Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan

Gameplan

Felothar is a 3-mana Abzan beater that rewards you for sacrificing cheap, expendable nonland permanents (tokens, Treasures, dying-anyway creatures) to anthem your whole board with +1/+1 counters every time he enters or attacks. You flood the board with disposable bodies and fungus/value engines, then convert that wide board into a tall, trampling army that closes games fast. Recur or reanimate him to repeatedly trigger the sacrifice payoff.

Key Cards

• Ophiomancer — Makes a 1/1 deathtouch Snake every upkeep, supplying perfect free sacrifice fodder for Felothar's trigger.
• Bitterblossom — A recurring source of expendable tokens to feed the sacrifice ability each turn.
• Mycoloth — Devours fodder for huge counter payloads and spawns Saprolings to sacrifice and pump.
• Cathars' Crusade — Doubles down on counter generation—every creature that enters, including tokens, adds counters to your team alongside Felothar.
• Hardened Scales — Amplifies the +1/+1 counters Felothar distributes, making the anthem even larger.
• Skullclamp — Turns sacrificed and dying 1-toughness tokens into a relentless card-draw engine.
• Conduit of Worlds — Recurs the lands and permanents you sacrifice, keeping the fodder engine fueled.

Upgrade Path

Lean into free or recurring fodder (Ophiomancer, Bitterblossom, Treasure makers) and counter multipliers (Hardened Scales, Branching Evolution, Cathars' Crusade) so each trigger is huge. Add reanimation and flicker (Reanimate, Ephemerate, Conjurer's Closet) to re-trigger Felothar's enters ability, and cap with a finisher like Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede plus Skullclamp for card advantage. Tighten the mana with Abzan duals, fetches, and fast rocks to deploy Felothar and protect him turn after turn.