His abilities have a control theme, including returning a creature from play to its owner's hand, drawing cards and gaining an extra swap, and creating a powerful support {{Ability|Token}} which progressively strips away the opponent's creatures, supports, and mana as Teferi draws cards. Such a powerful lockdown has to come at a price; Zhalfir's Fate is a fragile thing, with only two Shield and costing 21 Loyalty, it can easily come to nothing, especially when compared to the twelve shield on [[Nicol Bolas, the Ravager]]'s Major Bolas' Omnipotence token, which can also shut down the opponent's game, albeit more slowly.