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Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian

Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian

Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle

Lita wants a deck that makes an army of small creatures and attacks with all of them. It also suits a deck that removes its creatures and brings them right back to reuse them.

  • Mana cost1 genericwhite
  • White ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 1
  • RarityUncommon

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 "2 generic, tap, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

• Scry 1.

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Cards That Fit Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian

Picked for what they do in Lita's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Lita's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian

explain how Lita works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 27 Jan 2026

Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.

Wizards of the Coast 27 Jan 2026

If an effect refers to a Food, it means any Food artifact, not just a Food artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Pizza Face (a Legendary Artifact Creature — Food Mutant) to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability (an ability with "Sacrifice a Food" in its cost). You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.

Wizards of the Coast 27 Jan 2026

If Lita enters at the same time as one or more other creatures you control, Lita's ability will trigger for each of those other creatures.

Wizards of the Coast 27 Jan 2026

If multiple other creatures you control enter simultaneously, you must still choose different modes for each instance of the triggered ability that's put onto the stack. If more than three other creatures you control enter simultaneously, that choice is made only for the first three.

Wizards of the Coast 27 Jan 2026

If you can't legally choose a mode because all three have been chosen that turn, that instance of the ability is removed from the stack with no effect.

Wizards of the Coast 27 Jan 2026

If you somehow control two or more Lita, Little Orphan Amphibians, track which modes have been chosen each turn for each one's ability separately.

Wizards of the Coast 27 Jan 2026

Some spells and abilities that create Food tokens may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't create any Food tokens.

Wizards of the Coast 27 Jan 2026

Whatever you do, don't eat the cards. (Also, don't make the pizzas pictured on the cards. You don't have the digestive system of a Ninja Turtle.)

8 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Commanders that share the most with Lita, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWPlayers write colors as letters: W for white.TokensToken decks fill the battlefield with small creatures made by their cards, then attack with all of them or make them all bigger at once. A token is a creature (or other object) that a card creates, not a card from your deck.Open the Tokens pageToken EngineMakes tokens again and again rather than once. A token is a creature or other permanent created by a card, with no card of its own. Something that makes one token gives you a body; something that makes them every turn gives you a board you can keep rebuilding after it is cleared. Grave Titan, Bitterblossom, OphiomancerOpen the Token Engine pageToken MakerCreates one or more tokens. Different cards make very different ones: creatures Grave Titan, Treasures Smothering Tithe, Clues Tireless Tracker or Food Gilded Goose. This is one of our largest tags, so pair it with an archetype or theme when you are hunting a specific kind.Open the Token Maker page+1/+1 CountersPuts +1/+1 counters on creatures, permanently raising their power and toughness. Unlike a temporary boost that wears off at end of turn, these markers stay put and stack up over a long game. Hardened Scales, The Great HengeOpen the +1/+1 Counters pageETB PayoffRewards you whenever your permanents enter the battlefield. It either gives you something for each arrival or makes their 'when this enters' abilities happen twice. Impact Tremors, PanharmoniconOpen the ETB Payoff pageBlink/FlickerBlink decks briefly remove their own creatures from play and return them at once, so every 'when this enters' ability happens again. The move is called a flicker, and it can also rescue a creature from a spell aimed at it.Open the Blink/Flicker pageCard SelectionImproves what you draw rather than how much: you look at the top few cards of your library and decide what stays on top. Ponder lets you rearrange the top three, Serum Visions lets you scry, and Consider lets you surveil. It makes your draws more reliable without giving you extra cards.Open the Card Selection pageAllianceAn ability word on cards that trigger whenever another creature you control enters the battlefield. Witty Roastmaster, Devilish ValetOpen the Alliance pageFood TokensFood tokens are artifacts you can pay 2 mana, tap and sacrifice to gain 3 life, and many Food cards also reward you for sacrificing them.Open the Food Tokens page