Leonardo, Leader in Blue
Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle
Sneak 
(You may cast this spell for 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.
: Leonardo gains first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #17745
Leonardo, Leader in Blue lands as a tribal lord and evasion engine — relevant stats on a body that buffs your team and pushes damage through. The cost is narrow tribal dependency: outside a dedicated Ninja or Turtle shell alongside Splinter, Radical Rat, the effect rarely justifies the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Splinter, Radical Rat
Splinter, Radical Rat runs Leonardo, Leader in Blue as a payoff piece — the lord effect stacks directly on the Ninja synergy Splinter wants to assemble, turning every ninjutsu trigger into a bigger threat that already has a path to connect.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Leonardo, Leader in Blue is legal across Commander, Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the relevant home is Commander. In sixty-card formats the tribal payoff is too narrow and the rate too low to compete with purpose-built threats. In Commander, it slots cleanly into Ninja tribal and any shell running Splinter, Radical Rat, where the lord bonus is live every turn and evasion matters more in a multiplayer board state. Oathbreaker could support it in a similarly focused Ninja build, but the card's ceiling is almost entirely defined by how many Ninjas share the board.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Leonardo, Leader in Blue is bulk — buy-a-playset territory with no friction. Bulk rares from licensed crossover sets can tick up if the tribe finds a breakout commander, but at this price the question is fit, not finance.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Splinter, Radical Rat
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.