Michelangelo, Improviser
Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle
Sneak 
(You may cast this spell for if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step. He enters tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Michelangelo deals combat damage to a player, you may put a creature card and/or a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
4 / 4
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMT #219)
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana value
- 4
- Released
- 2026-03-06
- Artist
- Joshua Alvarado
- EDHREC rank
- #10,792
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Groundchuck & Dirtbag
- Whispersilk Cloak
- Worldspine Wurm
- Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
- Trailblazer's Boots
- Titan of Industry
- Brotherhood Regalia
- Apex Altisaur
- Michelangelo, On the Scene
- Ghalta, Primal Hunger
- Kogla, the Titan Ape
- Archetype of Endurance
- Garruk's Uprising
- Giant Ankheg
- Terastodon
- Michelangelo's Technique
- Kodama of the East Tree
- Toski, Bearer of Secrets
- Rogue's Passage
- Vigor
- Turtle Lair
- Birds of Paradise
- Elemental Bond
- Saved by the Shell
- Darksteel Colossus
- Ohran Frostfang
- Summon: Bahamut
- Bellowing Tanglewurm
- Frenzied Baloth
- Guardian Project
- Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus
- Leatherhead, Iron Gator
- Jumbo Cactuar
- Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
- Silver Shroud Costume
- Blightsteel Colossus
- Unnatural Growth
- Michelangelo, Mutant BFF
- Arcane Signet
- Herd Heirloom
- Return of the Wildspeaker
- Three Visits
- Super Combo
- Spring-Leaf Avenger
- Nature's Lore
- Fanatic of Rhonas
- Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
- Stonehoof Chieftain
- Kappa Tech-Wrecker
- Prowler's Helm
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Forest
- Sol Ring
- Garruk's Uprising
- Rogue's Passage
- Llanowar Elves
- Cultivate
- Nature's Lore
- Heroic Intervention
- Return of the Wildspeaker
- Emerald Medallion
- Ghalta, Primal Hunger
- Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
- Birds of Paradise
- Groundchuck & Dirtbag
- Beast Within
- Elvish Mystic
- Whispersilk Cloak
- Worldspine Wurm
- Toski, Bearer of Secrets
- Three Visits
- Arcane Signet
- Kogla, the Titan Ape
- Apex Altisaur
- Titan of Industry
- Trailblazer's Boots
- Terastodon
- Ohran Frostfang
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Guardian Project
- Rampant Growth
- Unnatural Growth
- Elemental Bond
- Vigor
- Rishkar's Expertise
- Brotherhood Regalia
- Archetype of Endurance
- Kodama of the East Tree
- Kodama's Reach
- Mosswort Bridge
- Reliquary Tower
- Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus
- Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
- Michelangelo, On the Scene
- Lightning Greaves
- The Great Henge
- Giant Ankheg
- Fanatic of Rhonas
- Frenzied Baloth
- Tamiyo's Safekeeping
- Bellowing Tanglewurm
Format legality
Rulings
- 2026-01-27
Although a creature put onto the battlefield this way is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won't trigger when that creature enters attacking.
- 2026-01-27
If a creature spell's sneak cost was paid, the creature it becomes enters tapped and attacking the same player, planeswalker, or battle as the creature that was returned to its owner's hand to pay its sneak cost. This is a rule specific to sneak; in other cases, when a creature is put onto the battlefield attacking, that creature's controller chooses which player, planeswalker, or battle it's attacking.
- 2026-01-27
Putting a land card onto the battlefield with Michelangelo's last ability doesn't count as playing a land. You can put a land card onto the battlefield this way even if you've already played a land for the turn.
- 2026-01-27
Spells can only be cast for their sneak costs any time you could play an instant during the declare blockers step on your turn (after your opponent has decided whether to block).