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Michelangelo, the Heart
Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle · 1G
Color identity: Green
Michelangelo, the Heart is green: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
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.)
Reference price of the card: €0.84
Comes in the precon Turtle Power!
Average lands in decks for Michelangelo, the Heart: 34
Build your Michelangelo, the Heart deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Michelangelo, the Heart 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Michelangelo, the Heart deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play per EDHREC (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: B+ (74/100)
- Consistency87
- Speed75
- Interaction26
- Resilience80
- Closing100
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 34 lands (9 nonbasic, 25 Forest)
Ninja Pizza · Cultivate · Harmonize · Sol Ring · Beast Within · Peregrin Took · Hardened Scales · Guac & Marshmallow Pizza · Party Dude · Arcane Signet · Rampant Growth · Many Partings · Tireless Provisioner · Academy Manufactor · Birds of Paradise · Craterhoof Behemoth · Doubling Season · Elanor Gardner · Eternal Witness · Gilded Goose · Heroic Intervention · Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11 · Nature's Lore · Bag End Banquet · Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator · Well-Worn Spatula · Forgotten Ancient · Michelangelo, Mutant BFF · Mutagen Man, Living Ooze · Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder · Sakura-Tribe Elder · Mutant Chain Reaction · Nuka-Cola Vending Machine · Revive the Shire · Saved by the Shell · The Ooze · Vigor · Hot Dog Cart · Michelangelo, On the Scene · Night of the Sweets' Revenge · Leatherhead, Iron Gator · Emerald Medallion · Feasting Troll King · Garruk's Uprising · Gourmand's Talent · Guardian Project · Honored Dreyleader · Jaheira, Friend of the Forest · Parallel Lives · Spider-Ham, Peter Porker · The Cabbage Merchant · The Earth Crystal · Study the Classics · Inspiring Call · Pawpatch Formation · Courier of Comestibles · Cowabunga! · Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker · Level Up · Duskshell Crawler · Elvish Mystic · Kodama's Reach · Three Visits · Toski, Bearer of Secrets · Tough Cookie · The Shire · Castle Garenbrig · Escape Tunnel · Fabled Passage · Reliquary Tower · Command Tower · Hidden Hideout · Turtle Lair · Shifting Woodland
🃏 Recommended cards for Michelangelo, the Heart
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Michelangelo, the Heart, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Ninja Pizza | 76% | +74% |
| Peregrin Took | 67% | +63% |
| Guac & Marshmallow Pizza | 60% | +59% |
| Party Dude | 60% | +59% |
| Many Partings | 56% | +53% |
| Elanor Gardner | 52% | +51% |
| Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11 | 52% | +50% |
| Well-Worn Spatula | 50% | +50% |
| Academy Manufactor | 52% | +50% |
| Gilded Goose | 52% | +49% |
| Hardened Scales | 63% | +49% |
| Bag End Banquet | 50% | +49% |
| Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator | 50% | +48% |
| Harmonize | 74% | +48% |
| Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder | 48% | +48% |
| The Shire | 52% | +48% |
| Michelangelo, Mutant BFF | 48% | +47% |
| Mutagen Man, Living Ooze | 48% | +47% |
| Mutant Chain Reaction | 44% | +43% |
| Saved by the Shell | 44% | +43% |
| Nuka-Cola Vending Machine | 44% | +43% |
| The Ooze | 44% | +43% |
| Revive the Shire | 44% | +43% |
| Michelangelo, On the Scene | 41% | +40% |
💰 The best cards for your Michelangelo, the Heart deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Peregrin Took
- Guac & Marshmallow Pizza
- Party Dude
- Many Partings
- Well-Worn Spatula
- Gilded Goose
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Ninja Pizza
- Elanor Gardner
- Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
- Academy Manufactor
- Bag End Banquet
- The Ooze
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
- Doubling Season
- The Cabbage Merchant
- Parallel Lives
- Craterhoof Behemoth
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Michelangelo, the Heart
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Peregrin Took + Nuka-Cola Vending Machine → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite tapped Treasure tokens
- Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Quirion Ranger → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
- Springheart Nantuko + Doubling Season → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine + Academy Manufactor + Krark-Clan Ironworks → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite tapped Treasure tokens, Infinite tapped Food tokens, Infinite tapped Clue tokens, Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers
👥 Community decks with Michelangelo, the Heart
Full decklists published by players on EDH Optimizer, with their analysis, bracket and health. Clone them to your account and optimize them for free.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Michelangelo, the Heart's color identity?
Michelangelo, the Heart is green: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Michelangelo, the Heart come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Michelangelo, the Heart deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 34 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.1 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 18 % of the time and floods 9 %. Deck health: B+ (74/100).
How many lands should a Michelangelo, the Heart deck run?
Real Michelangelo, the Heart decks run 34 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Michelangelo, the Heart?
The three highest-synergy cards are Ninja Pizza, Peregrin Took, Guac & Marshmallow Pizza. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Michelangelo, the Heart decks.
What combos does Michelangelo, the Heart have?
Michelangelo, the Heart has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Michelangelo, the Heart deck cost?
You can start cheap: Peregrin Took, Guac & Marshmallow Pizza, Party Dude are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.