Michelangelo, Game Master

Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle

Michelangelo, Game Master wants a deck that keeps making its creatures bigger turn after turn. It also works in a deck built around Mutants, Ninjas or Turtles.

Mana cost
Green ()
Power / toughness3 / 3
RarityCommon

Disappear — At the beginning of your end step, if a permanent left the battlefield under your control this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Michelangelo.

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Archetypes: +1/+1 Counters
Themes: Mutants
Ninjas
Turtles
Tags: Counter Engine

Cards That Fit Michelangelo, Game Master

Picked for what they do in Michelangelo's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Michelangelo'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 Ring Open the full glossary

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The 6 Cards

Kinetic Ooze 1 mana · shares ,
Level Up 2 mana · shares ,
Dragonsguard Elite 2 mana · shares ,
Innkeeper's Talent 2 mana · shares ,
Sword of Hours 2 mana · shares ,
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower 2 mana · shares ,

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The 6 Cards

Michelangelo, the Heart 2 mana · shares ,
Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11 2 mana · shares ,
Prehistoric Turtlesaurus 5 mana · shares ,
Mikey & Mona, Mutant Sitters 3 mana · shares
Michelangelo, Mutant BFF 4 mana · shares
Michelangelo, On the Scene 6 mana · shares ,

Rulings for Michelangelo, Game Master

explain how Michelangelo 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

Some disappear abilities, such as those of the above cards, are triggered abilities with intervening if clauses. If a permanent hasn't left the battlefield under your control that turn by the time the disappear ability would trigger, it won't trigger at all.

1 ruling, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Michelangelo, 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 glossaryGPlayers write colors as letters: G for green.+1/+1 Counters+1/+1 counter decks put small markers on their creatures that make each one permanently bigger, and keep adding more every turn. Each +1/+1 counter adds one to a creature's power (the damage it deals) and toughness (the damage it can take).Open the +1/+1 Counters pageCounter EngineAdds +1/+1 counters over and over rather than once. A counter here is a small permanent marker that raises a creature's power and toughness for good. It is not a counterspell, which is a different thing entirely. Something that adds them every turn makes your whole board bigger and keeps it that way. Hardened Scales, Corpsejack MenaceOpen the Counter Engine 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 page