Card
Donatello, Mutant Mechanic
Mana cost {3}{U}
Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle 3/5
{T}: Put three +1/+1 counters on target artifact you control. If it isn't a creature, it becomes a 0/0 Robot creature in addition to its other types. Activate only as a sorcery. Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on up to one target artifact or creature you control.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 62 known combos. 6 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · TMT · #36
- Cheapest printing
- €1.18
- EDHREC salt
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- Color identity
- Blue
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
62 known combos.
- Eternity Vessel + Darksteel Reactor + Donatello, Mutant Mechanic
Produces: Win the game
View on Commander Spellbook - Eternity Vessel + Magistrate's Scepter + Donatello, Mutant Mechanic
Produces: Lock, Near-infinite turns
View on Commander Spellbook - Solar Array + Freed from the Real + Donatello, Mutant Mechanic
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite +1/+1 counters on artifact creatures you cast, Infinite charge counters on artifacts you cast
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
If the target artifact is an attached Equipment, it becomes unattached. If an Equipment without reconfigure becomes an artifact creature, it can't be attached to another creature. - 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
Donatello's first ability doesn't remove any abilities the target artifact has. - 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
If the target artifact has station, its base power and toughness will be set to 0/0. Adding charge counters to that artifact won't restore the power and toughness printed in any of its striations. - 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
The resulting artifact creature will be able to attack on your turn if it's been under your control continuously since the turn began. That is, it doesn't matter how long it's been a creature, just how long it's been on the battlefield. - 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
The artifact retains any types, subtypes, or supertypes it has. - 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
If the target artifact is a Vehicle, its base power and toughness will be set to 0/0. Crewing that Vehicle will not restore its power and toughness.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast