What’s New
The latest Magic: The Gathering release brings the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe into the Commander format, offering new legendary creatures and mechanics. While the Turtle Power! preconstructed deck provides an accessible entry point, several powerful Commander options are available exclusively in booster packs. These booster-only legends introduce new playstyles and synergies for TMNT fans and Commander players alike.
Configuration at a Glance
- Brand: Magic: The Gathering
- Product: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover
- Format: Commander (EDH)
- Preconstructed deck: Turtle Power! (not the focus here)
- Booster-exclusive legendary creatures featured
- New mechanics: Sneak (variant of Ninjutsu)
Key Inserts & Parallels
- Booster packs contain exclusive legendary creatures not found in the Turtle Power! precon.
- Notable new keyword: Sneak, allowing surprise entry and combat triggers.
- Hybrid mana costs and multi-color identities expand deckbuilding options.
Autographs & Relics
No autograph or memorabilia content is included in this MTG release. The focus is on new legendary creatures, unique abilities, and crossover flavor.
Booster-Exclusive TMNT Commanders
- Super Shredder
- Krang, Utrom Warlord
- Michelangelo, Improviser
- Splinter, Radical Rat
- Leonardo, Sewer Samurai
Commander Details
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Super Shredder
- 1/1 with menace
- Gains a +1/+1 counter whenever another permanent leaves the battlefield
- Synergizes with sacrifice effects and board wipes
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Krang, Utrom Warlord
- 9-mana 9/9 with flying, trample, indestructible, and haste
- Grants the same abilities to all artifact creatures you control
- Ideal for artifact-heavy and colorless decks
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Michelangelo, Improviser
- Combat damage trigger: put a creature and/or land from hand onto the battlefield
- Features the Sneak mechanic: 2 green-green to enter tapped and attacking during declare blockers
- Supports big-creature and surprise-attack strategies
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Splinter, Radical Rat
- Hybrid mana: 1, white/black, white/black
- Doubles Ninja ability triggers
- Activated ability: 1 blue to make a Ninja unblockable for the turn
- Expands Ninja tribal into white's color identity
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Leonardo, Sewer Samurai
- 3/3 with double strike
- Sneak cost: 2 white-white
- Allows casting of 1-power or 1-toughness creatures from graveyard during your turn
- Creatures enter with a finality counter (exiled if they die again)
- Potential for graveyard recursion combos
Collector Notes
- The Turtle Power! preconstructed deck does not include these five Commanders; they are only available in booster packs.
- Super Shredder’s ability triggers from any permanent leaving the battlefield, not just creatures.
- Krang, Utrom Warlord’s anthem effect applies to all artifact creatures, including tokens and noncreature artifacts that become creatures.
- Michelangelo’s Sneak mechanic is a new variant of Ninjutsu, enabling surprise attacks from the command zone.
- Splinter, Radical Rat introduces white mana to the Ninja tribal archetype, previously limited to blue and black.
- Leonardo, Sewer Samurai’s recursion effect is limited by the finality counter, but counters can be removed with specific cards to enable combos.
- Designs reference classic TMNT themes and mechanics, with hybrid mana and new triggered abilities.
- Print run, odds, and specific serial numbers are not detailed in official announcements.
Source: https://www.sportscardportal.com
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