Felothar, Abzan Armor by AdamMacDonald1990

Format: Commander

Commander: Felothar the Steadfast

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

Felothar the Steadfast leads an Abzan toughness-matters deck that transforms low-cost, high-toughness defenders into aggressive, high-damage threats. The deck curves out in the opening turns with efficient walls like Wall of Blossoms, Overgrown Battlement, and Sylvan Caryatid, generating mana velocity and board presence before deploying Felothar on Turn 4. Felothar immediately allows all defenders to attack and assign combat damage equal to their toughness, while offering a potent draw engine that sacrifices high-toughness, zero-power creatures to draw large bursts of cards with zero discards. The deck breaks parity using a dense suite of asymmetric board wipes, including Slaughter the Strong, Wave of Reckoning, and The Battle of Bywater, which obliterate high-power opposing creatures while leaving the defender army unscathed. Supported by proactive taxes like Meekstone and explosive combat pumps such as Tower Defense and Baldin, Century Herdmaster, the deck reliably establishes must-answer pressure by Turn 5 and closes games by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arbor Adherent
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Assault Formation
• 1 Axebane Guardian
• 1 Baldin, Century Herdmaster
• 1 Basilica Guards
• 1 Bedrock Tortoise
• 1 Behind the Scenes
• 1 Betor, Kin to All
• 1 Blight Pile
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
• 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Carven Caryatid
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Collective Resistance
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crashing Drawbridge
• 1 Crystal Barricade
• 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
• 1 Debt to the Deathless
• 1 Deceptive Landscape
• 1 Despark
• 1 Doran, Besieged by Time
• 1 Doran, the Siege Tower
• 1 Dusk // Dawn
• 1 Eerie Ultimatum
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Expel the Interlopers
• 1 Faeburrow Elder
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Felothar the Steadfast
• 7 Forest
• 1 Fortified Village
• 1 Gluntch, the Bestower
• 1 Golgari Charm
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 MacCready, Lamplight Mayor
• 1 Meekstone
• 1 Ohran Frostfang
• 1 Overgrown Battlement
• 1 Overgrown Farmland
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 5 Plains
• 1 Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
• 1 Rampart Architect
• 1 Retribution of the Meek
• 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
• 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1 Sapling of Colfenor
• 1 Seedborn Muse
• 1 Shield-Wall Sentinel
• 1 Slaughter the Strong
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1 Stoneskin
• 1 Sunpetal Grove
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Sylvan Caryatid
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Resilience
• 1 Talisman of Unity
• 1 Tear Asunder
• 1 Temple of Malady
• 1 Temple of Plenty
• 1 Temple of Silence
• 1 Teyo, Geometric Tactician
• 1 The Battle of Bywater
• 1 Tower Defense
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Tree of Perdition
• 1 Tree of Redemption
• 1 Twilight Mire
• 1 Vine Trellis
• 1 Wall of Blossoms
• 1 Wall of Omens
• 1 Wall of Roots
• 1 Wave of Reckoning
• 1 Wingmantle Chaplain
• 1 Woodland Cemetery