Donatello, the Brains

Printings

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal (TMC)#85
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal (TMC)#2

Donatello, the Brains

Card Information

Type: Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle

Mana Cost: 2Blue mana

CMC: 3

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for U

Set: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal (TMC)

Rarity: Mythic

Collector Number: 85

Oracle Text

If one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus a Mutagen token are created instead. Partner—Character select (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)

Keywords

Partner

Format Legalities

tlr(Legal)
duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Not Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Not Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Not Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Related Cards

Donatello, the Brains(Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle)
Mutagen(Token Artifact — Mutagen)

Card Rulings

  1. January 27, 2026

    If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Donatello, the Brains and Splinter, the Mentor are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with blue and/or black in their color identity, but not cards with red, green, or white. (If Leonardo, the Balance is one of your commanders, your deck may contain cards with any color or combination of colors in their color identity, regardless of who your other commander is.)

    Source: wotc
  2. January 27, 2026

    To have two commanders, both must have appropriate partner abilities as the game begins. Losing the ability during the game doesn't cause either to cease to be your commander.

    Source: wotc
  3. January 27, 2026

    Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards of your deck are shuffled to become your library.

    Source: wotc
  4. January 27, 2026

    If something refers to your commander while you have two commanders, it refers to one of them of your choice. If you are instructed to perform an action on your commander (e.g. put it from the command zone into your hand due to Command Beacon), you choose one of your commanders at the time the effect happens.

    Source: wotc
  5. January 27, 2026

    You don't need to control the spell or ability that creates the tokens, but you do have to be the one creating the tokens for Donatello's first ability to apply.

    Source: wotc
  6. January 27, 2026

    An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.

    Source: wotc
  7. January 27, 2026

    Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won't have to pay an additional {2} the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 damage from any one of them, not from both of them combined.

    Source: wotc
  8. January 27, 2026

    Mutagen tokens are a kind of predefined token. Each one is a colorless artifact with the artifact subtype Mutagen and the ability "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery."

    Source: wotc
  9. January 27, 2026

    Some spells and abilities that create Mutagen tokens require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. The Mutagen token won't be created.

    Source: wotc
  10. January 27, 2026

    You can have two commanders if each one has "Partner—Character select." You can't mix and match them with cards that have other partner abilities.

    Source: wotc
  11. January 27, 2026

    The additional Mutagen token won't have any abilities the other tokens were created with. Anything else specified in the effect creating the token (such as tapped or "Exile that token at end of combat") applies to both the original tokens and the Mutagen token.

    Source: wotc

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