OrzhovLegendary Creature — Vampire WizardFelisa, Fang of Silverquill
Mana value4Rank#4,557
The Commander
Flying
Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, if it had counters on it, create X tapped 2/1 white and black Inkling creature tokens with flying, where X is the number of counters it had on it.
Guide
Gameplan
Felisa turns +1/+1 counters into a steady stream of flying Inkling tokens. You buff your creatures with counters (via Mentor, proliferate, and counter sources), then sacrifice or trade them to flood the board with evasive 2/1 fliers. Win through wide aerial swarms backed by anthems or aristocrats payoffs.
Strengths
- Converts counters into tokens, doubling down on two of the strongest go-wide strategies
- Mentor gives free counter generation just by attacking each turn
- Flying evasion on both Felisa and the Inklings makes combat damage reliable
- Strong synergy with sacrifice outlets and counter-doublers for explosive token output
- BW gives access to premium removal, recursion, and board wipe protection
Weaknesses
- Tokens are 2/1 and die to nearly any sweeper or pinger
- Reliant on creatures with counters dying, so it needs sac outlets and counter sources working together
- Felisa herself is fragile at 4 mana with no built-in protection
- Slow to set up compared to dedicated combo decks
- Vulnerable to graveyard hate and token hate (Torpor Orb-style effects don't stop it but anthem removal hurts)
Key Cards
- Cathars' Crusade — Pours counters onto everything you play, fueling massive Inkling generation when those creatures die.
- Ashnod's Altar — Free sac outlet that converts counter-laden creatures into Inklings and ramp simultaneously.
- Doubling Season — Doubles both the +1/+1 counters and the Inkling tokens Felisa makes.
- Anointed Procession — Doubles the number of Inkling tokens created on each death trigger.
- Skullclamp — Draw engine that kills your counter-bearing creatures to make Inklings while refilling your hand.
- Branchstorm / Inspiring Call — Counter-based card draw and protection that rewards a board full of buffed creatures.
Upgrade Path
Add counter doublers (Doubling Season, Hardened Scales) and token doublers (Anointed Procession, Parallel Lives) to multiply output, then layer reliable sac outlets like Viscera Seer and Ashnod's Altar. Tighten the aristocrats package with Blood Artist, Bastion of Remembrance, and Pitiless Plunderer for inevitability, and include proliferate sources like Flux Channeler to grow counters without combat. Top it off with protection (Teferi's Protection, Heroic Intervention) since your board is sweeper-vulnerable.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Swarm the skies with Inkling tokens buffed by anthems like Intangible Virtue
- ▸Aristocrats drain via Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat as creatures die into tokens
- ▸Overrun-style finishers (Cathars' Charge, Craterhoof effects) to push lethal flying damage
- ▸Sacrifice-loop value engines grinding opponents out over time
Archetypes
- Tokens — Inklings flood the board and pair with anthems and token doublers for a wide aerial assault.
- +1/+1 Counters — Felisa rewards counter accumulation by turning every counter into a flying body on death.
- Aristocrats — Sacrificing counter-laden creatures generates value, tokens, and drain triggers.
- Go-Wide Aggro — Mentor and Inklings build an evasive army that overwhelms through the air.
Combos
- Elenda, the Dusk Rose + Felisa, Fang of Silverquill + Phyrexian Altar
→ Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite colored mana, Infinite commander casts
- Felisa, Fang of Silverquill + Nether Traitor + Phyrexian Altar + Luminous Broodmoth
→ Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB
- Felisa, Fang of Silverquill + Nether Traitor + Phyrexian Altar + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
→ Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB
- Felisa, Fang of Silverquill + Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar + Spiteful Squad
→ Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers
- Tayam, Luminous Enigma + Felisa, Fang of Silverquill + Ashnod's Altar + Channeler Initiate
→ Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers
Combos via Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (BW), by popularity.
