Feather, the Redeemed

Bracket

• B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
• B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
• B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
• B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
• B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

• No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

4 known combos.

• Feather, the Redeemed + Sage of Hours + Increasing Savagery
  Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
  View on Commander Spellbook
• Feather, the Redeemed + Sage of Hours + Verdant Confluence
  Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
  View on Commander Spellbook
• Feather, the Redeemed + Sage of Hours + Infuse with the Elements
  Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
  View on Commander Spellbook

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

• 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
  If an instant or sorcery spell's own instructions tell you to exile it or put it anywhere else, it won't try to be put into your graveyard or exiled with Feather's effect, so you won't return it to your hand.
• 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
  If Feather is still on the battlefield as you finish casting an instant or sorcery spell that targets one or more creatures you control, its ability triggers. The replacement effect that exiles that spell and the delayed triggered ability that returns it to your hand both take effect even if Feather leaves the battlefield after this point.
• 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
  If you cast an instant or sorcery spell that you don't own, it won't try to be put into your graveyard, so you won't exile it with Feather's effect or return it to your hand.
• 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
  The spell may have any other targets in addition to a creature you control.
• 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
  If another replacement effect instructs you to exile an instant or sorcery spell, such as that of Dreadhorde Arcanist or the flashback keyword, you may choose to apply Feather's replacement effect first. If you do, Feather's delayed triggered ability will return that card to your hand.
• 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
  If an instant or sorcery spell you cast that targets your creature doesn't resolve for any reason (either because another spell or ability counters it or because all its targets are illegal as it tries to resolve), it won't be exiled. You won't return it to your hand.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast