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Fíli the Pathfinder
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Fíli is a premium four-drop that immediately provides two 2/2 bodies, then generates another Dwarf token for every future nontoken Dwarf and eventually becomes a permanent team anthem. It is one of the strongest engines and payoffs in the RW Dwarf deck and is still solid before its Storied bonus is active.
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Gameplay notes
Fíli triggers from its own entry, so it normally creates a 2/2 Dwarf immediately. Prioritize playing it before additional nontoken Dwarves, but if possible first establish enough artifacts, legendaries, or Sagas to make the initial pair of bodies 3/3s; once the enduring story is achieved, it remains active even if those enablers leave play.
Key synergies
Dori triggers Fíli to create a 2/2 Dwarf token; with Fíli already in play, Dori's legendary permanent and Treasure also immediately reach three Storied permanents, turning on Fíli's team-wide +1/+1.
Casting Dwarven Provisioner triggers Fíli to create an additional 2/2 Dwarf, and the extra body makes Provisioner's team-wide pump substantially more valuable.
Seek the Heart tutors Fíli, while The Arkenstone contributes a legendary artifact toward Storied and strengthens the wide Dwarf board Fíli creates; once Storied is active, their two global +1/+1 effects stack.
Óin entering as a nontoken Dwarf makes a 2/2 Dwarf token through Fíli. Óin also helps establish an enduring story so Fíli can anthem both Óin and the generated token.
Bofur entering as a nontoken Dwarf causes Fíli to create a 2/2 Dwarf token, turning the creature half into two bodies. Concerted Care can first protect Fíli from removal, preserving both its token engine and eventual Storied anthem.
Once you have an enduring story, Bifur doubles Fíli's triggered ability, so Fíli and each later nontoken Dwarf create two 2/2 Dwarf tokens instead of one; Fíli's anthem then enlarges all of them.
A nontoken Dwarf entering triggers both Balin and Fíli; Fíli then creates a Dwarf token, which triggers Balin again. With an enduring story, the two Balin triggers can repeatedly redraw a same-sized hand and deal damage twice.
Blacksmith entering while Fíli is present creates both a Dwarf token and an Axe artifact, adding two bodies while the Axe helps assemble the three qualifying permanents needed to turn on Fíli's anthem.
Casting Glóin as a nontoken Dwarf triggers Fíli to create an additional 2/2 Dwarf token, while Glóin's legendary status also helps establish the enduring story that turns Fíli's board into an anthem-backed army.
Fíli creates a Dwarf token when it enters and can continue producing tokens as nontoken Dwarves enter, rapidly adding bodies to the Eagle's attack bonus; its Storied anthem also increases the Eagle's base stats.
Fíli supplies additional Dwarf tokens whenever nontoken Dwarves enter and gives the deck a second teamwide anthem after Storied; An Unexpected Party then gives Fíli and every Dwarf token another +2/+2.
Dáin Ironfoot entering triggers Fíli to create a Dwarf token, while Fíli, Dáin, and Dáin's Axe immediately establish the enduring story. This turns on Fíli's anthem and gives Dáin another attacker to equip and grant double strike.
Dáin's Company can find Fíli, and with Fíli in play the Company's entry creates a 2/2 Dwarf token. That immediately turns on the Company's lifelink while adding substantial board presence.
Fíli creates a Dwarf token whenever he or another nontoken Dwarf enters, allowing a sequence of Dwarf creatures to advance Belladonna repeatedly toward her card-draw and team-counter rewards.
Each time Fíli returns from exile, his own nontoken Dwarf entry triggers and creates another 2/2 Dwarf token.
After a kicked casting returns your nontoken Dwarves, replaying Fíli and each other Dwarf creates additional 2/2 Dwarf tokens, rebuilding a much wider board alongside the 4/4 Birds.
Bard doubles every Dwarf token created by Fíli, so each nontoken Dwarf entering adds two 2/2 bodies that also benefit from Fíli's enduring-story anthem.
Fíli repeatedly adds Dwarf tokens to the battlefield, increasing Orcrist's Treasure payout when its equipped attacker chooses Dwarf; Orcrist also helps enable Fíli's Storied bonuses as a legendary artifact.
Nori entering triggers Fíli to create a 2/2 Dwarf token, and Nori helps enable Storied so Fíli can eventually give the whole team +1/+1.
Casting Ori triggers Fíli to create a 2/2 Dwarf token, while Ori and Fíli each count as legendary permanents toward Storied; once enabled, Fíli's anthem further improves Ori.
Fíli creates extra Dwarf bodies as nontoken Dwarves enter and can provide a permanent team anthem after Storied, greatly increasing both the number and quality of creatures boosted by Thorin's Last Stand.
Key to the Side-Door cheaply supplies one of the three artifacts, legendaries, or Sagas needed to activate Fíli's permanent team-wide bonus.
Casting Fíli with Kíli in play produces Fíli plus a Dwarf token, ensuring Kíli's once-per-turn draw trigger; later nontoken Dwarves continue to generate both board presence and a card.
As a Saga, Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern helps establish Fíli's enduring story, permanently turning on his team-wide +1/+1 bonus; its removal also clears the way for the resulting Dwarf board.
Temporarily turning a creature into an artifact can establish an enduring story when you are one qualifying permanent short, permanently switching on Fíli's team-wide +1/+1 bonus while protecting a creature.
Map is a cheap artifact and legendary permanent that helps establish Fíli's enduring story, turning on the permanent +1/+1 bonus for your entire creature board.
The Saga is a cheap, long-lived enduring-story enabler for Fíli, whose unlocked anthem also makes the wide attacks encouraged by chapter IV substantially stronger.
Once Fíli's enduring story is active, every Dwarf token produced by The Lonely Mountain receives his +1/+1 bonus, turning the land's repeatable 2/2 production into repeatable 3/3 threats.