Overview:

This Sultai (B/G/U) deck leverages Felix Five-Boots to amplify triggered abilities from combat damage, focusing on discard synergy and card advantage. The commander enables potent doubling of effects like "opponent discards a card" or "draw a card" when creatures connect. The strategy deploys evasive threats (unblockable creatures, specters) to reliably trigger abilities, supported by discard payoffs like Waste Not and Liliana's Caress. Felix acts as the core engine, making the deck highly vulnerable to removal; recasting him for {2}{B}{G}{U} becomes taxing if countered/killed repeatedly. Backup plans include reanimation (Ancient Brass Dragon) and value attrition.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Deploy Evasive Threats (Turns 1-4): Prioritize unblockable creatures like Changeling Outcast, Mist-Cloaked Herald, or Invisible Stalker. Supplement with flying threats (Baleful Strix, Hollow Specter). Use cheap interaction (An Offer You Can't Refuse, Infernal Grasp) to protect early board.
2. Establish Triggers & Engines (Turns 3-6): Cast Felix Five-Boots when evasion is secured. Deploy damage-trigger enablers: Larceny, Coastal Piracy, Ohran Frostfang, Toski, Bearer of Secrets. Equip Specter's Shroud or Sword of Feast and Famine to maximize discard.
3. Amplify & Capitalize (Turns 5+): Leverage Felix's doubling effect to cripple hands via discard triggers or draw extensively. Cast cipher spells (Undercity Plague) on evasive creatures for recurring value. Activate discard payoffs: Waste Not for zombies/mana/cards, Liliana's Caress for life loss. Use tutors (Demonic Tutor) to find key pieces.
4. Win Condition Execution:
   • Discard Grind: Drain opponents via Liliana's Caress/The Raven Man while denying resources. Bandit's Talent Level 3 provides massive draw if opponents are empty-handed.
   • Combat/Value Overload: Draw excessive cards with doubled Toski/Ohran Frostfang triggers, deploying overwhelming board states. Ancient Brass Dragon reanimates multiple threats.
   • Alternative: Steal spells via Wrexial, the Risen Deep or Deluxe Dragster using opponent graveyards.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 1-2 evasive creatures (e.g., Changeling Outcast + Triton Shorestalker).
• Prioritize hands containing Felix enablers (Larceny, Toski) or low-cost interaction (An Offer You Can't Refuse, Infernal Grasp).
• Ensure 3+ mana sources (including ramp like Dimir Signet). Avoid hands lacking early creatures or Felix synergy.

Key Tips:

• Protect Felix: Use counterspells (Fierce Guardianship, Counterspell) or recursion (Boseiju/Otawara bounce) to safeguard your commander. His ward {2} deters minor removal.
• Maximize Triggers: Equip Fireshrieker for double strike, triggering abilities twice per combat. Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar provides card draw and protects blocked creatures.
• Leverage Discard: Time symmetrical discard (Syphon Mind, Arterial Flow) after deploying Waste Not/Liliana's Caress. Notion Thief punishes opponent draw attempts.
• Tutor Wisely: Fetch Waste Not against slow decks, Cyclonic Rift against wide boards, or Sword of Feast and Famine for mana untap synergy.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Commander Reliance: Felix removal cripples the deck's core doubling effect. Lacks efficient protection beyond counterspells.
• Hexproof/Shroud: Evasion can't bypass hexproof players (e.g., Leyline of Sanctity), nullifying all damage-triggered abilities.
• Board Wipes: Mass removal (Damnation, Farewell) resets evasive creatures and Felix, with limited recovery outside reanimation.

Moderate

• Graveyard Hate: Rest in Peace/Leyline of the Void disrupts Ancient Brass Dragon, cipher recursion, and Tinybones theft.
• Hand Size Decks: Strategies leveraging discard (e.g., Tergrid) or madness benefit from forced discards.
• Tax Effects: Thalia, Guardian of Thraben/Sphere of Resistance slow down deploying creatures and engines.

Minor

• Artifact/Enchantment Removal: Targets key equipment/enchantments (Sword of Feast and Famine, Waste Not), but the deck has redundancy.
• High Card Draw Decks: Opponents refilling hands mitigate discard pressure.

Most Important Cards:

• Waste Not (Discard payoff: zombies, mana, cards)
• Toski, Bearer of Secrets (Card draw engine)
• Ohran Frostfang (Deathtouch enabler & card draw)
• Liliana's Caress (Primary life-loss wincon)
• Sword of Feast and Famine (Discard trigger + mana untap)
• Cyclonic Rift (Mass bounce for recovery/win setup)
• Demonic Tutor (Finds any key piece)
• Grim Hireling (Treasure generation & removal)
• Ancient Brass Dragon (Late-game reanimation)
• Changeling Outcast (Ideal unblockable 1-drop)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 5/10

• Can establish pressure by T4-5 with evasive creatures + Felix, but primary wincons (discard grind) typically secure victory T7-9.

Resilience: 6/10

• Good protection via counterspells and recursion (Boseiju, Otawara), but over-reliant on Felix and vulnerable to board wipes.

Consistency: 7/10

• High density of evasive creatures (10+), tutors (Demonic Tutor, Dimir Infiltrator), and card draw (Toski, Bident of Thassa) ensure reliable access to strategy components.

Interaction: 7/10

• Robust suite: counterspells (Fierce Guardianship, Counterspell), targeted removal (Assassin's Trophy, Go for the Throat), and board control (Cyclonic Rift, Golgari Charm).

Rating Justification:

The deck demonstrates strong consistency and interaction, enabling focused execution of its discard/combat-damage strategy, but its reliance on Felix and moderate speed cap its ceiling. It reliably threatens wins via discard attrition or value overload around T7-8, aligning with the "Focused" tier (T7-8 win/lock).

Power level: 6.0 - 6.5