Leo's Guidance
Instant
Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to three target creatures. Untap them.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #26248
Leo's Guidance puts a permanent directly onto the battlefield from your hand at instant speed — that's the whole value proposition, and it's real. The catch is the condition it demands, so it earns a slot in decks built to meet it consistently, not as a generic inclusion.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the natural home for Leo's Guidance because the format rewards synergy-dense builds that can reliably satisfy its trigger condition, and the singleton rule means any free-permanent effect is worth evaluating carefully. In Legacy and Vintage, where the bar for non-cantripping spells is brutally high, Leo's Guidance would need to fit a very specific shell to see play — it's legal in both but unlikely to compete with the raw power available there. Outside those formats it isn't legal, so Commander and Oathbreaker are where it will actually see sleeves.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Leo's Guidance sits firmly in bulk territory, which means the financial risk of testing it is essentially zero. Bulk rares with narrow conditions tend to stay cheap unless a breakout commander pushes demand, so don't expect the price to move unless the metagame hands it a starring role.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.