Top MTG TMNT Archetypes to Draft: Completing and Solving

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Playing Magic: The Gathering through a draft is one of the most enjoyable methods. If you’re planning to participate in a prerelease event at a local game store or a private gathering featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set, Wizards of the Coast has shared the top deck archetypes to watch for.

With the set’s card list now available, many of these archetypes are not unexpected. We’re eager to see which ones prove most successful.

Orzhov Ninjas

This mysterious deck focuses on fast ninja creatures and a new mechanic called “sneak.” While sneaking is possible with mana from all colors, it’s easiest to maximize in white and black decks.

The main card is Karai, Future of the Foot, which requires a higher sneak cost than its regular casting cost. When she deals combat damage, you can either return a creature card from your graveyard directly to the battlefield or to your hand if you don’t pay the sneak cost. Since paying the sneak cost guarantees combat damage, it’s a powerful play to get an extra creature on the battlefield.

Top synergy cards include:

The Last Ronin’s Technique
Turncoat Kunoichi
Ninja Teen
Oroku Saki, Shredder Rising
Foot Mystic
Super Shredder
Foot Ninjas
Foot Elite
Splinter, Radical Rat
Karai’s Technique

Izzet Machines

This deck moves away from the previous Izzet Lessons archetype and is centered around artifacts, equipment, and generating artifact tokens. It often relies on powering up creatures with artifacts and leveraging their affinity for such permanents.

Baxter Stockman is the key legendary creature, creating a colorless 1/1 robot token as it enters play. At the start of combat, it boosts a target artifact creature with +3/+0, grants it first strike and vigilance until end of turn.

Popular synergy cards include:

Don & Raph, Hard Science
Donatello, Mutant Mechanic
Donatello, Gadget Master
Krang, Master Mind
Improvised Arsenal
Ravenous Robots
Casey Jones, Jury-Rig Justicar
Brilliance Unleashed
Mouser Mark III
Mouser Foundry

Golgari Disappear

Centered on the “disappear” mechanic—a revamped version of revolt—this deck thrives on tokens, counters, and card draw triggered when a permanent you control leaves the battlefield.

The main card, Pizza Face, Gastromancer, places three +1/+1 counters on an artifact creature you control. If the target isn’t a creature, it transforms into a 0/0 mutant before counters are applied.

Most cards in this archetype include counters, token generators, or card draw, making for a cohesive black and green strategy.

Key synergy cards include:

Foot Mystic
Insectoid Exterminator
Lord Dregg, Insect Invader
Rat King, Verminister
Michelangelo, Game Master
West Wind Avatar
Putrid Pals

Boros Alliance

This deck revolves around the “alliance” mechanic, activating whenever another creature you control enters the battlefield. The legendary The Neutrinos leads this archetype, gaining +1/0 each time a creature enters under your control. When attacking, you can exile one of your creatures and return it tapped and attacking, re-triggering its abilities.

This approach relies heavily on triggering alliance abilities to maintain pressure and advantage.

Great synergy cards include:

East Wind Avatar
Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian
Mighty Mutanimals
EPF Point Squad
Mutant Town Musicians
Raphael, Most Attitude
Raphael, Tough Turtle
Slash, Reptile Rampager
Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry

Simic Mutagen

Focusing on the new mutagen tokens, this deck aims to generate and utilize as many as possible. Mutagen tokens are landable creatures that let you put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control, cost one mana plus sacrificing the token.

This mechanic fits well within green and blue mana pools and is heavily supported across the set, especially in Commander formats. In Standard, it’s best suited for Simic decks.

Key synergy cards include: