TURTLES, testing by Finkstein

Format: Commander

Commander: Michelangelo, the Heart and Leonardo, the Balance

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 56

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered 5-color token and +1/+1 counter aggro-combo build led by the partner pairing of Michelangelo, the Heart and Leonardo, the Balance. The game plan accelerates in the opening turns using efficient 1-to-2 CMC mana dorks, rocks, and land ramp to establish early token generation and counter-multiplying permanents. The deck threatens a fast deterministic finish as early as Turn 4 via the infinite loop between Rosie Cotton of South Lane and Scurry Oak or Basking Broodscale, generating infinite creature tokens and infinite power. If the instant combo is contested, the deck effortlessly pivots into an overwhelming go-wide combat beatdown strategy powered by Cathars' Crusade, Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon, Chatterfang, Squirrel General, and Leonardo's full-board trample activation. Robust card advantage engines maintain high hand volume, while a defensive package of free commander spells, cheap countermagic, and Kutzil protects key combo turns against interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Campsite Cuisine
  • 1 Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Donatello, the Brains
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Endless Foot Assault
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 High Score
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Leonardo, the Balance
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Michelangelo, the Heart
  • 1 Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Ever Adaptable
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Ninja Pizza
  • 1 Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pactdoll Terror
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Raphael, the Muscle
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tendershoot Dryad
  • 1 The Cabbage Merchant
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 The Shire
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Time Sieve
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth