Ninja TurtlesThe Set Review
The smallest set in this collection, and the most powerful card pool in it. Reviewed against 180,204 recorded games, live market prices, and real Commander inclusion data.
The Verdict
Our score Criteria stated belowThese are our scores, not a community aggregate. Limited is graded on the archive: speed, archetype spread and power level. Commander is graded on EDHREC inclusion rank. Opening value is graded on median prices and concentration. Note this is a 195 card set, so a smaller pool is expected.
How It Was Received
Sourced, not scored No aggregate existsNinja Turtles is a compact licensed set, and public commentary on it is thinner than for the premier releases, so we are reporting the data rather than inventing a consensus. What the numbers say is that it was played less than any other set in this collection: 180,204 recorded games against Duskmourn's million.
That is partly a function of size and partly of scope. A 195 card set has a smaller draft environment and typically a shorter shelf life.
The Mechanics
Three mechanics, one clear loser Median win rate vs set baselineRoughly neutral, and thematically the best fit for the licence. 19 cards.
Neutral. Fine, not exciting. 9 cards.
The second worst mechanic result in this archive. Asks for a board state the format does not reliably give you. 10 cards.
The Money
Market signal Prices retrieved 17 August 2026Prices move, so this is a snapshot. Base price means the cheapest printing, which is what the card actually costs you. Where a premium treatment runs materially higher we note it separately, because special treatments otherwise flood the top of any value list.
| Card | Rarity | Base | Premium | Why it costs that |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krang, Utrom Warlord | Mythic | $23.11 | The chase card and the set's most played new Commander card. | |
| Super Shredder | Mythic | $19.15 | $30.03 | The villain, and the second most expensive card. |
| Cool but Rude | Rare | $8.39 | A well liked multicolour payoff. | |
| The Ooze | Rare | $4.17 | $6.36 | A thematic artefact with a following. |
| Dark Leo & Shredder | Mythic | $3.65 | $13.00 | A team-up legend. |
| Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers | Rare | $3.21 | $5.55 | |
| Michelangelo, Improviser | Mythic | $2.91 | $8.72 | |
| Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11 | Rare | $2.48 | $5.14 |
Two Formats, Two Sets Of Cards
The finding worth the reviewLimited percentile vs EDHREC rankWe hold both the Limited archive and Commander inclusion data. The gap here is wide, which is typical of a licensed set where the recognisable characters and the good draft cards are different cards.
Built for the 99, not the 40
- Krang, Utrom Warlord EDH #3,999 Limited p29
The chase card, and only the 29th percentile in draft. - Make Your Move EDH #6,299 Limited p30
- Raph & Leo, Sibling Rivals EDH #9,322 Limited p34
- New Generation's Technique EDH #11,066 Limited p27
- Raphael, Tough Turtle EDH #11,510 Limited p34
- Skateboard EDH #11,774 Limited p10
Great in the 40, invisible in the 99
- Sally Pride, Lioness Leader Limited p99 EDH #13,310
99th percentile in the format, unplayed in Commander. - The Last Ronin Limited p99 EDH #17,808
- Agent Bishop, Man in Black Limited p98 EDH #12,330
- Mighty Mutanimals Limited p98 EDH #17,092
- April O'Neil, Hacktivist Limited p97 EDH #17,817
- Armaggon, Future Shark Limited p97 EDH #10,783
Commander
Where the set keeps living EDHREC rank, lower is more played190 of the 195 cards carry an EDHREC rank. The rank is global across all of Magic rather than relative to this set, so a card at #50 is the 50th most played card in the format overall. For reprints the rank belongs to the card, not to this printing.
By colour identity
By strategy
Interaction
Negate being the most played card in the set tells you where the Commander value is.
Negate
Lands and utility
Escape Tunnel is cheap, useful and unglamorous, which is the profile of a card that gets played forever.
Escape Tunnel
Villain commanders
Krang and Super Shredder are the two cards people actually built around.
Krang, Utrom Warlord, Super Shredder
Artefacts
The Ooze anchors a thematic artefact shell.
The Ooze
Multicolour value
Cool but Rude rewards a committed gold deck.
Cool but Rude
Budget builds
A median rare under fifty cents makes this a cheap source of playables.
Escape Tunnel, Make Your Move
Reprints
Eight, led by one very good one
Constructed And Pauper
Market signal, not play data Read the caveatThe market signal is small and character-led, as expected from a compact licensed set. Krang and Super Shredder carry the value, and there is little evidence of competitive constructed demand anywhere in the pool.
For Pauper, 72 commons entered the pool, the smallest contribution in this collection, though the unusually high power floor means those commons are better than the count suggests.
Who Should Buy This
Straight answersBuy it if
- You want a short, punchy draft. Highest median card power in the archive and a small pool that is quick to learn.
- You are drafting with newcomers. Fewer cards, fewer dead draws, recognisable characters.
- You want cheap playables. Very low prices across the board.
Skip it if
- You want depth. 195 cards is a small environment and it gets solved quickly.
- You are buying for Commander. Krang aside, the set left little behind.
- You want every mechanic to work. Alliance is one of the worst results we have measured.
The one line version
Ninja Turtles is a small set with the highest card quality floor in this collection, which makes it a genuinely enjoyable and fast thing to draft. It is also the least played set here, its Commander legacy is essentially Krang plus a Negate reprint, and one of its three mechanics is among the worst-performing we have measured anywhere.