TMNT Pure by Rennealan

Format: Commander

Commander: Heroes in a Half Shell

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This five-color Commander deck centers on Heroes in a Half Shell, leveraging Mutant, Ninja, and Turtle typeline synergies alongside a robust +1/+1 counter theme. Early turns focus on developing mana fixing and deploying low-curve creatures like Michelangelo, the Heart and Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute. Once the commander enters on Turn 5, its built-in haste, trample, and menace ensure immediate combat damage, triggering team-wide +1/+1 counter distribution and multiple card draws. The mid-game capitalizes on powerful force multipliers such as Doubling Season, Raphael, the Muscle, and All Will Be One to amplify combat stats and direct burn. Asymmetric tools like Wave Goodbye clear opposing defenses while preserving counter-laden attackers. The deck closes games through overwhelming combat steps and extra attack phases via Raphael, Tag Team Tough and Waves of Aggression, overrunning the table across Turns 6 to 8 while maintaining steady card advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcade Cabinet
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Big Apple, 3 a.m.
  • 1 Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Continue?
  • 1 Cowabunga!
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Donatello's Technique
  • 1 Donatello, Rad Scientist
  • 1 Donatello, the Brains
  • 1 Double Jump // Flying Kick
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Grand Coliseum
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Heroes in a Half Shell
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 High Score
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jennika, Bad Apple Big Sister
  • 1 Leonardo, the Balance
  • 1 Lessons from Life
  • 1 Level Up
  • 1 Michelangelo's Technique
  • 1 Michelangelo, Mutant BFF
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Michelangelo, the Heart
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Ever Adaptable
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Science Geek
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 New Generation's Technique
  • 1 Ninja Pizza
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Ooze Spill
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Raph & Leo, Sibling Rivals
  • 1 Raphael, Tag Team Tough
  • 1 Raphael, the Muscle
  • 1 Raphael, the Nightwatcher
  • 1 Regrowth
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Splinter, the Mentor
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Super Combo
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Sinew and Steel
  • 1 The Last Ronin
  • 1 The Last Ronin's Technique
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Together Forever
  • 1 Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Turtle Power!
  • 1 Turtle Van
  • 1 Turtles Forever
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Venus, Torn Between Worlds
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Waves of Aggression
  • 1 Weather Maker