Art by Yuumei
The Lion-Turtle
Legendary Creature — Elder Cat Turtle
Reach, vigilance When The Lion-Turtle enters, you gain 3 life. The Lion-Turtle can't attack or block unless there are three or more Lesson cards in your graveyard. {T}: Add one mana of any color.
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Most Played With The Lion-Turtle (173)
Sol Ring
64% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
55% of decks · $0.49
Hermitic Herbalist
55% of decks · $0.21
Sokka's Haiku
54% of decks · $0.25
Gran-Gran
51% of decks · $0.25
Rockalanche
49% of decks · $0.28
Serpent of the Pass
47% of decks · $0.09
Lost Days
47% of decks · $0.19
Earthbending Lesson
45% of decks · $0.21
Aang's Journey
44% of decks · $0.21
Cracked Earth Technique
42% of decks · $0.35
Chakra Meditation
42% of decks · $0.31
Zuko's Exile
41% of decks · $0.19
Turtle-Duck
39% of decks · $0.17
Bender's Waterskin
39% of decks · $0.89
Bumi, King of Three Trials
39% of decks · $0.15
Elemental Teachings
39% of decks · $0.35
Waterbender's Restoration
38% of decks · $3.86
Water Whip
37% of decks · $0.49
Badgermole
35% of decks · $0.18
Walltop Sentries
34% of decks · $0.15
Secret of Bloodbending
34% of decks · $0.98
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
33% of decks · $1.18
Germination Practicum
32% of decks · $7.84
Raucous Audience
31% of decks · $0.18
Environmental Sciences
30% of decks · $0.20
Whirlwind Technique
30% of decks · $0.20
Colossal Skyturtle
29% of decks · $0.40
Fecund Greenshell
29% of decks · $0.67
Growth Spiral
29% of decks · $0.32
Energybending
29% of decks · $0.25
Containment Breach
28% of decks · $0.17
Leaves from the Vine
28% of decks · $0.14
Saber-Tooth Moose-Lion
28% of decks · $0.15
Badgermole Cub
27% of decks · $45.32
Teachings of the Archaics
27% of decks · $0.33
Counterspell
26% of decks · $4.28
Diligent Zookeeper
25% of decks · $0.20
Flopsie, Bumi's Buddy
25% of decks · $0.21
Echocasting Symposium
24% of decks · $3.08
The Pride of Hull Clade
24% of decks · $2.19
Introduction to Prophecy
24% of decks · $0.14
Cultivate
24% of decks · $0.45
Knowledge Seeker
23% of decks · $0.14
The Earth King
23% of decks · $1.92
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
23% of decks · $33.52
Ancient Adamantoise
23% of decks · $3.52
Bedrock Tortoise
23% of decks · $1.46
Swiftfoot Boots
23% of decks
Watery Grasp
23% of decks · $0.11
Introduction to Annihilation
22% of decks · $0.33
Simic Signet
22% of decks · $0.39
Bumi's Feast Lecture
22% of decks · $0.27
Ambling Stormshell
21% of decks · $0.22
Yue, the Moon Spirit
21% of decks · $0.32
Heroic Intervention
21% of decks · $17.55
Ambitious Augmenter
20% of decks · $0.22
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
20% of decks · $0.69
Beast Within
20% of decks · $0.68
Honest Work
20% of decks · $0.16
Waterbending Scroll
20% of decks · $0.23
Spirit Water Revival
20% of decks · $0.58
Explore
20% of decks · $0.19
The Legend of Kuruk
20% of decks
Negate
19% of decks · $0.24
Birds of Paradise
18% of decks · $9.03
Rocky Rebuke
18% of decks · $0.11
Aegis Turtle
17% of decks · $0.13
Mistford River Turtle
17% of decks · $0.17
Katara, Bending Prodigy
17% of decks · $0.18
The Legend of Kyoshi
17% of decks
Otter-Penguin
16% of decks · $0.15
Expanded Anatomy
16% of decks · $0.26
Fractal Summoning
16% of decks · $0.20
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
16% of decks · $0.49
Waterbender Ascension
16% of decks · $0.62
Earth Kingdom General
16% of decks · $0.24
Toph, the Blind Bandit
15% of decks · $0.29
Giant Koi
15% of decks · $0.12
Thunderous Snapper
15% of decks · $0.19
Dragon Turtle
15% of decks · $0.37
Haru, Hidden Talent
15% of decks · $0.26
Frantic Search
15% of decks · $2.13
Rampant Growth
15% of decks · $1.25
Mercurial Transformation
15% of decks · $0.32
Great Divide Guide
15% of decks · $1.04
Llanowar Elves
15% of decks · $0.33
Steelbane Hydra
15% of decks · $0.36
Ty Lee, Chi Blocker
15% of decks · $0.34
Ostrich-Horse
15% of decks · $0.10
Thought Vessel
15% of decks
Earthbender Ascension
14% of decks · $2.23
Iguana Parrot
14% of decks · $0.11
Turtle Power!
13% of decks · $0.30
Sparring Dummy
13% of decks · $0.14
Quandrix Cultivator
13% of decks · $0.24
Garruk's Uprising
13% of decks · $0.57
Rhystic Study
13% of decks · $69.59
Foggy Swamp Vinebender
13% of decks · $0.14
Angler Turtle
12% of decks · $0.26
Phantasmal Shieldback
12% of decks · $0.30
Archmage Emeritus
12% of decks · $0.57
Fierce Guardianship
12% of decks · $63.65
Dramatic Reversal
12% of decks · $0.38
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
11% of decks · $0.30
Rapid Hybridization
11% of decks · $0.78
Pillar Launch
11% of decks · $0.14
Retro-Mutation
11% of decks · $0.15
Sink into Stupor
11% of decks
Kodama's Reach
11% of decks · $1.83
Crashing Wave
10% of decks · $0.24
Brainstorm
10% of decks · $0.57
Earth Rumble
10% of decks · $0.20
The Great Henge
10% of decks · $65.74
Aetherize
9% of decks · $0.49
Worldly Tutor
9% of decks · $31.16
Mascot Exhibition
9% of decks · $0.75
Barrels of Blasting Jelly
9% of decks · $0.19
Elemental Bond
9% of decks · $4.67
Saved by the Shell
9% of decks · $0.31
Turtle Van
9% of decks · $0.30
Meteor Sword
8% of decks · $0.23
Ember Island Production
8% of decks · $0.32
Kyoshi Island Plaza
8% of decks · $0.29
The Spirit Oasis
8% of decks · $0.28
Flow State
8% of decks · $1.60
Nature's Claim
8% of decks · $1.34
Planar Genesis
8% of decks · $0.38
Three Visits
8% of decks · $5.54
Farseek
8% of decks · $0.46
Propaganda
8% of decks · $2.22
Crystalline Armor
8% of decks · $0.35
Cyclonic Rift
7% of decks · $39.16
Allies at Last
7% of decks · $0.13
Doppelgang
7% of decks · $1.63
Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
7% of decks · $7.59
Utopia Sprawl
7% of decks · $2.19
Assault Formation
7% of decks · $0.35
Tale of Katara and Toph
7% of decks · $1.82
Gathering Stone
7% of decks · $0.47
An Offer You Can't Refuse
7% of decks · $3.16
Run Away Together
7% of decks · $0.25
Consider
7% of decks · $0.34
Auroral Procession
7% of decks · $0.34
Arcane Denial
7% of decks · $2.03
Force of Negation
7% of decks · $50.63
Nature's Lore
7% of decks · $2.22
Many Partings
7% of decks · $0.23
Bridgeworks Battle
7% of decks
Rite of Replication
7% of decks · $0.30
Lightning Greaves
7% of decks · $4.00
Glacierwood Siege
7% of decks · $0.36
Wild Growth
7% of decks · $0.59
Mystic Remora
7% of decks · $15.08
Mind into Matter
6% of decks · $0.35
Solid Ground
6% of decks · $1.77
Pongify
6% of decks · $3.12
Eureka Moment
6% of decks · $0.24
Swan Song
6% of decks · $10.60
Obscuring Haze
6% of decks · $4.58
Mystical Tutor
6% of decks · $19.16
Deny Entry
6% of decks · $0.24
Nature's Rhythm
6% of decks · $5.35
Finale of Devastation
6% of decks · $32.45
Urban Evolution
6% of decks · $0.34
Bala Ged Recovery
6% of decks
Invasion Submersible
6% of decks · $0.17
Freed from the Real
6% of decks · $7.98
Beastmaster Ascension
6% of decks · $7.03
Through the Forest Gate
6% of decks · $1.41
Cowabunga!
5% of decks · $0.20
Lessons from Life
5% of decks · $0.25
Necklace of Girion
5% of decks · $13.61
New Cards
Vinelasher Adept
13% of decks · $0.21
Marwyn, the Preserver
13% of decks · $0.28
Thranduil's Decree
11% of decks · $0.19
Mirkwood Nurturer
6% of decks · $0.13
Ordinary Bear
6% of decks · $0.16
Creatures (50)
Hermitic Herbalist
55% of decks · $0.21
Gran-Gran
51% of decks · $0.25
Serpent of the Pass
47% of decks · $0.09
Turtle-Duck
39% of decks · $0.17
Bumi, King of Three Trials
39% of decks · $0.15
Badgermole
35% of decks · $0.18
Walltop Sentries
34% of decks · $0.15
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
33% of decks · $1.18
Raucous Audience
31% of decks · $0.18
Colossal Skyturtle
29% of decks · $0.40
Fecund Greenshell
29% of decks · $0.67
Saber-Tooth Moose-Lion
28% of decks · $0.15
Badgermole Cub
27% of decks · $45.32
Diligent Zookeeper
25% of decks · $0.20
Flopsie, Bumi's Buddy
25% of decks · $0.21
The Pride of Hull Clade
24% of decks · $2.19
Knowledge Seeker
23% of decks · $0.14
The Earth King
23% of decks · $1.92
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
23% of decks · $33.52
Ancient Adamantoise
23% of decks · $3.52
Bedrock Tortoise
23% of decks · $1.46
Ambling Stormshell
21% of decks · $0.22
Yue, the Moon Spirit
21% of decks · $0.32
Ambitious Augmenter
20% of decks · $0.22
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
20% of decks · $0.69
Birds of Paradise
18% of decks · $9.03
Aegis Turtle
17% of decks · $0.13
Mistford River Turtle
17% of decks · $0.17
Katara, Bending Prodigy
17% of decks · $0.18
Otter-Penguin
16% of decks · $0.15
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
16% of decks · $0.49
Earth Kingdom General
16% of decks · $0.24
Toph, the Blind Bandit
15% of decks · $0.29
Giant Koi
15% of decks · $0.12
Thunderous Snapper
15% of decks · $0.19
Dragon Turtle
15% of decks · $0.37
Haru, Hidden Talent
15% of decks · $0.26
Great Divide Guide
15% of decks · $1.04
Llanowar Elves
15% of decks · $0.33
Steelbane Hydra
15% of decks · $0.36
Ty Lee, Chi Blocker
15% of decks · $0.34
Ostrich-Horse
15% of decks · $0.10
Iguana Parrot
14% of decks · $0.11
Sparring Dummy
13% of decks · $0.14
Quandrix Cultivator
13% of decks · $0.24
Foggy Swamp Vinebender
13% of decks · $0.14
Angler Turtle
12% of decks · $0.26
Phantasmal Shieldback
12% of decks · $0.30
Archmage Emeritus
12% of decks · $0.57
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
11% of decks · $0.30
Instants (39)
Sokka's Haiku
54% of decks · $0.25
Lost Days
47% of decks · $0.19
Zuko's Exile
41% of decks · $0.19
Elemental Teachings
39% of decks · $0.35
Waterbender's Restoration
38% of decks · $3.86
Whirlwind Technique
30% of decks · $0.20
Growth Spiral
29% of decks · $0.32
Energybending
29% of decks · $0.25
Counterspell
26% of decks · $4.28
Heroic Intervention
21% of decks · $17.55
Beast Within
20% of decks · $0.68
Negate
19% of decks · $0.24
Rocky Rebuke
18% of decks · $0.11
Frantic Search
15% of decks · $2.13
Fierce Guardianship
12% of decks · $63.65
Dramatic Reversal
12% of decks · $0.38
Rapid Hybridization
11% of decks · $0.78
Pillar Launch
11% of decks · $0.14
Sink into Stupor
11% of decks
Brainstorm
10% of decks · $0.57
Aetherize
9% of decks · $0.49
Worldly Tutor
9% of decks · $31.16
Saved by the Shell
9% of decks · $0.31
Nature's Claim
8% of decks · $1.34
Planar Genesis
8% of decks · $0.38
Cyclonic Rift
7% of decks · $39.16
Allies at Last
7% of decks · $0.13
An Offer You Can't Refuse
7% of decks · $3.16
Run Away Together
7% of decks · $0.25
Consider
7% of decks · $0.34
Auroral Procession
7% of decks · $0.34
Arcane Denial
7% of decks · $2.03
Force of Negation
7% of decks · $50.63
Pongify
6% of decks · $3.12
Eureka Moment
6% of decks · $0.24
Swan Song
6% of decks · $10.60
Obscuring Haze
6% of decks · $4.58
Mystical Tutor
6% of decks · $19.16
Deny Entry
6% of decks · $0.24
Sorceries (42)
Rockalanche
49% of decks · $0.28
Earthbending Lesson
45% of decks · $0.21
Aang's Journey
44% of decks · $0.21
Cracked Earth Technique
42% of decks · $0.35
Water Whip
37% of decks · $0.49
Secret of Bloodbending
34% of decks · $0.98
Germination Practicum
32% of decks · $7.84
Environmental Sciences
30% of decks · $0.20
Containment Breach
28% of decks · $0.17
Teachings of the Archaics
27% of decks · $0.33
Echocasting Symposium
24% of decks · $3.08
Introduction to Prophecy
24% of decks · $0.14
Cultivate
24% of decks · $0.45
Introduction to Annihilation
22% of decks · $0.33
Bumi's Feast Lecture
22% of decks · $0.27
Spirit Water Revival
20% of decks · $0.58
Explore
20% of decks · $0.19
Expanded Anatomy
16% of decks · $0.26
Fractal Summoning
16% of decks · $0.20
Rampant Growth
15% of decks · $1.25
Mercurial Transformation
15% of decks · $0.32
Kodama's Reach
11% of decks · $1.83
Crashing Wave
10% of decks · $0.24
Earth Rumble
10% of decks · $0.20
Mascot Exhibition
9% of decks · $0.75
Ember Island Production
8% of decks · $0.32
Flow State
8% of decks · $1.60
Three Visits
8% of decks · $5.54
Farseek
8% of decks · $0.46
Doppelgang
7% of decks · $1.63
Nature's Lore
7% of decks · $2.22
Many Partings
7% of decks · $0.23
Bridgeworks Battle
7% of decks
Rite of Replication
7% of decks · $0.30
Mind into Matter
6% of decks · $0.35
Nature's Rhythm
6% of decks · $5.35
Finale of Devastation
6% of decks · $32.45
Urban Evolution
6% of decks · $0.34
Bala Ged Recovery
6% of decks
Through the Forest Gate
6% of decks · $1.41
Cowabunga!
5% of decks · $0.20
Lessons from Life
5% of decks · $0.25
Utility Artifacts (9)
Swiftfoot Boots
23% of decks
Waterbending Scroll
20% of decks · $0.23
The Great Henge
10% of decks · $65.74
Turtle Van
9% of decks · $0.30
Meteor Sword
8% of decks · $0.23
Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
7% of decks · $7.59
Gathering Stone
7% of decks · $0.47
Lightning Greaves
7% of decks · $4.00
Invasion Submersible
6% of decks · $0.17
Mana Artifacts (7)
Sol Ring
64% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
55% of decks · $0.49
Bender's Waterskin
39% of decks · $0.89
Simic Signet
22% of decks · $0.39
Thought Vessel
15% of decks
Barrels of Blasting Jelly
9% of decks · $0.19
Necklace of Girion
5% of decks · $13.61
Enchantments (26)
Chakra Meditation
42% of decks · $0.31
Leaves from the Vine
28% of decks · $0.14
Watery Grasp
23% of decks · $0.11
Honest Work
20% of decks · $0.16
The Legend of Kuruk
20% of decks
The Legend of Kyoshi
17% of decks
Waterbender Ascension
16% of decks · $0.62
Earthbender Ascension
14% of decks · $2.23
Turtle Power!
13% of decks · $0.30
Garruk's Uprising
13% of decks · $0.57
Rhystic Study
13% of decks · $69.59
Retro-Mutation
11% of decks · $0.15
Elemental Bond
9% of decks · $4.67
Kyoshi Island Plaza
8% of decks · $0.29
The Spirit Oasis
8% of decks · $0.28
Propaganda
8% of decks · $2.22
Crystalline Armor
8% of decks · $0.35
Utopia Sprawl
7% of decks · $2.19
Assault Formation
7% of decks · $0.35
Tale of Katara and Toph
7% of decks · $1.82
Glacierwood Siege
7% of decks · $0.36
Wild Growth
7% of decks · $0.59
Mystic Remora
7% of decks · $15.08
Solid Ground
6% of decks · $1.77
Freed from the Real
6% of decks · $7.98
Beastmaster Ascension
6% of decks · $7.03
Utility Lands (13)
Ba Sing Se
44% of decks
Agna Qel'a
36% of decks
Reliquary Tower
31% of decks
Secret Tunnel
19% of decks
Rogue's Passage
15% of decks
Mistrise Village
14% of decks
Boseiju, Who Endures
11% of decks
Temple of the False God
10% of decks
Mystic Sanctuary
9% of decks
Alchemist's Refuge
9% of decks
Mosswort Bridge
7% of decks
Otawara, Soaring City
7% of decks
Restless Vinestalk
6% of decks
Lands (42)
Forest
100% of decks
Island
99% of decks
Command Tower
69% of decks
Hinterland Harbor
49% of decks
Dreamroot Cascade
41% of decks
Meditation Pools
40% of decks
Simic Growth Chamber
37% of decks
Temple of Mystery
34% of decks
Flooded Grove
33% of decks
White Lotus Hideout
33% of decks
Breeding Pool
33% of decks
Vineglimmer Snarl
31% of decks
Exotic Orchard
28% of decks
Yavimaya Coast
27% of decks
Thriving Grove
21% of decks
Rejuvenating Springs
21% of decks
Thornwood Falls
21% of decks
Evolving Wilds
19% of decks
Fabled Passage
18% of decks
Rumble Arena
18% of decks
Thriving Isle
17% of decks
Tangled Islet
15% of decks
Overflowing Basin
15% of decks
Willowrush Verge
15% of decks
Myriad Landscape
15% of decks
Botanical Sanctum
15% of decks
Hedge Maze
15% of decks
Sodden Verdure
13% of decks
Turtle Lair
13% of decks
Misty Rainforest
12% of decks
Barkchannel Pathway
11% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
11% of decks
Sink into Stupor
11% of decks
Turbulent Wilderness
10% of decks
Waterlogged Grove
10% of decks
Tropical Island
7% of decks
Escape Tunnel
7% of decks
Bridgeworks Battle
7% of decks
Path of Ancestry
7% of decks
Simic Guildgate
7% of decks
Guadosalam, Farplane Gateway
7% of decks
Bala Ged Recovery
6% of decks
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