Cowabunga! by SamaMetalBass

Format: Commander

Commander: Leonardo, the Balance and Donatello, the Brains

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This five-color deck is led by Leonardo, the Balance and Donatello, the Brains. It operates as a high-synergy +1/+1 counters and token engine with compact creature-based infinite combos. The primary route to victory pairs a token producer like Basking Broodscale or Scurry Oak with an automatic counter distributor like Rosie Cotton of South Lane or Mighty Mutanimals. When assembled, these cards generate infinite creature tokens and infinite colorless mana. In reserve, the deck features Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute paired with The Red Terror to deal infinite direct damage upon attacking. Supported by efficient two-mana ramp, flexible transmute tutors, and resilient protection spells like Saved by the Shell and Tyvar's Stand, the deck consistently threatens a winning board state by Turn 4. If an initial attempt is disrupted, the deck leverages redundant engine pieces and asymmetric wipes like Damning Verdict to reset opponents while rebuilding.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 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 Brushland
  • 1 Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Donatello, the Brains
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Frog Butler
  • 1 Genghis Frog
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Good-Fortune Unicorn
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Hawkeye's Bow
  • 1 High Score
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Kid Loki
  • 1 Leonardo, the Balance
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Michelangelo, Mutant BFF
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Mighty Mutanimals
  • 1 Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Ever Adaptable
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Science Geek
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mutagen Man, Living Ooze
  • 1 Mutant Chain Reaction
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ninja Pizza
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perplex
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Raphael, Tough Turtle
  • 1 Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Saved by the Shell
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spider-Sense
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Treats
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 The Red Terror
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vigean Graftmage
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast