Splinter, the Mentor
TMC · mythic · Released 2026-03-06
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
above rate
meaningful alone
wants support
scales up
one mode
broadly useful
easily answered
Commander Bracket
Archetypes
No active conflicts.
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Risks
Mechanics
Typal
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Structural
Rationale
Splinter is a 2cmc 2/2 menace legend that generates a Mutagen token whenever itself or any nontoken creature you control leaves the battlefield, making it a death-trigger token engine for aristocrats and sacrifice strategies. The Partner—Character select ability opens two-commander shells, most naturally pairing with other TMNT characters. Rat and Ninja tribal synergy is real but the value shines most in creature-sacrifice loops.
Learnings (3)
Splinter's trigger fires on ANY nontoken creature leaving the battlefield — not just deaths — so bounce, exile, and phase-out all generate Mutagen tokens, making him unusually resilient to non-destroy removal strategies.
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As a 'Partner—Character select' commander, Splinter must be paired with another creature that also has Partner—Character select; this is a TMNT-set exclusive variant, not the standard Partner keyword, so it does not pair with generic Partner commanders like Tymna or Silas.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Mutagen tokens are a TMNT-set specific token type; their utility depends on set-specific payoffs, so Splinter's power scales sharply with how many Mutagen synergies are available in the card pool.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #9,374