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Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · {W}{B}{G} · Black/Green/White commander
Trample
Whenever Felothar enters or attacks, you may sacrifice a nonland permanent. When you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
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What Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan 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 · attackWhenever Felothar enters or attacks, you may sacrifice a nonland permanent. When you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- Keyword · trampletrample
What a Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan deck needs
Plays as combat trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- expendable creatures and tokens to sacrifice (the commander is a sacrifice outlet)
- blink and recursion aimed at the commander itself (its value is its own enter trigger)
- creatures that grow with +1/+1 counters and counter payoffs (it spreads counters across your team)
- haste, evasion and protection for the commander, and extra combats (its own attack is the engine)
The Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 6× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 16× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 4× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 14× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 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
Best cards for Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
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.
Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
- Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler3 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Runadi, Behemoth Caller3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth4 mana
- Lavaspur Boots1 mana
Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- Airbender Ascension2 mana
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd2 mana
- Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
- Flickerwisp3 mana
- Touch the Spirit Realm3 mana
- Conjurer's Closet5 mana
- Distinguished Conjurer2 mana
- Emiel the Blessed4 mana
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Nurgle's Rot1 mana
- Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization6 mana
- Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead5 mana
- Phyrexian Triniform9 mana
- Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise2 mana
- Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin4 mana
- Old-Growth Troll3 mana
- Exquisite Huntmaster4 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Eternal Witness3 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Knight of the White Orchid2 mana
- Spirited Companion2 mana
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Arboreal Grazer1 mana
- Cauldron Familiar1 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Abzan Falconer3 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Kodama of the West Tree3 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar3 mana
- Duskshell Crawler2 mana
- Sphere Grid2 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Branching Evolution3 mana
- Hardened Scales1 mana
- Ozolith, the Shattered Spire2 mana
- Conclave Mentor2 mana
- Winding Constrictor2 mana
- Kami of Whispered Hopes3 mana
- Benevolent Hydra2 mana
- Michelangelo, Weirdness to 112 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Assassin's Trophy2 mana
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Damn2 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Kaya's Wrath4 mana
Combos with Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan + Cryptic Trilobite + Crystalline Crawler + Eldrazi Displacer + Basking Broodscale4 decks
- Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan + Cryptic Trilobite + Crystalline Crawler + Emiel The Blessed + Basking Broodscale4 decks
- Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan + Cryptic Trilobite + Crystalline Crawler + Eldrazi Displacer + Scurry Oak3 decks
- Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan + Cryptic Trilobite + Crystalline Crawler + Scurry Oak + Emiel The Blessed3 decks
- Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan + Cryptic Trilobite + Crystalline Crawler + Blessed Sanctuary + Eldrazi Displacer3 decks
- Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan + Cryptic Trilobite + Crystalline Crawler + Blessed Sanctuary + Emiel The Blessed3 decks
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