Abzan Counters by user9274118

Format: Commander

Commander: Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is an Abzan +1/+1 counter aristocrats deck helmed by Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan, whose enter/attack trigger sacrifices a nonland permanent to spread +1/+1 counters across the board. The deck fuses two overlapping engines: a classic counter-matters package (Corpsejack Menace, Cathars' Crusade, Doc Samson, Super Psychiatrist) and a sacrifice/drain package (Zulaport Cutthroat, Vindictive Vampire, Pitiless Plunderer, Altar of Dementia). Felothar acts as a repeatable sacrifice outlet in the command zone, converting dying creatures into board-wide counter growth while simultaneously fueling drain triggers, token replacement, and recursion loops. The primary win is incremental: drain the table through death triggers and overwhelm with enormous trampling creatures. Secondary lines include Ghave, Guru of Spores + Pitiless Plunderer + a drain piece for an infinite loop, and Meren of Clan Nel Toth value recursion. The deck is a midrange value engine that wins through attrition, synergy density, and grind rather than a single fast combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abzan Ascendancy
• 1 Al Bhed Salvagers
• 1 Altar of Dementia
• 1 Avenger of Zendikar
• 1 Barrensteppe Siege
• 1 Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1 Blooming Marsh
• 1 Botanical Brawler
• 1 Butcher of Malakir
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Cathars' Crusade
• 1 Colossal Majesty
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Compy Swarm
• 1 Corpsejack Menace
• 1 Cost of Brilliance
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Decode Transmissions
• 1 Doc Samson, Super Psychiatrist
• 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1 Duty Beyond Death
• 1 Elemental Bond
• 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1 Emil, Vastlands Roamer
• 1 Evolution Sage
• 1 Explore
• 1 Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
• 8 Forest
• 1 Fortified Village
• 1 Ghave, Guru of Spores
• 1 Grim Backwoods
• 1 Harmonize
• 1 Indatha Triome
• 1 Inspiring Call
• 1 Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
• 1 Karn's Bastion
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
• 1 Madame Null, Power Broker
• 1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1 Necropolis Regent
• 1 Ninja Teen
• 1 Open the Graves
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Parallel Lives
• 1 Parting Thoughts
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple
• 1 Pirate Peddlers
• 1 Pitiless Plunderer
• 7 Plains
• 1 Rabid Attack
• 1 Return to Nature
• 1 Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
• 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1 Shared Roots
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Skyknight Squire
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solemn Simulacrum
• 1 Soul Warden
• 8 Swamp
• 1 T'Challa's Protection
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Temple of Silence
• 1 Topiary Lecturer
• 1 Unearth
• 1 Vampiric Rites
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Village Rites
• 1 Vindictive Vampire
• 1 Wild Growth
• 1 Wildwood Scourge
• 1 Wilson, Refined Grizzly
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Zulaport Cutthroat