The Heart and Brains by user9074171

Format: Commander

Commander: Donatello, the Brains and Michelangelo, the Heart

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Simic partner pair runs a token-and-counter engine. Donatello, the Brains turns every token event into an extra Mutagen token, while Michelangelo, the Heart rewards attacking with Food and +1/+1 counters. The deck accumulates Clues, Foods, Treasures, and Mutagens through Academy Manufactor, doublers, and landfall payoffs, then converts them into either an unblockable counter train (Herald of Secret Streams) or a full artifact army (Cyberdrive Awakener). A second, faster line is the Nuka-Cola Vending Machine + Peregrin Took loop, which produces infinite mana and tokens; Peregrin functions as a hidden commander. The pair is not a face-change commander; both halves are needed, though Michelangelo is the early enabler and Donatello is the force multiplier.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 April O'Neil, Human Element
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baxter, Fly in the Ointment
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Donatello, Gadget Master
  • 1 Donatello, Mutant Mechanic
  • 1 Donatello, the Brains
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 1 Feasting Hobbit
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 High Score
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Ignis Scientia
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Leatherhead, Iron Gator
  • 1 Level Up
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loading Zone
  • 1 Marcus, Mutant Mayor
  • 1 Michelangelo, Mutant BFF
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Michelangelo, the Heart
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Ever Adaptable
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Science Geek
  • 1 Mutagen Man, Living Ooze
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Ninja Pizza
  • 1 Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
  • 1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Party Dude
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Shimmer Dragon
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 The Shire
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast