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Dark Leo & Shredder

Dark Leo & Shredder

Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle Human · {W}{B} · Black/White commander

Sneak {W}{B} Attacking Ninjas you control have deathtouch. Whenever Dark Leo & Shredder deal combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 black Ninja creature token. Then if you control five or more Ninjas, that player loses half their life, rounded up.
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What Dark Leo & Shredder actually does

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What a Dark Leo & Shredder deck wants

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Best cards for Dark Leo & Shredder

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Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers

  1. Delney, Streetwise Lookout3 mana
  2. Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
  3. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  4. Colossus Hammer1 mana
  5. Shadowspear1 mana
  6. Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar3 mana
  7. Jackdaw Savior3 mana
  8. Skorpekh Lord3 mana

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Leonardo, Leader in Blue1 mana
  2. Dark Leo & Shredder2 mana
  3. Leonardo, Cutting Edge2 mana
  4. Splinter, Hamato Yoshi2 mana
  5. Karai, Future of the Foot3 mana
  6. Oroku Saki, Shredder Rising3 mana
  7. Turncoat Kunoichi3 mana
  8. Leonardo, Big Brother3 mana

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Prehistoric Pet1 mana
  2. Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion3 mana
  3. Dokuchi Silencer2 mana
  4. Nezumi Prowler2 mana
  5. Skullsnatcher2 mana
  6. Super Shredder2 mana
  7. Leonardo, Leader in Blue1 mana
  8. Chrome Dome2 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Intangible Virtue2 mana
  2. Caretaker's Talent3 mana
  3. Inspiring Leader3 mana
  4. Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
  5. Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise2 mana
  6. Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise2 mana
  7. Mite Overseer4 mana
  8. Phantom General4 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Defile1 mana
  4. Tragic Slip1 mana
  5. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  6. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  7. Flicker of Fate2 mana
  8. Fatal Push1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Amalia Benavides Aguirre2 mana
  4. Do or Die2 mana
  5. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  6. Pest Control2 mana
  7. Force of Despair3 mana
  8. Split Up3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Imperial Seal1 mana
  5. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  6. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  7. Grim Tutor3 mana
  8. Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  4. Black Market Connections3 mana
  5. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  6. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  7. Phyrexian Arena3 mana
  8. Archivist of Oghma2 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Bastion Protector3 mana
  3. Greater Auramancy2 mana
  4. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  5. Cryptothrall4 mana
  6. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  7. Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
  8. General's Enforcer2 mana

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