Overview:

This Sultai deck leverages Felix Five-Boots to amplify triggered abilities from permanents whenever creatures deal combat damage to players. The core strategy revolves around deploying evasive creatures (unblockable, menace, fear) equipped with damage-triggered effects like discard, card draw, or reanimation. Felix acts as the linchpin, doubling these triggers to rapidly deplete opponents' resources while generating overwhelming card advantage. Key payoffs include discard punishment (Waste Not, Liliana's Caress), draw engines (Ohran Frostfang, Coastal Piracy), and reanimation (Ancient Brass Dragon). The deck aims to win via attrition, hand disruption, and value-based combat or reanimated threats.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Establish Evasion & Triggers (Turns 1-4): Prioritize deploying unblockable creatures (Changeling Outcast, Slither Blade) or granting evasion (Shizo, Death's Storehouse). Attach low-cost damage triggers like Curiosity, Specter's Shroud, or cipher spells (Mental Vapors). Cast Felix ASAP to double triggers.
2. Amplify Triggers & Disrupt (Turns 3-6): Equip evasion enablers (Fireshrieker for double strike) or deploy mass-trigger engines (Larceny, Reconnaissance Mission). Use Felix-enhanced combat damage to force discards, draw cards, and exile key spells via Deluxe Dragster or Wrexial, the Risen Deep. Protect Felix with Lightning Greaves or counterspells.
3. Close the Game (Turns 5-8):
   • Discard Punishment: Leverage Waste Not for zombies/mana and Liliana's Caress for life loss. The Raven Man amplifies discard pressure.
   • Card Advantage Overload: Draw excessively with Toski, Bearer of Secrets or Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar, using Reliquary Tower to retain hands. Cast high-impact spells tutored via Demonic Tutor.
   • Reanimation/Combat: Reanimate threats with Ancient Brass Dragon or swing with unblockable creatures boosted by Sword of Feast and Famine.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands (including color fixing) and at least one evasive 1-2 drop creature.
• Prioritize hands containing Felix, an early evasion source, and a damage trigger (e.g., Curiosity + Mist-Cloaked Herald).
• Include interaction (Assassin's Trophy, Counterspell) or protection if available.
• Avoid hands lacking early creatures or relying solely on high-CMC payoffs.

Key Tips:

• Sequence Evasion First: Cast creatures before attaching auras/equipment. Prioritize hexproof creatures (Invisible Stalker) for key enchantments.
• Maximize Felix Triggers: Target Felix with cipher spells or equip him with Sword of Feast and Famine/Fireshrieker for doubled triggers. Use ninjutsu (Okiba-Gang Shinobi) to retrigger encoded spells.
• Protect Critical Engines: Use counterspells (Fierce Guardianship, An Offer You Can't Refuse) to shield Felix, Waste Not, or Ohran Frostfang. Heroic Intervention protects against wipes.
• Leverage Discard Synergies: Time discard effects (Syphon Mind, Bandit's Talent) when Waste Not or Liliana's Caress are active. Notion Thief steals opponent draw triggers.
• Utility Lands: Use Boseiju, Who Endures/Otawara, Soaring City for interaction, Rogue's Passage for guaranteed damage, and Bojuka Bog for graveyard hate.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Board Wipe Vulnerability: Lacks mass recursion; relies on rebuilding from hand after wipes. Critical to Felix's strategy due to creature density.
• Anti-Evasion Effects: Crawlspace, Silent Arbiter, or Propaganda effects severely hinder the primary game plan.
• Enchantment/Artifact Removal: Key engines (Waste Not, Larceny, Curiosity) are fragile to targeted removal.

Moderate

• Graveyard Hate: Disrupts Ancient Brass Dragon, Wrexial, and Deluxe Dragster value lines.
• Hand Disruption: Targeted discard can remove critical combo pieces or evasion enablers before they deploy.
• Taxing Effects: Thalia, Guardian of Thraben or Sphere of Resistance slow down the multi-spell setup turns.

Minor

• Flying Blockers: Can temporarily stall ground-based evaders, but the deck has ample flyers/evasion grants.
• Life Gain Strategies: May prolong games against drain/lifegain decks, but discard pressure mitigates this.

Most Important Cards:

• Felix Five-Boots (Commander, trigger doubler)
• Waste Not (Discard payoff: tokens, mana, draw)
• Ohran Frostfang (Mass card draw, deathtouch)
• Sword of Feast and Famine (Discard trigger, untap lands, protection)
• Demonic Tutor (Finds any key piece)
• Toski, Bearer of Secrets (Persistent card draw)
• Lightning Greaves (Protects Felix, enables haste)
• Ancient Brass Dragon (Game-winning reanimation)
• Liliana's Caress (Discard life loss)
• Fireshrieker (Doubles combat damage triggers)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 6/10

• Can threaten wins via discard punishment or reanimation around turns 7-8, but relies on combat damage triggers, making it slower than pure combo decks.

Resilience: 5/10

• Has protection (counters, hexproof) and card draw for recovery, but heavily commander-reliant and vulnerable to sweepers. Recursion is limited.

Consistency: 7/10

• High density of evasive creatures and damage triggers, supported by tutors (Demonic Tutor, Dimir Infiltrator) and strong card draw. Felix ensures payoff doubling.

Interaction: 7/10

• Robust suite: counterspells (Fierce Guardianship, Counterspell), targeted removal (Assassin's Trophy, Infernal Grasp), and land-based interaction (Boseiju, Otawara). Lacks board wipes.

Rating Justification:

The deck demonstrates focused speed and consistency with evasive threats and Felix-amplified triggers, enabling T7-8 wins via discard attrition or reanimation. However, its reliance on combat damage and vulnerability to board wipes caps resilience, preventing higher optimization. This aligns with the "Focused" tier (T7-8 win benchmark).

Power level: 6.0 - 6.5