Heroes in a Half Shell

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A 5cmc 5/5 WUBRG legendary with vigilance, menace, trample, and haste — an all-keywords beatstick that draws a card and grows the whole team whenever Mutants, Ninjas, and/or Turtles deal combat damage. Signature in TMNT-typal aggro/midrange shells where it functions as both commander and payoff; the +1/+1 counter snowball makes it a natural fit in counter-growth strategies. The 5-color pip requirement is a real deckbuilding constraint, though as a commander it effectively sets the color identity.

• The triggered ability fires once per combat step (whenever 'one or more' of those creatures deal damage), meaning even a single Ninja connecting draws one card and grows the whole qualifying squad — it does not trigger per-creature.

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• As a 5-color WUBRG commander, Heroes in a Half Shell lets you run the full suite of Mutant, Ninja, and Turtle creatures across all colors, making the tribe-density risk manageable in the commander slot but steep in the 99.

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• The combination of haste and menace means Heroes in a Half Shell itself can often connect the turn it enters, immediately triggering its own draw-and-grow ability without setup.

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• EDHREC rank: #9,439