Felix Five-Boots: Slippery Payoff
Felix Five-Boots is an efficient commander for boards that prize combat triggers. The ooze arrives with menace and ward 2, so it demands attention and a resource to remove. Its replacement effect reads well into token builds and aristocrat style decks because when a creature you control deals combat damage to a player and causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time. That extra trigger turns single shots into repeatable value without complicated stack tricks.
In practice the card pairs with enter the battlefield and damage based triggers. You can tax removal, push an attacker through with menace, and convert a single combat hit into doubled loot. The Extended Art foil printing shown here makes it an attractive playset piece for a Commander list focused on synergies and incremental advantage. Card lore hints at Felix being an improvised duelist whose pseudopods do the heavy lifting while the boots keep him in the fight.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}{B}{B}{U}
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Card Type – Legendary Creature
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Subtypes – Ooze Rogue
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Menace, ward 2 If a creature you control dealing combat damage to a player causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
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Power / Toughness – 5/4
