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Michelangelo, On the Scene

Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player it's attacking.)
Michelangelo enters with a +1/+1 counter on him for each land you control.
When Michelangelo dies, return this card to your hand.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
mythic
Set
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal
Price
$3.60
EDHREC rank
#16321
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Michelangelo, On the Scene card art
Michelangelo, On the Scene turns every creature dying into a free equipment tutor and immediate attach trigger — the board impact is immediate and recursive. The catch is the Deathrender-style setup cost: you need creatures dying to feed it, and it competes for slots with faster value engines.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
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 Michelangelo, On the Scene — longer games mean more creature deaths, and the repeatable equipment tutoring scales up as the game goes on. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with faster, more broken options and sees no meaningful play. Commander and Oathbreaker are the only formats where its recursive value is worth the setup.

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Price Context

Current price

$3.60 cheap tier

At $3.60, Michelangelo, On the Scene sits at the low end of the rare equipment-synergy slot, making it an easy inclusion without budget scrutiny. Demand is niche enough that the price is unlikely to spike, but it won't crater either — it's a stable pickup.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.