MTG Salvation

this felidar feels more ikoria than zendikar for somereason

Doesn't feel great even in limited to me unless there's a load of ways to make landfall happen. Even then the payoff here isn't great either way as you've got to get two +1/+1 counters before you even feel like you got a good deal. Without gimmicks to make landfall happen it's pretty terrible as it's an awful topdeck and even on T4 it's not like limited decks will consistently hit their land drops after that.

i'd have preferred a smaller body and a lower cmc. at 4 it just feels clunky and slow.

the colors used in the art also convey way more of an ikoria feel

Well, it's a mid-game mana flood payoff more or less. If you can ramp it into play by at least turn 3 you can make a bit of a presence esp. with things like Cultivate in the standard format. But then again there are better 4 cmc options than this thing available.

Maybe a GW limited deck it could work well.

'buster