Michelangelo, Mutant BFF

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Character Background

Michelangelo, Mutant BFF is pure mutant-meets-metabolism value: every time he enters or attacks, you pop out Mutagen, then cash those artifacts in to grow the team with +1/+1 counters. Rules-wise, his protection clause is subtle but powerful—creatures with counters can’t be blocked by more than one attacker, so your buffed board turns into a persistent, hard-to-staple battlefield where combat math favors you. In practice, you’ll want to support this with counter-friendly creatures (or any engine that reliably puts counters on allies), because the “one creature blocks at a time” effect scales with how many of your board members are actually carrying counters. Build a value/tempo plan: use early bodies to establish counter presence, then protect and pressure with repeated attacks, turning Michelangelo into a snowball centerpiece. Synergize with proliferate or counter-doubling effects for faster scaling, and consider pairing him with artifact or sacrifice payoffs to keep Mutagen activations efficient.

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