Hold the Gate by Falkris

Format: Commander

Commander: Felothar the Steadfast

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Abzan deck is a dedicated toughness-matters combat engine commanded by Felothar the Steadfast. The strategy focuses on deploying efficient low-power, high-toughness defenders during the early turns to establish an impenetrable ground defense and ramp with creatures like Overgrown Battlement and Axebane Guardian. Once Felothar the Steadfast or backups like Doran, Besieged by Time and Assault Formation enter the battlefield, these defensive walls transform into massive attackers that deal lethal damage equal to their toughness. Felothar also doubles as a card-draw engine by sacrificing low-power walls to refill the hand with zero discard penalty. Evasion enablers like Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa and Behind the Scenes bypass opposing blockers, while asymmetric sweepers like Slaughter the Strong and Expel the Interlopers wipe opposing boards without touching your own creatures. The deck finishes games through overwhelming combat pressure across consecutive combat turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abzan Beastmaster
• 1 Access Tunnel
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
• 1 Arbor Adherent
• 1 Arboreal Grazer
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ash Barrens
• 1 Assault Formation
• 1 Axebane Guardian
• 1 Baldin, Century Herdmaster
• 1 Baldur's Gate
• 1 Basilisk Gate
• 1 Behind the Scenes
• 1 Betor, Ancestor's Voice
• 1 Betor, Kin to All
• 1 Black Dragon Gate
• 1 Brave the Sands
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Captain America's Shield
• 1 Circuitous Route
• 1 Citadel Gate
• 1 Colfenor's Urn
• 1 Colfenor, the Last Yew
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crashing Drawbridge
• 1 Doran, Besieged by Time
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Expel the Interlopers
• 1 Faeburrow Elder
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fell the Mighty
• 1 Felothar the Steadfast
• 1 Flumph
• 5 Forest
• 1 Fortified Village
• 1 Gatecreeper Vine
• 1 Gateway Plaza
• 1 Get Lost
• 1 Golgari Guildgate
• 1 Gond Gate
• 1 Heap Gate
• 1 Hold the Gates
• 1 Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
• 1 Indomitable Ancients
• 1 Indulging Patrician
• 1 Infernal Grasp
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Jaws of Defeat
• 1 Last March of the Ents
• 1 Leyline of Vitality
• 1 Maze's End
• 1 Nyx-Fleece Ram
• 1 Orzhov Guildgate
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Overgrown Battlement
• 1 Overgrown Farmland
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 6 Plains
• 1 Rampart Architect
• 1 Reunion of the House
• 1 Rhox Faithmender
• 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1 Seedborn Muse
• 1 Selesnya Guildgate
• 1 Selesnya Signet
• 1 Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
• 1 Slaughter the Strong
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spidersilk Armor
• 1 Staff of Compleation
• 1 Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1 Stoneskin
• 1 Sunpetal Grove
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Sylvan Caryatid
• 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
• 1 Towering Titan
• 1 Tree of Redemption
• 1 Treefolk Umbra
• 1 Wall of Blossoms
• 1 Wall of Essence
• 1 Wall of Omens
• 1 Wall of Reverence
• 1 Wall of Roots
• 1 Weathered Sentinels
• 1 Welcoming Vampire
• 1 Will of the Abzan