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Leonardo, Cutting Edge
Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle · {1}{W} · White commander
What Leonardo, Cutting Edge 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 · lifegainWhenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Leonardo.
- Keyword · sneaksneak
- Keyword · lifelinklifelink
What a Leonardo, Cutting Edge deck needs
Plays as lifegain. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- repeatable lifegain — lifelink, gain-life triggers and Food (every life gained is its trigger)
- counter doublers and proliferate (it grows only itself with +1/+1 counters)
- cheap evasive creatures that connect unblocked (sneak's cost is an unblocked attacker)
The Leonardo, Cutting Edge deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 14× 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
- 18× Gain life repeatedly — for a commander that converts life gained into drain, the gain IS the damage
- 9× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 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
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Leonardo, Cutting Edge
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
- Gingerbrute1 mana
- Soltari Foot Soldier1 mana
- Skrelv, Defector Mite1 mana
- Signal Pest1 mana
- Ornithopter0 mana
- Beloved Princess1 mana
- Prehistoric Pet1 mana
- Goldmeadow Dodger1 mana
Gain life repeatedly — for a commander that converts life gained into drain, the gain IS the damage
- Basilisk Collar1 mana
- High Market0 mana
- Zuran Orb0 mana
- Authority of the Consuls1 mana
- Serra Ascendant1 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Soul Warden1 mana
- Soul's Attendant1 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion3 mana
- Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion3 mana
- Grateful Apparition2 mana
- Metastatic Evangel2 mana
- Generous Pup2 mana
- Martyr for the Cause2 mana
- Charmed Stray1 mana
- Political Triumph1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
- You Cannot Pass!1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
- Recruiter of the Guard3 mana
- Search for Glory3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Winds of Abandon2 mana
- Depopulate4 mana
- No Witnesses4 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Enduring Innocence3 mana
- Mentor of the Meek3 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
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
Combos with Leonardo, Cutting Edge
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Leonardo, Cutting Edge is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Leonardo, Cutting Edge + Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Walking Ballista411 decks
- Leonardo, Cutting Edge + Shalai And Hallar120 decks
- Leonardo, Cutting Edge + Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Triskelion94 decks
- Leonardo, Cutting Edge + All Will Be One + Exquisite Blood1 decks
- Leonardo, Cutting Edge + All Will Be One + Bloodthirsty Conqueror
- Leonardo, Cutting Edge + Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Deathbringer Thoctar
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