Leonardo, Big Brother
TMT · common · Released 2026-03-06
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
on rate
minor value alone
wants support
scales up
multiple modes
situational
easily answered
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Rationale
Leonardo is a 1/3 that scales with your board — gaining +1/+0 for each other creature you control, making him a meaningful threat only in wide boards. His Sneak cost ({W}) lets him arrive as a surprise attacker when the opponent is tapped out on blockers, but he's entirely dependent on creature density to be threatening. Best in aggro go-wide shells where many bodies are already in play; nearly blank in creature-light or controlling strategies.
Learnings (3)
Leonardo's static pump counts ALL other creatures you control, not just attackers — so even a wide defensive board makes him a large attacker when sneaked in during declare blockers.
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The Sneak alternative cost requires returning an unblocked attacker to hand, meaning Leonardo is best used on turns where you have multiple attackers and can afford to bounce one — don't telegraph by attacking with only one creature.
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As a legendary creature, Leonardo can serve as a Brawl commander in white-only shells, but his creature-density dependency makes him very build-around and inconsistent without a critical mass of tokens or weenies.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #15,269