Felidar Sovereign

Creature — Cat Beast

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this also causes you to gain that much life.)

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 40 or more life, you win the game.

Combos

• Felidar Sovereign + Winding Canyons

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

TheoryCrafter on Lifedrain Casual Commander

7 months ago

Since Extort is your main objective here, you may want to consider Pontiff of Blight. This will give all of your creatures Extort.

Considering your lack of board wipes I would definitely consider adding Merciless Eviction.

Protection spells including, but not limited to, Angelic Intervention, Faith's Shield and Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip have the advantage of protecting you from board wipes that damage rather than destroy, exile or reduce your creatures' toughness.

May I suggest Gerrard's Verdict? This could set your opponent back a little. Other discard cards I would suggest include, but not be limited to, Divest, Inquisition of Kozilek and Vicious Rumors.

My suggestion is to aim for cheaper control spells such as the protection and discard spells I mentioned(definitely keep Soul Tithe) and lean more into the Extort ability. Leave mana expensive spell slots only for board wipes. Then use cards such as Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose to cause more harm to your opponents.

Also, you can't go wrong with Graveyard hate. Cards such as Bojuka Bog and Lion Sash should be must adds.

Also, after doing all these changes if you find yourself with extra space, add in an Alternate Win Card for in case the game stalls . My Suggestions would be any combination of Angel of Destiny or Felidar Sovereign—both of which can feed into Pontiff of Blight.

I hope this helps. Thank you for reading me out. Happy Hunting!

legendofa on Is the only problem with …

8 months ago

Life gain is a good stall tactic. The problem comes when people overemphasize the stalling, so they have life totals in the hundreds or thousands and no way to actually close out the game.

Another thing is that unless you're seeing a lot of burn or hyper-aggro decks, life gain like Revitalize just puts you back where you were. If a 2-power creature attacks you twice, and you use Revitalize, you've undone some of the damage but haven't done anything to address the cause of the damage. Pumping a Healer's Hawk also puts pressure on your opponent with a beefy flying attacker.

Incidental life gain, through lifelink or in addition to another ability, is pretty good. Soul Sisters is a well-established archetype, and cards like Felidar Sovereign exist for a reason. If a deck is built to do nothing but gain life without a clear win condition, though, it only delays a loss. Maybe something like a 300-card deck that spams Elixir of Immortality could win a few games, but that sounds like a one-trick slog for everyone that can be played around with one sideboard card.

Local_Hethen on Healing Therapy with Mr. Oloro

1 year ago

Azoth2099, I like the Necropotence and Ad Nauseam suggestions. I am not into easy wins with cards like Test of Endurance, and Felidar Sovereign, or similar mechanics.

Ferth on Fog Draw EDH

1 year ago

I got to play a bunch this weekend! The deck performed well I've updated the list to match what I've currently got, my local shop was missing some singles.

Generous Gift moved back to the maybeboard but only cause I couldn't buy it this weekend.

I found that the deck worked quite well but I obviously couldn't close out games. I had a few scenarios where Selvala, Explorer Returned could repeat pretty much forever thanks to Sword of the Paruns or Umbral Mantle and Smothering Tithe + 4 players in the game. Flipping my commander till deck out was too painful to ever actually do so games ended with scooping.

The take away is that I need to be able to end games just to save everybody's sanity. More things like Felidar Sovereign and Psychosis Crawler are needed. Helix Pinnacle is a meme and I'll basically never pull it off. So here is the maybe board for actually finishing games.

Viseling Storm Seeker Black Vise Iron Maiden Sword of War and Peace

Some other cards that look interesting to me are Credit Voucher to help me find the above win conditions and Champions of Minas Tirith as another tax. I found that the deck was excellent at filling everybody's hands as expected.

Drcfan on Heavenly Assault.

1 year ago

I tested it against my tribal angels modern deck (Non lifegain), i ran into some issues, in my opinion could use the following:

• Needs more general removal, Path to Exile is nice but have a look at March of Otherworldly Light, Seal from Existence
• Its too slow for aggro and then does not provide enough power in late game, i would suggest Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx and Archangel of Thune
• Alternative wincons if you cannot win anymore by creature damage, something like Felidar Sovereign

Caerwyn on Winding Canyon + Upkeep trigger

1 year ago

First, if you have questions about card interactions, please use the Rules Q&A section of this site. It has some added functionality, such as the ability to mark an answer when your question has been resolved.

I have moved this thread for you.

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On to your actual question, no, you cannot do this.

The first part of the Beginning Phase is the Untap Step. As is stated in Rule 502.4 “No player receives priority during the untap step, so no spells can be cast or resolve and no abilities can be activated or resolve.”

The very next Step is the Upkeep Step. By that point, it is too late to do what you wish.

Now, if you want to do this, you could do something similar by activating Winding Canyons and casting Felidar Sovereign during the End Step of the opponent proceeding you. That would work and give about the same amount of time for responding. It would not, however, be on your turn, so things like Grand Abolisher could not protect your victory.

GMead88 on Winding Canyon + Upkeep trigger

1 year ago

Let's say I have Winding Canyons out. I want to play Felidar Sovereign. Is there room for me to pay 2 tap Winding Canyon before my upkeep, play Felidar Sovereign before my upkeep, and win if I have 40 Life...?

Gidgetimer on Tymna / Ikra

1 year ago

First, I keep forgetting to mention that you are at 101 cards, so you will need to cut a card. On to the cards I wanted you to keep in mind...

Necropotence and Sensei's Divining Top interact favorably with Bolas's Citadel

Spike Feeder interacts favorably with Archangel of Thune

If you like Felidar Sovereign you may want to consider Test of Endurance