April O'Neil, Kunoichi Trainee
Legendary Creature — Human Ninja
When April O'Neil enters, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
April O'Neil can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #17171
April O'Neil, Kunoichi Trainee draws you a card every time a Ninja you control deals combat damage to a player — staple that on a two-mana body and you have a repeatable draw engine that scales directly with how many Ninjas you're landing. The catch is she does nothing without a Ninja-dense shell, so outside of that context she's a blank; inside it, she's among the better sources of incremental advantage the archetype has.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Splinter, Radical Rat
Splinter, Radical Rat is the natural home for April O'Neil, Kunoichi Trainee — Splinter incentivizes running a full Ninja package, which means April's trigger fires constantly, turning every successful attack into a free card and keeping the hand full while Splinter builds board pressure.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where April O'Neil, Kunoichi Trainee actually matters — a 21-percent inclusion rate in Splinter, Radical Rat decks reflects real demand, and any Ninja commander that wants sustained card advantage should consider her. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer she's legal but faces stiff competition from dedicated draw spells that don't require combat setup; the payoff just isn't consistent enough to build around outside of a dedicated Ninja tribal shell. Pauper is likely the only 60-card format where she could see fringe play, since the common card pool makes repeatable draw harder to come by. Legacy and Vintage have too many busted alternatives for a two-mana creature with a conditional trigger to register.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, April O'Neil, Kunoichi Trainee is deep bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely appreciate, so treat this as a cheap functional piece rather than a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Splinter, Radical Rat
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.