Felothar the Steadfast

Felothar flips the script on how combat damage works—instead of using power, your creatures deal damage equal to their toughness. This opens up a wild design space where you want creatures with high toughness and low power (or defenders that can now attack). You'll load up on cards like Wall of Omens, Assault Formation, and creatures that naturally have defensive stats but can suddenly become combat threats. The sacrifice outlet on Felothar's activated ability ties into a secondary game plan: sac-synergies that reward you for grinding through your board, drawing cards based on toughness while discarding based on power—turning defensive creatures into card advantage engines.

Your win condition is combat damage from this unusual angle, where a 0/5 wall suddenly deals 5 damage each turn. You're also generating value whenever you sacrifice creatures, fueling aristocrat effects and filling your graveyard for potential reanimation payoffs. The deck plays like a midrange engine that converts normally 'bad' stats into efficient threats and card draw. Early game is about setting up Felothar and your low-power, high-toughness creatures; mid-game is about attacking and sacrificing for value; late game is closing out with an army of defensive creatures swinging for lethal in an unexpected way.

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