Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan by Kcrozier97

Format: Commander

Commander: Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This Abzan midrange deck is commanded by Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan, focusing on converting disposable tokens and utility creatures into permanent team-wide buffs. The early game establishes a board of low-cost fodder and mana fixing using cards like Hidden Stockpile, Studious First-Year, and Ambitious Augmenter. Once Felothar enters on Turn 4, every attack step sacrifices expendable permanents to distribute +1/+1 counters across your entire battlefield. Support cards like Warden of the Grove, Barrensteppe Siege, and She-Hulk, Attorney-at-Law rapidly amplify power, while Luminous Broodmoth, Duty Beyond Death, and Voice of Victory protect your assets from opposing interaction. The deck closes games around Turn 8 through overwhelming trample combat damage or a late Torment of Hailfire. While vulnerable to mass exile effects and reliant on natural top-decks for finishers, the deck offers steady resilience, graveyard recursion, and strong board presence.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Monument
  • 1 Ambitious Augmenter
  • 1 Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage
  • 1 Avenger of the Fallen
  • 1 Barrensteppe Siege
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Court of Ardenvale
  • 1 Cruel Sadist
  • 1 Dalkovan Encampment
  • 1 Dawn of Hope
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Desert of the Glorified
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Falcon and Redwing
  • 1 Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Forsaken Sanctuary
  • 1 Foul Orchard
  • 1 Gamma Grotesque
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Gollum, Patient Plotter
  • 1 Hazardous Conditions
  • 1 Head of the Hunt
  • 1 Heritage Reclamation
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Hidden Stockpile
  • 1 Holdout Settlement
  • 1 Hollowmurk Siege
  • 1 Host of the Hereafter
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Kaya, Spirits' Justice
  • 1 Lightfoot Technique
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Matt Murdock, Justice Seeker
  • 1 Minotaur, Roxxon CEO
  • 1 Mister Hyde, Monster Within
  • 1 Nightblade Brigade
  • 1 Nissa's Pilgrimage
  • 1 Palace Siege
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Primary Research
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Reap and Sow
  • 1 Renegade Rallier
  • 1 Revival of the Ancestors
  • 1 Rite of Renewal
  • 1 Runic Armasaur
  • 1 Rupture Spire
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 She-Hulk, Attorney-at-Law
  • 1 She-Hulk, Jade Defender
  • 1 Shimmering Grotto
  • 1 Shire Shirriff
  • 1 Sidisi, Regent of the Mire
  • 1 Sméagol, Helpful Guide
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Sunscorched Desert
  • 1 Survivors' Encampment
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Synchronized Charge
  • 1 Take Up the Shield
  • 1 The Falcon, Sam Wilson
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Training Regimen
  • 1 Tranquil Expanse
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze
  • 1 Uncharted Haven
  • 1 Undergrowth Leopard
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Venerated Stormsinger
  • 1 Visions of Villainy
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Warden of the Grove
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Worthy Cost