Overview:

This Sultai deck leverages Felix Five-Boots to amplify combat damage triggers from unblockable creatures and discard effects. The primary strategy involves deploying evasive threats (e.g., Changeling Outcast, Invisible Stalker) to repeatedly trigger abilities like card draw (Curiosity, Toski, Bearer of Secrets), discard (Larceny, Specter's Shroud), and graveyard theft (Tinybones, the Pickpocket, Wrexial, the Risen Deep). Felix acts as the essential engine, doubling these triggers to generate overwhelming value or lock opponents out via discard synergies (Waste Not, Liliana's Caress). The deck wins through incremental damage, life drain (Sheoldred, the Apocalypse), or stolen threats. Its reliance on connecting combat damage makes it vulnerable to board wipes and fog effects.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Deploy Evasive Threats (Turns 1-4): Prioritize 1-2 mana unblockable creatures (Mist-Cloaked Herald, Slither Blade, Changeling Outcast). Use ramp (Sol Ring, Signets) to accelerate Felix or secondary engines like Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar/Toski.
2. Establish Triggers & Felix (Turns 3-5): Cast key enchantments/equipment (Curiosity, Coastal Piracy, Specter's Shroud) before or alongside Felix. Protect Felix with Lightning Greaves/Heroic Intervention. Prioritize Waste Not against wheel-heavy hands.
3. Amplify & Disrupt (Turns 5-7): Attack with unblockables to double-trigger draw/discard effects. Leverage wheels (Windfall, Dark Deal) with Waste Not/Liliana's Caress for massive value or life loss. Use counters/removal (Fierce Guardianship, Assassin's Trophy) to protect the board and disrupt opponents.
4. Close the Game (Turns 6-8):
   • Combat/Drain: Overwhelm with amplified card advantage, Sheoldred life swings, and evasive beats.
   • Discard Lock: Paralyze opponents' hands with repeated discard triggers and Narset, Parter of Veils/Opposition Agent.
   • Theft: Reanimate or cast opponents' key spells via Wrexial, Tinybones, or Deluxe Dragster.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 1-2 unblockable creatures and 2-3 lands (including color sources).
• Prioritize hands containing a low-CMC engine (Curiosity, Specter's Shroud) or ramp (Signet, Sol Ring).
• Look for interaction (Counterspell, Go for the Throat) if holding Felix or a key engine.
• Avoid hands lacking early creatures or excessive high-CMC cards without ramp.

Key Tips:

• Protect Felix: Equip Lightning Greaves immediately. Hold mana for counters/Heroic Intervention if Felix is critical to your board state.
• Sequence Triggers: Cast draw/discard engines before Felix to maximize his doubling effect on subsequent attacks. Prioritize Waste Not before wheeling.
• Leverage Discard: Use Opposition Agent to punish tutors. Narset shuts down opponent card draw alongside your discard. Liliana's Caress turns wheels into direct damage.
• Theft Targets: Prioritize stealing opponents' interaction or win-cons with Wrexial/Tinybones. Deluxe Dragster can recur key counters/removal.
• Recover: Use Reanimate/Demonic Tutor to retrieve critical pieces like Waste Not or Felix after disruption.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Board Wipes: Mass removal (Blasphemous Act, Toxic Deluge) cripples the deck by removing evasive creatures and Felix, requiring significant rebuilding time.
• Fog/Prevention Effects: Constant Mists, Propaganda, or Silent Arbiter prevent combat damage, shutting down the core engine entirely.
• Graveyard Hate: Rest in Peace/Leyline of the Void nullifies Reanimate, Wrexial, Tinybones, and Deluxe Dragster.

Moderate

• Spot Removal on Engines: Losing Waste Not, Toski, or Sheoldred significantly slows value generation.
• Anti-Discard Tech: Leyline of Sanctity/Tajuru Preserver blanks discard triggers, weakening a major win path.
• Land Destruction: Nonbasic land hate (Blood Moon, Back to Basics) disrupts the greedy mana base and color fixing.

Minor

• Evasive Blockers: Flying/reach creatures with deathtouch can trade profitably, though the deck runs deathtouch sources (Baleful Strix, Ohran Frostfang).
• Artifact/Enchantment Removal: Targeted removal can hit key equipment/enchantments, but the deck has counterspells and redundancy.

Most Important Cards:

• Waste Not (Discard payoff engine: mana, tokens, draw)
• Felix Five-Boots (Core engine: doubles all combat damage triggers)
• Windfall (Primary wheel: fuels discard payoffs, disrupts hands)
• Toski, Bearer of Secrets (Unblockable card draw engine)
• Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (Life drain/sustain from draw/discard)
• Demonic Tutor (Finds any critical piece: engine, answer, wincon)
• Opposition Agent (Disrupts tutors, enables graveyard theft)
• Fierce Guardianship (Free protection/counter for key plays)
• Curiosity (Low-CMC draw engine on unblockables)
• Cyclonic Rift (Mass bounce to enable lethal attacks or reset)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 6/10

• Can threaten wins via discard/drain or overwhelming value around turns 7-8 with ideal setups (Felix + Wheel + Waste Not), but relies heavily on combat damage and setup pieces.

Resilience: 5/10

• Has counterspells, protection, and recursion (Reanimate, tutors), but core strategy is fragile against board wipes and fogs. Discard plan has redundancy via multiple engines.

Consistency: 7/10

• High density of unblockable creatures (10+), tutors (Demonic Tutor, Dimir Infiltrator), and card draw engines ensure reliable access to key pieces and triggers.

Interaction: 7/10

• Robust suite of counterspells (Fierce Guardianship, Counterspell), targeted removal (Assassin's Trophy, Infernal Grasp), and disruptive creatures (Opposition Agent, Notion Thief). Lacks board wipes beyond Cyclonic Rift.

Rating Justification:

This deck demonstrates strong consistency and interaction, enabling reliable setup of its combat-trigger value engine and discard synergies. However, its reliance on connecting combat damage limits its speed (T7-8 wins) and creates critical vulnerabilities to board wipes and prevention effects, capping its resilience. It operates effectively in high-power casual metas but lacks the speed or protection for cEDH.

Power level: 5.5 - 6.0