Butts by Noblebeluga

Format: Commander

Commander: Felothar the Steadfast

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Abzan deck weaponizes high-toughness defender creatures through Felothar the Steadfast, turning passive walls into formidable attackers that deal lethal combat damage equal to their toughness. Early turns focus on deploying cheap walls and mana dorks like Overgrown Battlement and Axebane Guardian to establish a resilient board presence. Once Felothar lands on Turn 4, the walls bypass defender restrictions and strike for substantial damage while enabling an asymmetric card draw engine. The deck clears blocking lanes with power-targeted sweepers such as Slaughter the Strong and Dusk // Dawn, which decimate opposing armies while leaving the low-power, high-toughness wall force intact. Lethal finishes typically culminate on Turn 8 through wide swings amplified by Tower Defense, Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa, or Doran, Besieged by Time. While vulnerable to targeted removal aimed at Felothar, the deck demonstrates strong recursion and efficient creature mana scaling.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abzan Charm
• 1 Access Tunnel
• 1 Arbor Adherent
• 1 Arboreal Grazer
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Assault Formation
• 1 Assemble the Players
• 1 Axebane Guardian
• 1 Baldin, Century Herdmaster
• 1 Behind the Scenes
• 1 Betor, Kin to All
• 1 Blight Pile
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Brave the Sands
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Carven Caryatid
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Colfenor, the Last Yew
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crashing Drawbridge
• 1 Crystal Barricade
• 1 Deceptive Landscape
• 1 Despark
• 1 Doran, Besieged by Time
• 1 Dusk // Dawn
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Expel the Interlopers
• 1 Fecund Greenshell
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Felothar the Steadfast
• 1 Fire Navy Trebuchet
• 1 Flumph
• 7 Forest
• 1 Fortified Village
• 1 Great Forest Druid
• 1 Hornet Nest
• 1 Infernal Grasp
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Jaddi Offshoot
• 1 Jaws of Defeat
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 MacCready, Lamplight Mayor
• 1 Morningtide's Light
• 1 Nature's Claim
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Overgrown Battlement
• 1 Overgrown Farmland
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 6 Plains
• 1 Radiant Grove
• 1 Rampart Architect
• 1 Reunion of the House
• 1 Rhys, the Evermore
• 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1 Selesnya Signet
• 1 Shield-Wall Sentinel
• 1 Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
• 1 Skullwinder
• 1 Slaughter the Strong
• 1 Smile at Death
• 1 Stoneskin
• 1 Sungrass Prairie
• 1 Sunpetal Grove
• 5 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Sylvan Caryatid
• 1 Tip the Scales
• 1 Tower Defense
• 1 Tree of Perdition
• 1 Tree of Redemption
• 1 Twilight Mire
• 1 Vernal Fen
• 1 Walking Bulwark
• 1 Wall of Blossoms
• 1 Wall of Junk
• 1 Wall of Omens
• 1 Wall of Roots
• 1 Weathered Sentinels
• 1 Welcoming Vampire
• 1 Will of the Abzan
• 1 Woodland Cemetery