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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 wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 12× 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
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 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.
Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- Airbender Ascension2 mana
- Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
- Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
- Conjurer's Closet5 mana
- Distinguished Conjurer2 mana
- Felidar Guardian4 mana
- Restoration Angel4 mana
- Teleportation Circle4 mana
A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Leonardo, Leader in Blue1 mana
- Leonardo, Cutting Edge2 mana
- Leonardo, Big Brother3 mana
- Leonardo, Sewer Samurai4 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
- Lotus Field0 mana
- Riveteers Overlook0 mana
- Talon Gates of Madara0 mana
- Soul Warden1 mana
- Soul's Attendant1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
- Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Myrel, Shield of Argive4 mana
- Parhelion II // Parhelion II0 mana
- Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
- Myr Battlesphere7 mana
- Champions from Beyond2 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
- Flicker of Fate2 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Getaway Glamer1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Final Showdown1 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Martyr's Cry2 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Cathedral Membrane2 mana
- Citywide Bust3 mana
- Harsh Mercy3 mana
- Retribution of the Meek3 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
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Smothering Tithe4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Greater Auramancy2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana