Feldon of the Third Path is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
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: Create a token 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.
Complete guide
Feldon of the Third Path is a master of temporary reconstruction, allowing you to breathe life into fallen legends and monsters for a single turn. By tapping into the memories of your graveyard, you create artifact replicas that strike fast before crumbling away.
Forging the Machine
Feldon's ability targets a creature card in your graveyard. When it resolves, it creates a token that is a perfect copy of that card, with two major additions: it is an artifact in addition to its other types, and it has haste. The token retains all original printed values, such as power, toughness, and mana cost, but it will be a permanent construct ready for battle.
Step-by-Step Resolution
First, you activate the ability by paying two colorless and one red mana and tapping Feldon. You choose a legal target creature card in your graveyard. Upon resolution, the token enters the battlefield, triggering any 'enters the battlefield' abilities. You can then attack or use its activated abilities immediately due to haste. Finally, a delayed triggered ability is created that will force you to sacrifice the token at the beginning of the next end step.
Common Mistakes
Players often forget that the sacrifice occurs at the 'next' end step. If you activate Feldon during an opponent's end step, the token will persist through their turn and your own turn, only being sacrificed at the start of your end step. Also, remember that if the token is cloned by another effect, the new copy will be an artifact, but it will not have haste and it will not be sacrificed by Feldon's effect.
When to Play It
Feldon is best used to recur creatures with powerful 'enters' or 'dies' triggers. Since the token is an artifact, it also synergizes with artifact-heavy decks. It is an excellent way to apply pressure after a board wipe or to utilize high-mana creatures that you have discarded or milled into your graveyard.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumWith Solemn Simulacrum in your graveyard, Feldon creates an artifact token copy. When it enters, you search for a basic land. You can then attack with the 2/2 body. At the beginning of the end step, you sacrifice it, which triggers its second ability, allowing you to draw a card.
Roaming ThroneIf you activate Feldon targeting Roaming Throne, the token enters and you choose 'Human'. Since Feldon is a Human, the next time you activate Feldon's ability while Roaming Throne is on the battlefield, the ability will trigger twice, creating two separate artifact tokens of your chosen graveyard target.
CopyFeldon uses a Copy token to represent the creature card. If you use an effect to populate or clone this Copy token, the new token will be an artifact version of the original card. However, this new copy does not gain haste from Feldon, and it will remain on the battlefield indefinitely because Feldon's sacrifice clause only applies to the specific token he created.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Feldon of the Third Path
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature card (except that the copy is also an artifact) and nothing else.
Card named in this ruling
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If the copied creature card has
in its mana cost, X is 0.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature card will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied creature card will also work.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If another creature becomes a copy of, or enters the battlefield as a copy of the token, that creature will copy the creature card the token is copying, except it will also be an artifact. This is true even if the creature card that was copied by Feldon of the Third Path is no longer in the graveyard at that time. However, the new copy won't gain haste and you won't sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
Card named in this ruling
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If Feldon's ability creates multiple tokens due to a replacement effect (such as the one Doubling Season creates), each of those tokens will gain haste and you'll sacrifice each of them.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Feldon of the Third Path + Combat Celebrant + Determined Iteration
- 1Activate Feldon by paying
and tapping it, creating a token copy of Combat Celebrant with haste. - 2At the beginning of your combat phase, Determined Iteration triggers, creating a token copy of the Combat Celebrant token with haste.
- 3Declare a Combat Celebrant token as an attacker, choosing to exert it as it attacks.
- 4The token triggers, untapping all other creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Feldon of the Third Path + Timestream Navigator
- 1Activate Feldon by paying and tapping it, creating a token copy of Timestream Navigator with haste.
- 2If you do not have the city's blessing, the Timestream Navigator token's ascend ability triggers, causing you to get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.
- 3Activate the Timestream Navigator token by paying
, tapping it and putting it on the bottom of your library, causing you to take an extra turn after this one. - 4Repeat each turn.
Feldon of the Third Path + Illusionist's Bracers + Zealous Conscripts + Priest of Urabrask
- 1Activate Feldon by paying and tapping it, targeting Zealous Conscripts.
- 2Illusionist's Bracers triggers, copying Feldon's ability, targeting Priest of Urabrask.
- 3Resolve the copy of Feldon's ability, creating a token copy of Priest of Urabrask with haste.
- 4The token Priest of Urabrask enters the battlefield, adding .
- 5Resolve the Feldon ability from step 1, creating a token copy of Zealous Conscripts with haste.
- 6The token Zealous Conscripts enters the battlefield, untapping Feldon.
- 7Repeat.
Feldon of the Third Path + Bloodthirster + Determined Iteration
- 1Activate Feldon by paying and tapping it, creating a token copy of Bloodthirster with haste.
- 2At the beginning of your combat phase, Determined Iteration triggers, creating a token copy of the Bloodthirster token.
- 3Deal combat damage with the Bloodthirster token created by Determined Iteration.
- 4The Bloodthirster token triggers, causing you to untap it and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Feldon of the Third Path + Illusionist's Bracers + Coercive Recruiter + Priest of Urabrask
- 1Activate Feldon by paying and tapping it, targeting Coercive Recruiter.
- 2Illusionist's Bracers triggers, copying Feldon's ability, targeting Priest of Urabrask.
- 3Resolve the copy of Feldon's ability, creating a token copy of Priest of Urabrask with haste.
- 4The token Priest of Urabrask enters the battlefield, adding .
- 5Resolve the Feldon ability from step 1, creating a token copy of Coercive Recruiter with haste.
- 6The token Coercive Recruiter enters the battlefield, untapping Feldon.
- 7Repeat.
Obeka, Brute Chronologist + Final Fortune + Archaeomancer + Feldon of the Third Path
- 1Cast Final Fortune for .
- 2Move to your extra turn.
- 3Activate Feldon for Tap creating a token copy of Archaeomancer.
- 4With Archaeomancer's etb, put Final Fortune back into your hand.
- 5Cast Final Fortune for .
- 6Move to your end step, then activate Obeka to end your turn with Archaeomancer's sacrifice trigger and Final Fortune's lose the game trigger on the stack.
- 7Repeat 2-6.
Feldon of the Third Path + Sundial of the Infinite + Final Fortune + Archaeomancer
- 1Cast Final Fortune for .
- 2Move to your extra turn.
- 3activate Feldon for Tap creating a token copy of Archaeomancer.
- 4With Archaeomancer's etb, put Final Fortune back into your hand.
- 5Cast Final Fortune for .
- 6Move to your end step, then activate Sundial of the Infinite to end your turn with Archaeomancer's sacrifice trigger and Final Fortune's lose the game trigger on the stack.
- 7Repeat 2-6.
Feldon of the Third Path + Priest of Urabrask + Thornbite Staff + Goblin Bombardment
- 1Activate Feldon by paying and tapping it, creating a token copy of Priest of Urabrask that is an artifact in addition to its other types.
- 2When Priest of Urabrask enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding .
- 3Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Priest of Urabrask.
- 4When Priest of Urabrask dies, Feldon triggers, untapping Feldon.
- 5Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- 6Repeat.
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