ability, creating artifact Clue tokens on entry. Each token created triggers Leonardo once each turn, placing +1/+1 counters on your entire creature army. The deck turns this steady growth into decisive combat pressure using Leonardo's five-color activated ability, which grants menace, trample, and lifelink to all creatures. Complementary payoffs like Doubling Season, Raphael, the Muscle, Shredder, Shadow Master, and Overwhelming Stampede amplify damage and push through opposing blockers. Resilience artifacts such as The Ozolith and Resourceful Defense ensure counter investment survives creature removal. While the deck boasts high synergy and steady board development, it relies on combat damage and lacks stack interaction or instant noncreature answers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 April O'Neil, Human Element
  • 1 April O'Neil, Live on the Scene
  • 1 Arcade Cabinet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Baxter, Fly in the Ointment
  • 1 Bebop, Skull & Crossbones
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Campsite Cuisine
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Cowabunga!
  • 1 Dancing from Dark to Dawn
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Don & Raph, Hard Science
  • 1 Donatello, Gadget Master
  • 1 Donatello, the Brains
  • 1 Double Jump // Flying Kick
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Genghis Frog
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guac & Marshmallow Pizza
  • 1 Heroes in a Half Shell
  • 1 Heroic Feast
  • 1 High Score
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Junktown
  • 1 Leader's Talent
  • 1 Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker
  • 1 Leonardo's Technique
  • 1 Leonardo, Cutting Edge
  • 1 Leonardo, the Balance
  • 1 Madame Null, Power Broker
  • 1 Manhole Cover
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Michelangelo's Technique
  • 1 Michelangelo, Improviser
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Michelangelo, the Heart
  • 1 Mikey & Don, Party Planners
  • 1 Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Science Geek
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mutagen Man, Living Ooze
  • 1 Omni-Cheese Pizza
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Party Dude
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Raph & Leo, Sibling Rivals
  • 1 Raphael's Technique
  • 1 Raphael, Ninja Destroyer
  • 1 Raphael, the Muscle
  • 1 Raphael, the Nightwatcher
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder
  • 1 Savanti Romero, Time's Exile
  • 1 Saved by the Shell
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shellshock
  • 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Super Combo
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swift Demise
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Turtle Van
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Wooded Foothills