Turtlesoup by Psyga315

Format: Commander

Commander: Heroes in a Half Shell

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color typal midrange list led by Heroes in a Half Shell, centered around Mutants, Ninjas, and Turtles. The game plan focuses on establishing an aggressive early board with low-cost evasive creatures, Sneak/Ninjutsu enablers, and +1/+1 counter engines. Casting the commander on Turn 5 turns every unblocked attacker into card draw and permanent stat growth. By Turn 6, high-impact multipliers such as Raphael, the Nightwatcher, Wolverine, Claws Out, or Dark Leo & Shredder escalate damage to lethal levels across the table. While the deck boasts immense card draw upon connecting in combat and strong typal redundancy, its mana acceleration is relatively slow and its reactive interaction package is thin, making it vulnerable to well-timed board wipes and fast combo decks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ambling Stormshell
  • 1 April O'Neil, Live on the Scene
  • 1 Black Tom Cassidy
  • 1 Boss Uramon, Shadow's Reach
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Colossus, Steel Stalwart
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cowabunga!
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Definitely Not a Turtle
  • 1 Donatello's Science Lesson
  • 1 Donatello's Technique
  • 1 Donatello, Gadget Master
  • 1 Donatello, Mutant Mechanic
  • 1 Donatello, Rad Scientist
  • 1 Donatello, Turtle Techie
  • 1 Donatello, Way with Machines
  • 1 Donatello, the Brains
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Genghis Frog
  • 1 Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
  • 1 Heroes in a Half Shell
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 Higure, the Still Wind
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Jason Bright, Glowing Prophet
  • 1 Jenova, Ancient Calamity
  • 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
  • 1 Leonardo's Technique
  • 1 Leonardo, Big Brother
  • 1 Leonardo, Cutting Edge
  • 1 Leonardo, Leader in Blue
  • 1 Leonardo, Sewer Samurai
  • 1 Leonardo, Worldly Warrior
  • 1 Leonardo, the Balance
  • 1 Michelangelo's Technique
  • 1 Michelangelo, Game Master
  • 1 Michelangelo, Improviser
  • 1 Michelangelo, Mutant BFF
  • 1 Michelangelo, On the Scene
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Michelangelo, the Heart
  • 1 Mikey & Don, Party Planners
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Quintessential Katana
  • 1 Raphael's Technique
  • 1 Raphael, Most Attitude
  • 1 Raphael, Ninja Destroyer
  • 1 Raphael, Tag Team Tough
  • 1 Raphael, Tough Turtle
  • 1 Raphael, the Muscle
  • 1 Raphael, the Nightwatcher
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Saved by the Shell
  • 1 Shuriken
  • 1 Smoke Shroud
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Spider-Ham, Peter Porker
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Splinter, Hamato Yoshi
  • 1 Splinter, Radical Rat
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 The Curse of Fenric
  • 1 The Ghoul, Gunslinger
  • 1 Throatseeker
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Turtle Power!
  • 1 Turtle Van
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vault 12: The Necropolis
  • 1 Vault 87: Forced Evolution
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Walker of Secret Ways
  • 1 Wolverine, Claws Out
  • 1 X-23, Deadly Weapon
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow