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Leonardo, the Balance
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Leonardo, the Balance

Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle
3W
· WUBRG
Whenever a token you control enters, you may put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Do this only once each turn. {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Creatures you control gain menace, trample, and lifelink until end of turn. Partner—Character select (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)
Budget
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36 lands · total $99.99 budget: $100
W 15 U 14 B 12 R 15 G 17 C 5
Composition 16 Basics 12 Other Nonbasic 3 Shock Lands 2 Filter Lands 1 Bond Lands 1 Horizon Lands 1 Spider-Man Surveil Lands

EDHREC hasn’t published enough decks for Leonardo, the Balance yet, so this manabase isn’t drawn from real-deck inclusion data. It’s ranked by a land-quality heuristic instead — Commander staples and the strongest in-budget cycles first, then basics split across the identity. A solid baseline to start from, not a tuned list.

Commander Staples

$70.94 11

Cycle Picks · Best to Worst

$29.05 8

Other Nonbasics

$0.00 1

Basics

$1.12 16

About This Manabase

Leonardo, the Balance is a WUBRG commander with a WUBRG color identity, so any land that produces only those colors is fair game. Our auto-built manabase above starts at the Optimized $100 tier. EDHREC doesn’t yet have deck data for Leonardo, the Balance, so picks are ranked by a land-quality heuristic — Commander staples and the strongest in-budget cycles first (shocks and untapped fixing, dropping to scry and tap-duals as the cap tightens), with the rest filled by basics split across the identity. The picker always includes Commander staples like Command Tower, Reflecting Pool, Exotic Orchard , and others when they fit your identity — these are nearly auto-includes in any EDH deck. From the catalogued cycles, the picker pulled Stomping Ground, Temple Garden, Hallowed Fountain, Spire Garden , plus 4 more for Leonardo, the Balance's manabase.

Pick a tier above to reshape the manabase. The Budget ($25) tier leans on basics and the cheapest utility lands; Optimized ($100) adds the best mid-priced duals and untapped fixing the budget allows; Unlimited drops the price cap so premium duals and in-identity fetches come in. Filter out tap-lands for faster decks, or pin yourself to fetchable lands for a fetch-heavy ramp shell.