Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian
Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle
Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on Lita.
• Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
, 
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
• Scry 1.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #10374
Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian puts a body on the board that rewards you for doing what Turtle Ninja decks already want to do, at a cost low enough that it never feels like a real investment. Leonardo, the Balance // Michelangelo, the Heart runs her in over half its builds because she slots into the engine without asking for anything extra.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Leonardo, the Balance // Michelangelo, the Heart
Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian shows up in 54% of Leonardo, the Balance // Michelangelo, the Heart lists because the commander's whole game plan generates exactly the conditions she cares about — she's not a package add, she's a natural fit.
Splinter, Radical Rat
Splinter, Radical Rat reaches for Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian as a supporting piece in the Ninja tribal shell, where her presence fills out the creature count and contributes to the synergy web Splinter wants to assemble.
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 |
Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, though her home is Commander — specifically the Turtle Ninja niche carved out by the TMNT crossover cards. In 60-card formats she's too narrow to see competitive play; the tribal synergies she enables don't translate to a meaningful rate outside of dedicated fan builds. Commander is where she earns her slot, and even there it's almost exclusively as a supporting piece in decks helmed by one of the other Turtles.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian is deep bulk — pick her up without thinking about it. Bulk rares and uncommons from novelty crossover sets don't tend to climb unless a synergy breaks wide open, so treat this as a low-cost slot-filler rather than a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Leonardo, the Balance // Michelangelo, the Heart
- Splinter, Radical Rat
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.