---
name: "Michelangelo's Technique"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Sneak"]
set: "TMT"
set_name: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
collector_number: "239"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Florey"
oracle_id: "42f12942-9ac1-497e-a8b7-9f66a5afd0ae"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/michelangelos-technique-tmt"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Michelangelo's Technique
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Sneak

## Oracle Text
Sneak {3}{G} (You may cast this spell for {3}{G} if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step.)
Look at the top eight cards of your library. Put up to two creature cards with total mana value 6 or less from among them onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

> *"Quando volete, piccoletti."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Leonardo's Technique](/printing/leonardos-technique-tmt.md) — Sorcery
2. [Donatello's Technique](/printing/donatellos-technique-tmt.md) — Sorcery
3. [New Generation's Technique](/printing/new-generations-technique-tmt.md) — Sorcery
4. [Splinter's Technique](/printing/splinters-technique-tmt.md) — Sorcery
5. [Michelangelo, Improviser](/printing/michelangelo-improviser-tmt.md) — Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle
6. [Raphael's Technique](/printing/raphaels-technique-tmt.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMT) #239
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Florey
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`