Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by MrGrimms

Format: Commander

Commander: Donatello, the Brains and Leonardo, the Balance

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck pairs Donatello, the Brains with Leonardo, the Balance to form a versatile 5-color engine focused on token generation, +1/+1 counters, and combat dominance. Donatello ensures that every token creation event produces bonus Mutagen artifacts, which reliably triggers Leonardo to distribute +1/+1 counters across your entire creature squad each turn. The 99 blends Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tribal synergy with Sneak spells, artifact token manipulation, and aggressive beatdown. While the deck possesses explosive mid-game board expansion and powerful keyword granting through Leonardo's five-color activation, it wins purely through honest creature combat, making it vulnerable to well-timed board sweepers and targeted removal against its key commanders.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 April O'Neil, Human Element
  • 1 April O'Neil, Live on the Scene
  • 1 Arcade Cabinet
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baxter, Fly in the Ointment
  • 1 Big Mother Mouser
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Continue?
  • 1 Corpsejack Menace
  • 1 Cowabunga!
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Donatello's Technique
  • 1 Donatello, the Brains
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Endless Foot Assault
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Frog Butler
  • 1 Game Over
  • 1 Genghis Frog
  • 1 Grand Coliseum
  • 1 Heroes in a Half Shell
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 High Score
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Leatherhead, Iron Gator
  • 1 Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker
  • 1 Leonardo's Technique
  • 1 Leonardo, the Balance
  • 1 Michelangelo's Technique
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Michelangelo, the Heart
  • 1 Mikey & Don, Party Planners
  • 1 Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Ever Adaptable
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Science Geek
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mutagen Man, Living Ooze
  • 1 Mutant Chain Reaction
  • 1 New Generation's Technique
  • 1 Ninja Pizza
  • 1 Ooze Spill
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Raph & Leo, Sibling Rivals
  • 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
  • 1 Raphael, the Muscle
  • 1 Raphael, the Nightwatcher
  • 1 Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior
  • 1 Roadkill Rodney
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sally Pride, Lioness Leader
  • 1 Savanti Romero, Time's Exile
  • 1 Saved by the Shell
  • 1 Shark Shredder, Killer Clone
  • 1 Shellshock
  • 1 Shredder's Technique
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Special Move
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Splinter, the Mentor
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Super Combo
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Treats
  • 1 The Last Ronin's Technique
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Turtles Forever
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Voracious Hydra
  • 1 Wave Goodbye