Leonardo, Cutting Edge
Mana Cost:
Type: Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle
Oracle Text:
Sneak {W} (You may cast this spell for {W} if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step. He enters tapped and attacking.)
Lifelink
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Leonardo.
Power/Toughness: 1/1
Rarity: mythic
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Character Background
Leonardo, Cutting Edge reads like a battlefield opportunist: a one-drop that can be sneaked back into combat for W by returning an unblocked attacker, enters tapped and attacking with lifelink, and grows each time you gain life. That design leans into a tempo-value plan — pressure early, then convert each successful attack into incremental growth — rather than pure combo or control. Build around cheap evasive attackers and recurring ETB effects: token engines (Raise the Alarm, Anointed Procession) supply fodder to return during the declare-blockers step, while Soul Warden or Ajani's Welcome and other small life-gain sources make Leonardo balloon with +1/+1 counters after each strike. Hardened Scales or other counter doublers magnify that ascent, and cheap equipment or flying creatures help force unblocked attackers so you can pay Sneak reliably. Treat Leonardo as a repeatable, lifegain-driven threat you can recast multiple turns to snowball a clock and morph a tempo shell into a resilient midrange value engine.
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