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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
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever 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.
- Static ability · keyword_grantAttacking Ninjas you control have deathtouch.
- Keyword · sneaksneak
What a Dark Leo & Shredder deck needs
Plays as ninja typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- cheap evasive creatures that connect unblocked (sneak's cost is an unblocked attacker)
- creatures that profit from deathtouch (it grants the team it)
- ninja creatures (its text counts them)
- evasion and protection for the commander (the trigger needs its combat damage to connect)
The Dark Leo & Shredder deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 11× A 0-1 mana creature that reliably attacks UNBLOCKED — the cost the commander's ability consumes, and the only way it gets onto the battlefield
- 6× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Dark Leo & Shredder
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A 0-1 mana creature that reliably attacks UNBLOCKED — the cost the commander's ability consumes, and the only way it gets onto the battlefield
- Changeling Outcast1 mana
- Gingerbrute1 mana
- Tormented Soul1 mana
- Vampire Cutthroat1 mana
- Prickly Boggart1 mana
- Soltari Foot Soldier1 mana
- Duskwalker1 mana
- Guul Draz Vampire1 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar3 mana
- Delney, Streetwise Lookout3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- On Wings of Gold4 mana
- Ninja Teen3 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Prehistoric Pet1 mana
- Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion3 mana
- Dokuchi Silencer2 mana
- Nezumi Prowler2 mana
- Skullsnatcher2 mana
- Super Shredder2 mana
- Leonardo, Leader in Blue1 mana
- Chrome Dome2 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Intangible Virtue2 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Inspiring Leader3 mana
- Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
- Gideon's Memorial2 mana
- Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise2 mana
- Mite Overseer4 mana
- Phantom General4 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Tainted Pact2 mana
- Scheming Symmetry1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Damn2 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Kaya's Wrath4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Coppercoat Vanguard2 mana
- General's Enforcer2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
Combos with Dark Leo & Shredder
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Dark Leo & Shredder is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Dark Leo & Shredder + Bloodletter Of Aclazotz1,520 decks
- Dark Leo & Shredder + Wound Reflection1,432 decks
- Dark Leo & Shredder + Astarion, The Decadent905 decks
- Dark Leo & Shredder + Warlock Class316 decks
- Dark Leo & Shredder + Archfiend Of Despair273 decks
- Dark Leo & Shredder + Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor182 decks
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