Leo & Raph, Brothers by wakeandb1ake

Format: Commander

Commander: Leonardo, the Balance and Raphael, the Muscle

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck leverages a five-color Partner pairing—Leonardo, the Balance and Raphael, the Muscle—to execute an aggressive +1/+1 counter and token-centric strategy. The primary win condition is an infinite loop between Rosie Cotton of South Lane and Scurry Oak, which produces infinite 1/1 Squirrel tokens and an arbitrarily large Scurry Oak. When the combo is not immediately accessible, the deck functions as a potent go-wide aggressive engine: Leonardo distributes counters on token entries and grants trample, lifelink, and menace, while Raphael doubles all damage dealt by modified creatures. The deck utilizes low-cost dorks and enchantments for mana acceleration, supported by situational protection like Silkguard and Unbreakable Formation to preserve critical boards. While lacking the interaction density of competitive stax or fast turbo decks, it reliably presents game-ending board states around turns 5 to 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ainok Bond-Kin
  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpsejack Menace
  • 1 Crystal Quarry
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Endless Foot Assault
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Frog Butler
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guardian Augmenter
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroes in a Half Shell
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 High Score
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
  • 1 Leonardo, the Balance
  • 1 Level Up
  • 1 Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant
  • 1 Michelangelo, Mutant BFF
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Michelangelo, the Heart
  • 1 Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Science Geek
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mutagen Man, Living Ooze
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ninja Pizza
  • 1 Ooze Spill
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raphael, the Muscle
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reject Imperfection
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Royal Treatment
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shellshock
  • 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider-Ham, Peter Porker
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Stark Industries Executive
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Strength of Will
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Syncopate
  • 1 Tainted Treats
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Cloning of Shredder
  • 1 The Locust God
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Topiary Lecturer
  • 1 Training Regimen
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery