abzan armor by user8246656

Format: Commander

Commander: Felothar the Steadfast

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is an Abzan Toughness-Matters strategy commanded by Felothar the Steadfast. It turns low-cost, high-toughness defenders into formidable combat threats by assigning combat damage according to toughness and allowing defenders to attack freely. The early game focuses on deploying efficient walls like Wall of Omens, Overgrown Battlement, and Sylvan Caryatid to accelerate mana and smooth draws. Once Felothar enters on Turn 4, these modest blockers immediately transform into heavy hitters, capable of swinging for massive damage alongside powerhouses like Indomitable Ancients and Tree of Redemption. Felothar also provides a powerful card-draw engine by sacrificing high-toughness creatures to refill your hand with minimal discard penalty. The deck breaks parity through asymmetric sweepers such as Slaughter the Strong and Expel the Interlopers, which wipe out opposing high-power creatures while leaving your defensive board intact. Evasion pieces like Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa and combat boosters like Tower Defense ensure lethal damage closes out games efficiently.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arbor Adherent
  • 1 Arboreal Grazer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assault Formation
  • 1 Axebane Guardian
  • 1 Baldin, Century Herdmaster
  • 1 Behind the Scenes
  • 1 Betor, Ancestor's Voice
  • 1 Blight Pile
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Canopy Gargantuan
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Carven Caryatid
  • 1 Colfenor's Urn
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Deceptive Landscape
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expel the Interlopers
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Felothar the Steadfast
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Hornet Nest
  • 1 Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
  • 1 Indomitable Ancients
  • 1 Indulging Patrician
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jaddi Offshoot
  • 1 Jaws of Defeat
  • 1 Nyx-Fleece Ram
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Overgrown Battlement
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Protector of the Wastes
  • 1 Radiant Grove
  • 1 Rampart Architect
  • 1 Reunion of the House
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selesnya Signet
  • 1 Shadrix Silverquill
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Compleation
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Tip the Scales
  • 1 Tower Defense
  • 1 Towering Titan
  • 1 Tree of Redemption
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Wakestone Gargoyle
  • 1 Walking Bulwark
  • 1 Wall of Blossoms
  • 1 Wall of Limbs
  • 1 Wall of Omens
  • 1 Wall of Reverence
  • 1 Wall of Roots
  • 1 Weathered Sentinels
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Wingmantle Chaplain
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn