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Leonardo, Leader in Blue

Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle · {W} · White commander

Sneak {3}{W}{W} (You may cast this spell for {3}{W}{W} if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step. He enters tapped and attacking.) When Leonardo enters, if his sneak cost was paid, creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. {1}{W}: Leonardo gains first strike until end of turn.

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What Leonardo, Leader in Blue 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 · etbWhen Leonardo enters, if his sneak cost was paid, creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.
• Activated ability{1}{W}: Leonardo gains first strike until end of turn.
• Keyword · sneaksneak

What a Leonardo, Leader in Blue deck needs

Plays as ETB value. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• blink and recursion aimed at the commander itself (its value is its own enter trigger)
• a wide board of creatures and tokens for the team pump
• cheap evasive creatures that connect unblocked (sneak's cost is an unblocked attacker)

The Leonardo, Leader in Blue deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 12× 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
• 7× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 9× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 13× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 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 Leonardo, Leader in Blue

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.

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