Splinter & Leo, Father & Son
Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Rat Turtle
When Splinter & Leo enter, choose one or both. Each mode must target a different player.
• Target player creates a 2/2 red Mutant creature token.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature target player controls.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal
- Price
- $0.91
- EDHREC rank
- #21345
Splinter & Leo, Father & Son puts a reanimation loop engine directly into your command zone — every creature that dies can come back, and the triggers stack fast enough to generate real value without much setup. The catch is a five-mana commander with no immediate board impact, so it lives or dies by how quickly your table lets you untap; pair it with Nim Deathmantle and a sacrifice outlet and the payoff 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 the only format where Splinter & Leo, Father & Son belongs — it wants a long game, a graveyard to fuel, and the repeated access that the command zone provides, all of which the format is built around. Legacy and Vintage both allow it on paper, but a five-mana creature with no immediate tempo upside has no competitive foothold in either format. Oathbreaker is also legal, but the tighter spell-slot structure makes it hard to build around a commander that wants creature density over planeswalker synergy.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nim DeathmantleAshnod's AltarSplinter & Leo, Father & Son
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.91 bulk tier
At $0.91, Splinter & Leo, Father & Son sits in bulk territory — low enough that there's no barrier to picking up copies, but also low enough to signal that demand hasn't materialized into a spike yet. If the reanimation loop finds a breakout deck or a popular Commander pairing, that price has room to move, but buy it to play it, not to hold it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.