BIRD UP

Commander / EDH Bird Flying WUB (Esper)

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Land (38)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Floodplain
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seaside Haven
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 2x Snow-Covered Island
• 2x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Watery Grave

Removal (5)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Cloudchaser Eagle
• 1x Cloudchaser Kestrel
• 1x Despark
• 1x Fierce Guardianship

Other (3)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Birb (30)

• 1x Aetherstorm Roc
• 1x Alrund's Epiphany
• 1x Artificer's Assistant
• 1x Aven Mimeomancer
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Battle Screech
• 1x Battlefield Raptor
• 1x Breena, the Demagogue
• 1x Cloudchaser Eagle
• 1x Cloudchaser Kestrel
• 1x Cloudfin Raptor
• 1x Empyrean Eagle
• 1x Eyes in the Skies
• 1x Hakka, Whispering Raven  ^Flip
• 1x Healer's Hawk
• 1x Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
• 1x Judge's Familiar
• 1x Kangee's Lieutenant
• 1x Keeper of the Nine Gales
• 1x Migratory Route
• 1x Shaile, Dean of Radiance  ^Flip
• 1x Soulcatcher
• 1x Steel-Plume Marshal
• 1x Stormscape Familiar
• 1x The Raven's Warning
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Warden of Evos Isle
• 1x Watcher of the Spheres
• 1x Wingmate Roc

Ramp (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Cartographer's Hawk
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Stormscape Familiar
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Warden of Evos Isle
• 1x Watcher of the Spheres
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Wipe (3)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Kindred Dominance

Commanders (2)

Pump (11)

• 1x Breena, the Demagogue
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Empyrean Eagle
• 1x Gravitational Shift
• 1x Kangee's Lieutenant
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Shaile, Dean of Radiance  ^Flip
• 1x Soulcatchers' Aerie
• 1x Steel-Plume Marshal
• 1x True Conviction
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Card (9)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Breena, the Demagogue
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Pact of the Serpent
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Winged Words

Recursion (1)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip

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Sideboard

Other (10)

• 1x Closing Statement
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Finale of Eternity
• 1x Mavinda, Students' Advocate
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Mystic Reflection
• 1x Silverquill Command
• 1x Wretched Confluence

Birb (3)

• 1x Gustcloak Savior
• 1x High Sentinels of Arashin
• 1x Kangee, Sky Warden

Pump (1)

• 1x Kangee, Sky Warden

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Overview

Wizards may have given up on bird tribal long ago, but I will force bird tribal until I die. If I ever rise to power as a world leader, my first mandate would be for more bird tribal cards.

This strategy of the deck is to win by going wide with a bunch of birds that are buffed up with anthems. The more birds, the better.

This means its crucial to pump out an army of birds. And to do that I need cost reducers and card draw.

The deck needs a lot of card draw to get anywhere, so I'm currently testing out Tymna the Weaver as a commander for guaranteed card draw. Before, the commander was Kangee, Sky Warden . You can see that version here BIRD UP [UW].

Cost reducers

• Warden of Evos Isle

• Watcher of the Spheres

• Stormscape Familiar

• Urza's Incubator

• Herald's Horn

Card draw

This deck runs out of gas quick, so it needs lots of card draw.

• Kindred Discovery

• Vanquisher's Banner

• Airborne Aid

• Winged Words

• Bident of Thassa , Reconnaissance Mission , and Costal Piracy.

Many Birbs

• Migratory Route

• Battle Screech

• Eyes in the Skies

• There are also a bunch of cheap birds that help prepare for later turns such as Sage Owl , Augury Owl , or Artificer's Assistant .

Even Stronger Birbs

What's better than a smol birb, a big birb.

• Gravitational Shift

• Empyrean Eagle

• Kangee's Lieutenant

• Radiant Destiny

• Soulcatchers' Aerie

• Steel-Plume Marshal

Disruption

It helps that there are a good amount of birds with some sort of disruption or removal attached to it.

• Aven Mindcensor

• Nimble Obstructionist

• Cloudchaser Eagle and Cloudchaser Kestrel

• Keeper of the Nine Gales

• Lieutenant Kirtar

Playtest Notes & Deck Edits

• I had too many colorless lands & got mana screwed. Replacing Mind Stone for Arcane Signet , Animal Sanctuary for Mana Confluence , and Blasted Landscape for Reflecting Pool . Lands & mana rocks can easily become dead draws in this deck and being able to turn them into cards is good, but that doesn't matter if I can't play the cards I want.

Considering Add

First in line - Godhead of Awe

Other 1x Aerial Assault #removal 1x Airborne Aid #card 1x Always Watching #anthem 1x Animal Sanctuary #land 1x Augury Owl #birb 1x Aven Brigadier #anthem #birb 1x Aven Gagglemaster #birb 1x Aven Wind Guide #birb 1x Blasted Landscape #land 1x Bone Picker #birb 1x Celestial Gatekeeper #birb 1x Cover of Darkness #anthem 1x Crippling Fear #wipe 1x Crookclaw Elder #birb 1x Crush Contraband #removal 1x Cryptic Caves #land 1x Cryptic Gateway #other 1x Emeria Angel #birb 1x Emeria's Call #other 1x Faceless Haven #land 1x Flawless Maneuver #other 1x Generous Gift #removal 1x Gitaxian Probe #card 1x Glint-Nest Crane #birb 1x Godhead of Awe #anthem 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord #land 1x Harsh Mercy #wipe 1x Haunting Voyage #recursion 1x Herald's Horn #ramp 1x High Sentinels of Arashin #birb 1x Idyllic Tutor #other 1x Irrigated Farmland #land 1x Island Sanctuary #other 1x Kathari Remnant #birb 1x Lieutenant Kirtar #birb #removal 1x Lonely Sandbar #land 1x Magus of the Moat #other 1x Major Teroh #birb #removal 1x Meekstone #other 1x Mutavault #land 1x Nimble Obstructionist #birb #removal 1x Path to Exile #removal 1x Patriarch's Bidding #recursion 1x Pilfering Hawk #birb 1x Ponder #card 1x Port Town #land 1x Preordain #card 1x Radiant Destiny #anthem 1x Rally of Wings #anthem 1x Return from Extinction #recursion 1x Sage Owl #birb 1x Serum Visions #card 1x Skemfar Shadowsage #other 1x Species Specialist #card 1x Teferi's Moat #other 1x Temple of Enlightenment #land 1x Tidehollow Strix #birb 1x Urza's Incubator #ramp 1x Windbrisk Raptor #birb 1x Winds of Abandon #wipe 1x Wings of the Guard #birb

If you have any feedback for the deck please let me know. It currently needs more card draw since it runs out of gas quickly.

Top Ranked	Achieved #12 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #8 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Flying 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH WU (Azorius) 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 2 Mythic Rares 43 - 9 Rares 25 - 2 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.05
Tokens	Bird 1/1 U, Bird 1/1 W, Bird 3/4 W, Boar 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Energy Reserve, Foretell, Plant 0/2 G, Treasure
Folders	Ideas, EDH Decks