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Feather, the Redeemed
Legendary Creature — Angel · {R}{W}{W} · Red/White commander
Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature you control, exile that card instead of putting it into your graveyard as it resolves. If you do, return it to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.
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What Feather, the Redeemed actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature you control, exile that card instead of putting it into your graveyard as it resolves. If you do, return it to your hand at the be
- Keyword · flyingflying
What a Feather, the Redeemed deck needs
Plays as spellslinger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- cheap instants and sorceries that target your own creatures (each returns to hand at end step)
- creatures to target
The Feather, the Redeemed deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 26× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
- 6× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Feather, the Redeemed
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Faithless Looting1 mana
- Gamble1 mana
- Lightning Bolt1 mana
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Vandalblast1 mana
- Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief0 mana
A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Faithless Looting1 mana
- Gamble1 mana
- Lightning Bolt1 mana
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Vandalblast1 mana
- Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief0 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
- Angelic Ascension2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon3 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Shatter the Sky4 mana
- Split Up3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Boros Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
Combos with Feather, the Redeemed
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Feather, the Redeemed is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Feather, the Redeemed + Sage Of Hours + Increasing Savagery2 decks
- Feather, the Redeemed + Sage Of Hours + Verdant Confluence2 decks
- Feather, the Redeemed + Sage Of Hours + Strength Of The Tajuru
- Feather, the Redeemed + Sage Of Hours + Infuse With The Elements