Leonardo, Worldly Warrior

Gameplan

Flood the board with cheap creatures to slash Leonardo's cost down to a few mana, then suit him up and swing with double strike for huge, often lethal, commander-damage hits. Between turns you build a wide white board that can also win through anthems and team alpha strikes. He's a fast-deploying threat that turns a creature swarm directly into pressure.

Key Cards

• Swords to Plowshares — Premier cheap removal to clear blockers or kill problem creatures before your alpha strike.
• Skullclamp — Solves mono-white's card draw by sacrificing small tokens, refilling your hand to keep the board wide.
• Shadowspear — Grants trample and lifelink, letting double-strike Leonardo punch through chumps for the kill.
• Anointed Procession — Doubles your token output, deepening affinity and the go-wide plan simultaneously.
• Sword of Fire and Ice — Protection, evasion, card draw, and a damage boost all doubled by double strike.
• Bennie Bracks, Zoologist — Repeatable card advantage that rewards a wide white board, exactly what this deck builds.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana and ramp (Sol Ring, Smothering Tithe, Mana Crypt) plus protection like Swiftfoot Boots and Heroic Intervention to make Leonardo land and connect reliably. Lean into the best token producers and anthems (Anointed Procession, Cathars' Crusade) and high-impact equipment (the Swords cycle, Embercleave-style payoffs) so a single double-strike swing is lethal. Round out with white's premium card-advantage engines—Skullclamp, Welcoming Vampire, Mentor of the Meek—to avoid running out of gas.