Turtle deck by hax45647

Format: Commander

Commander: Leonardo, the Balance

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color midrange deck centered on Leonardo, the Balance, blending +1/+1 counter synergies with reliable token generation. The strategy focuses on establishing low-cost token generators early, casting Leonardo to distribute counters across the entire battlefield whenever a token enters, and compounding that board state with counter doublers and stat-based evasion. While the deck lacks instant-speed stack countermagic and fast infinite combos, it makes up for this with high creature resilience, asymmetric board wipes like Damning Verdict and Wave Goodbye, and strong phasing protection from Ripples of Potential. By turns 5 to 7, the deck overwhelms the table through massive trample and unblockable combat damage, supported by Leonardo's 5-color activated keyword ability.

Decklist (99 cards)

• 1 Abzan Falconer
• 1 Animation Module
• 1 April O'Neil, Live on the Scene
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ash Barrens
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Baylen, the Haymaker
• 1 Bebop, Skull & Crossbones
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Bountiful Promenade
• 1 Branching Evolution
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Champion of Lambholt
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Conclave Mentor
• 1 Continue?
• 1 Corpsejack Menace
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Damning Verdict
• 1 Donatello, the Brains
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Endless Foot Assault
• 1 Escape Tunnel
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fathom Mage
• 1 Force of Vigor
• 4 Forest
• 1 Gyre Sage
• 1 Hardened Scales
• 1 Herald of Secret Streams
• 1 Here Comes a New Hero!
• 1 Heroes in a Half Shell
• 1 High Score
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Incubation Druid
• 1 Innkeeper's Talent
• 1 Inspiring Call
• 2 Island
• 1 Kalonian Hydra
• 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Leatherhead, Iron Gator
• 1 Leonardo, the Balance
• 1 Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Michelangelo, the Heart
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Mutational Advantage
• 2 Plains
• 1 Raphael, the Muscle
• 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
• 1 Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior
• 1 Rejuvenating Springs
• 1 Ripples of Potential
• 1 Roadkill Rodney
• 1 Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
• 1 Shalai and Hallar
• 1 Shellshock
• 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
• 1 Simic Ascendancy
• 1 Simic Signet
• 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 Sunpetal Grove
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Tempestra, Dame of Games
• 1 The Shire
• 1 Together Forever
• 1 Turtle Lair
• 1 Undergrowth Stadium
• 1 Vanquish the Horde
• 1 Vernal Fen
• 1 Vibrant Cityscape
• 1 Vigor
• 1 Voracious Hydra
• 1 Wave Goodbye
• 1 Winding Constrictor
• 1 Woodland Cemetery
• 1 Yavimaya Coast