Donatello, Gadget Master
TMT · rare · Released 2026-03-06
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
above rate
minor value alone
wants support
can take over a game
multiple modes
situational
easily answered
Commander Bracket
Archetypes
No active conflicts.
Roles
Risks
Mechanics
Typal
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Structural
Rationale
Donatello is a 3cmc 3/2 that copies a target artifact you control whenever he deals combat damage to a player — a strong repeatable token engine in artifact-heavy shells. The Sneak alternative cost lets him arrive tapped and attacking as early as turn 2, enabling immediate pressure and trigger access. Signature in artifact-matters and tempo builds, but dead without artifact density and strictly gated behind connecting with combat damage.
Learnings (3)
Donatello's combat damage trigger targets an artifact you control at resolution, so having even one high-value artifact (e.g., a Treasure or Mana Vault) is sufficient to snowball by copying it each attack.
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The Sneak cost ({1}{U}) lets Donatello come in attacking as early as turn 2 if you have an unblocked attacker, making him far more aggressive than his 3cmc body suggests.
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Copying artifact tokens (e.g., Treasure, Clue, Food) with his trigger creates compounding resource advantage — each copy can itself be the copy target next combat.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #10,825