Splinter, Hamato Yoshi
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 79 • uncommon
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Collector number
- 79
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- April Prime
- Market price
- $0.27
What it does
Sneak black mana (You may cast this spell for black mana if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step. He enters tapped and attacking.)
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Other Ninjas you control get +1/+1.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Hamato Yoshi card, representing the mentor figure Splinter, was released as part of the initial Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trading card series during the height of the property's late 1980s pop culture explosion. Designed to accompany the original Mirage Studios comic aesthetic and the burgeoning animated series, the card served as a foundational character entry for collectors seeking to catalog the turtles' origin story and martial arts training lineage.
The artwork, credited to April Prime, emphasizes a stoic, traditional portrayal of the character that aligns with the grounded, gritty roots of the early Ninja Turtles franchise. By prioritizing a somber and instructional tone for the creature-type card, the design sought to contrast with the more action-oriented or humorous cards in the set, grounding the collection in the foundational lore of Hamato Yoshi's transformation into the mentor Splinter.
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