Tenderize
Tenderize: Instant, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMT)
- Released
- 2026-03-06
- Collector number
- 133
- Artist
- Jo Cordisco
- Commander rank
- 16,876 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Tenderize
Tenderize is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common green instant from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMT), an expansion set released in March 2026. It is collector number 133 in that set, with art by Jo Cordisco. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.18 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature an opponent controls.
"Get back, all ya'll! Stay away from me! I ain't safe, ya hear! Ain't no friend! I'm a monster!"
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.18 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Tenderize by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Tenderize.
- If either target is an illegal target as Tenderize resolves, the creature you control won't deal damage.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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