Donatello, Gadget Master

Donatello is an evasive creature that wants to sneak in combat damage while you build an artifact-heavy board. His main appeal is that whenever he hits a player, you get to copy one of your artifacts—this rewards you for running a suite of mana rocks, utility artifacts, and token generators. Your game plan revolves around cheap evasive creatures (often ones with sneak potential) that enable Donatello's damage triggers, then leverage those triggers to exponentially multiply your artifact presence. You'll win by either swinging with a heavily reinforced board of creatures and artifact tokens, or by assembling an engine where your copied artifacts generate value faster than opponents can answer it.

The sneak mechanic is the key unlock: returning an unblocked attacker to hand lets you replay it for cheap, or cycle through small evasive threats. This pairs beautifully with cards that reward casting or entering play, like cost-reduction artifacts and token doublers. Blue's role here is letting you protect your threats with counterspells while keeping the table honest, and sculpting your draws to find threats and engines quickly. You're aiming for a midrange tempo deck that gradually takes over through artifact duplication rather than raw aggression.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.