Feldon of the Third Path 1RR
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer 2R, T: Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of target creature card in your graveyard, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
[2/3]
He seems interesting, albeit a little slow and vulnerable. His cost though is a great plus for potential commander-usage.
This guy is expanding the horizons of mono-red with pseudo-recursion like how Chandra, Pyromaster and Act on Impulse gave it pseudo-card advantage. With him as a Commander of his own deck, wheels and looting will be excellent, or perhaps just running a lot of fun red creatures that you'd like to get back a lot. In decks as one of the ninety-nine, he could easily fit in any mono-red deck aside from Norin the Wary. He'll also work well in multicolored decks that don't normally have access to recursion but have plenty of creatures hitting the 'yard, or decks where a large amount of fatties are hitting the 'yard and they can't be recurred fast enough.
Three decks that came to mind immediately after seeing him spoiled were Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, where you can already abuse ETB and death triggers to the max in mono-red and where expanding the deck's reach into its graveyard can increase its effectiveness greatly, Bladewing the Risen (or at least my build of it), where we have fatties on fatties going to the 'yard and as many Warstorm Surge triggers as possible to pummel life totals, and Brion Stoutarm, because a copy of a dead Malignus is still going to hurt just as badly as a real one. Because he makes the copies as artifacts, I could see Feldon being a boss in a Bosh, Iron Golem deck.
Looks like lots of potential for shenanigans, which is how I roll! Also, love the card: great art, text, etc. great flavor. Now, if only they had printed him with the old card border...
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My Commander Decks B Maga, Traitor to Mortals B U Arcum Dagsson U BG Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord GB U Talrand, Sky Summoner U WB Ghost Council of Orzhova BW WBR Oros, the Avenger RBW UBR Gwendlyn Di Corci RBU R Zirilan of the Claw R G Kaysa G UG Vorel of the Hull Clade GU WR Anax and Cymede RW WUBRG Cromat GRBUW WU Brago, King Eternal UW UBG Sidisi, Brood Tyrant GB[U
I really like the idea of this guy as a Commander. can be really fun and you can repeatedly get the same good creature every time you untap since the creature isn't exiled from the grave. Looks really fun to play with. Also goes well in decks like Sedris, the Traitor King
I wonder how well he would work with Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient. I mean...since I've only recently started Commander and don't even have a really decent deck, I'm probably not thinking on the right path, but if the creatures are artifacts then it definitely combos well with the ogre.
I wonder how well he would work with Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient. I mean...since I've only recently started Commander and don't even have a really decent deck, I'm probably not thinking on the right path, but if the creatures are artifacts then it definitely combos well with the ogre.
Works fine if you have creatures with good activated abilities to copy (Like Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, who's already a Red deck staple).
Now we need an Ashnod card, but unless there are two new legends in every color, that's not happening because Gisa and Geralf.
Two things I've noticed: This isn't your typical unearth-type effect (You still have the creature in your graveyard.), and it sacrifices rather than exiles (unlike most recent red clones), so you get to enjoy it with Grave Pact and Martyr's Bond.
And of course, this officially becomes 'cute' with populate and Rhys the Redeemed (especially with Doubling Season and friends out), but you knew that already. Now I want to add him to my Rith deck.
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Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
Now we need an Ashnod card, but unless there are two new legends in every color, that's not happening because Gisa and Geralf.
I am hoping Ashnod and Tawons will be in future multi colored decks probably allied colors since they always seemed blue black and blue white to me.
This card is going to be a beast in a boros deck with all the white creatures that bring token friends into play them and gain you life and such and all the red cards that burn things when they die or can be sacked to burn, and I think eveyone knows that his true love is clearly wurmcoil engine... oh god yosei the morning star and they just unband kokusho for commander all the kamgiwa dragons and him will be nasty combos except maybe ryushi who would burn feldon to death every turn. Hell while I am at it rune-scarred demon for infinite tutors great mow I need one for both my boros deck and my rakdos deck.
Legacy Imperial Painter just might like Feldon. Imperial Painter plays game-breaking, fragile creatures like Painter's Servant and Goblin Welder and Mr. CA, Imperial Recruiter. Recruiter getting Feldon is pretty good. Feldon obviously gets bonkers with Welder--reanimate all the artifacts without losing your own artifacts!
...Of course, an increasingly UR Delver-infested meta will not be nice to Feldon...
Now we need an Ashnod card, but unless there are two new legends in every color, that's not happening because Gisa and Geralf.
I am hoping Ashnod and Tawons will be in future multi colored decks probably allied colors since they always seemed blue black and blue white to me.
This card is going to be a beast in a boros deck with all the white creatures that bring token friends into play them and gain you life and such and all the red cards that burn things when they die or can be sacked to burn, and I think eveyone knows that his true love is clearly wurmcoil engine... oh god yosei the morning star and they just unband kokusho for commander all the kamgiwa dragons and him will be nasty combos except maybe ryushi who would burn feldon to death every turn. Hell while I am at it rune-scarred demon for infinite tutors great mow I need one for both my boros deck and my rakdos deck.
Oh, it's also fun in Naya for the simple reason that Aura Shards and Doubling Season exist. Basically this lets you reuse ETB triggers.
Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
I love this guy in the Scrap deck. Just keep recycling Wurmcoils and making 3/3s when they die.
Pretty much this. Sure, the flavor suggests making an artifact copy of a normal creature, but it's obvious why this is in an artifact-heavy commander deck. Feldon is pretty crazy with artifact creatures, especially if your deck has ways of saccing them for extra benefit instead of letting them die at end of turn.
I love this guy in the Scrap deck. Just keep recycling Wurmcoils and making 3/3s when they die.
Pretty much this. Sure, the flavor suggests making an artifact copy of a normal creature, but it's obvious why this is in an artifact-heavy commander deck. Feldon is pretty crazy with artifact creatures, especially if your deck has ways of saccing them for extra benefit instead of letting them die at end of turn.
I'm testing him out as one of the 99 in my Intet build and I have to say, giving these colors access to continous graveyard sneak attacks can get kinda out of hand. Even when you're not going down the combo route, the sheer amount of creature value available will be a big boon no matter what. I'm just reviving everything I happen to need at that point, from Indrik Stomphowler to Avenger of Zendikar or Deadeye Navigator. Or, for extra fun, pay 2R to counter a spell with Mystic Snake.
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My Commander decks:
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
Love the artwork for this card. (Very sad/touching detail: the reflection of Feldon in the window...) I'm curious if Don Felice (the original "Feldon") could possibly have been the model for the painting. I know wotc doesn't do vanity cards anymore, but that would have been a pretty nice touch.
I really like this weirdo in cube. He combos hard with enters the battlefield effects and allows red to splash a little bit of help for re-animator strategies. All around good card.
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Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
2R, T: Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of target creature card in your graveyard, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
[2/3]
He seems interesting, albeit a little slow and vulnerable. His cost though is a great plus for potential commander-usage.
Three decks that came to mind immediately after seeing him spoiled were Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, where you can already abuse ETB and death triggers to the max in mono-red and where expanding the deck's reach into its graveyard can increase its effectiveness greatly, Bladewing the Risen (or at least my build of it), where we have fatties on fatties going to the 'yard and as many Warstorm Surge triggers as possible to pummel life totals, and Brion Stoutarm, because a copy of a dead Malignus is still going to hurt just as badly as a real one. Because he makes the copies as artifacts, I could see Feldon being a boss in a Bosh, Iron Golem deck.
B Maga, Traitor to Mortals B
U Arcum Dagsson U
BG Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord GB
U Talrand, Sky Summoner U
WB Ghost Council of Orzhova BW
WBR Oros, the Avenger RBW
UBR Gwendlyn Di Corci RBU
R Zirilan of the Claw R
G Kaysa G
UG Vorel of the Hull Clade GU
WR Anax and Cymede RW
WUBRG Cromat GRBUW
WU Brago, King Eternal UW
UBG Sidisi, Brood Tyrant GB[U
This guy seems good both as a commander and as one of the 99.
Works fine if you have creatures with good activated abilities to copy (Like Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, who's already a Red deck staple).
Two things I've noticed: This isn't your typical unearth-type effect (You still have the creature in your graveyard.), and it sacrifices rather than exiles (unlike most recent red clones), so you get to enjoy it with Grave Pact and Martyr's Bond.
And of course, this officially becomes 'cute' with populate and Rhys the Redeemed (especially with Doubling Season and friends out), but you knew that already. Now I want to add him to my Rith deck.
On phasing:
I am hoping Ashnod and Tawons will be in future multi colored decks probably allied colors since they always seemed blue black and blue white to me.
This card is going to be a beast in a boros deck with all the white creatures that bring token friends into play them and gain you life and such and all the red cards that burn things when they die or can be sacked to burn, and I think eveyone knows that his true love is clearly wurmcoil engine... oh god yosei the morning star and they just unband kokusho for commander all the kamgiwa dragons and him will be nasty combos except maybe ryushi who would burn feldon to death every turn. Hell while I am at it rune-scarred demon for infinite tutors great mow I need one for both my boros deck and my rakdos deck.
Pioneer:UR Pheonix
Modern:U Mono U Tron
EDH
GB Glissa, the traitor: Army of Cans
UW Dragonlord Ojutai: Dragonlord NOjutai
UWGDerevi, Empyrial Tactician "you cannot fight the storm"
R Zirilan of the claw. The solution to every problem is dragons
UB Etrata, the Silencer Cloning assassination
Peasant cube: Cards I own
...Of course, an increasingly UR Delver-infested meta will not be nice to Feldon...
Oh, it's also fun in Naya for the simple reason that Aura Shards and Doubling Season exist. Basically this lets you reuse ETB triggers.
For Ryusei, there are a few options: Give Feldon flying, give him protection, give him indestructible, or make him big enough to survive five damage.
I wish they had him holding his cane.
On phasing:
Pretty much this. Sure, the flavor suggests making an artifact copy of a normal creature, but it's obvious why this is in an artifact-heavy commander deck. Feldon is pretty crazy with artifact creatures, especially if your deck has ways of saccing them for extra benefit instead of letting them die at end of turn.
I'll second this. In fact, he's absolutely bonkers with Kuldotha Forgemaster, which just gets out of hand when you're tutoring up cards like Thousand-Year Elixir and Rings of Brighthearth to go again and again.
GX Tron XG
UR Phoenix RU
GG Freyalise High Tide GG
UR Parun Counterspells RU
BB Yawgmoth Token Storm BB
WB Pestilence BW
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
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