Michelangelo, the Heart
Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle
Trample
Raid (the Fridge) — At the beginning of your second main phase, if you attacked this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and create a Food token.
Partner—Character select (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal
- Price
- $4.40
- EDHREC rank
- #10248
Michelangelo, the Heart is one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universes Beyond cards — a red-green-white legendary that rewards going wide by pumping your team and generating value off combat, exactly the axis token and Naya aggro decks want to press. The cost in deck slots is low; the payoff when you're already flooding the board is immediate.
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 where Michelangelo, the Heart belongs — the format's longer games and multiplayer combat give its triggered abilities repeated opportunities to fire, and legendary status means it can lead the deck outright or ride in the 99 under a tokens or Naya commander. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but offer no realistic home; the card's design is built around board presence over multiple turns, not the one-shot efficiency those formats demand. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth noting, where its combat-reward pattern fits the go-wide aggro signatures that close games quickly.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.40 cheap tier
At $4.40, Michelangelo, the Heart sits in the accessible range where you're not making a significant financial commitment to test it. Universes Beyond cards with niche Commander appeal tend to plateau rather than climb, so treat this as a play price, not a spec.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.