Felidar Savior
Creature — Cat Beast
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #11491
Felidar Savior enters the battlefield and immediately returns a creature from your graveyard to your hand, stapling a recursive effect onto a 3/4 lifelink body with no extra mana investment. Arahbo, the First Fang decks run it as a matter of course — it's a Cat that refuels your hand and attacks favorably on the same turn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Arahbo, the First Fang
Arahbo, the First Fang cares about Cats entering the battlefield and punishing opponents with buffed attackers, so Felidar Savior pulls double duty as a recursive engine and a relevant threat that triggers both halves of that gameplan.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Felidar Savior is a Commander card through and through — the graveyard recursion and incidental lifelink are best appreciated in a 100-card singleton format where you're building around specific creature types or value loops. In Constructed formats like Modern or Pioneer it's simply outclassed: four mana for a enters-the-battlefield bounce effect is too slow when the bar is set by premium threats and interaction. Pauper is the one non-Commander context where Felidar Savior could see fringe play, since a 3/4 lifelink body is legitimately above rate at common and recursive value is harder to come by in that card pool.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Felidar Savior sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a common box. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow homes rarely move unless they find a breakout deck, so don't expect the price to shift.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.