Surfin' Bird

Commander / EDH* Crocosaurus

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BerserkWin says... #1

card:Urza's Incubator might be useful for casting birds and re-casting Kangee (If you want to link Urza's Incubator, by the way, you need a - in place of the apostrophe. That just about drove me crazy, trying to figure out how I was mispelling it.)

Distant Melody , Shared Triumph .

October 18, 2012 3:20 p.m.

Crocosaurus says... #2

Thanks everyone!

Aven Mindcensor is going in at some point, as is Shared Triumph .

Distant Melody is so tempting to put in, the card advantage would be so amazing to have. card:Urza's Incubator is defintely going in, I didn't even know about the card! I would probably put it in with Distant Melody .

I will probably take out Rewind . However nice it is in foil...

What else should be taken out for these cards?

Also, Storm Crow is not worth putting in tthe deck when so many other cards are in. Sideboarded, just in case. It was in the deck, a while ago. It got taken out for Norn.

Chromatic Lantern is going in. Commander Eesha will go in after I have made all other changes, if I find room for him. Same with Battle Screech .

October 19, 2012 7 a.m.

Crocosaurus says... #3

I meant Redirect . Not Rewind .

October 19, 2012 7:03 a.m.

atencj says... #4

Guile might be a good card for this deck. Some players don't like to use infinite combos but Guile and Dovescape on the battlefield will give you infinite birds.

October 25, 2012 2:26 a.m.

Crocosaurus says... #5

I did playtest it with that combo for a while, but they needed to come out together and with no real draw engine (and no plans to put one in, except for Distant Melody ) they never came out together very often.

Dovescape by itself, from playtesting, is bad in this deck, as it gives them birds that are powered up. If they have more spells to throw away, they win very quickly. It also gives them creatures that can get over Moat effects.

October 25, 2012 4:53 a.m.

Name like a boss

October 25, 2012 10:47 a.m.

malmagora says... #7

"A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird B-b-b-bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word"ah ah ah!!! Good deck!!!

October 25, 2012 10:58 a.m.

"cause everybody's heard that the bird is the word.

October 25, 2012 1:26 p.m.

MartialArt says... #9

Nice deck: +1

A bit slow but it seems to work.

You should think about adding more card drawers to keep pushing your opponents back in late game. Intuition , Jace Beleren , Coastal Piracy and Thought Reflection might help.

Inexorable Tide might be good for those counters along with Contagion Clasp .

You could also use more protection for your general to keep up the boost on your birds and to keep pushing with flying commander damage. Lightning Greaves Swiftfoot Boots and the likes of it might help.

I hope this helped. Greets MA.

July 8, 2013 6:15 a.m.

Crocosaurus says... #10

Inexorable Tide is already in there, and I am adding in Coastal Piracy and Swiftfoot Boots as we speak.

Some more card draw would be useful, will have a think about what to remove and what to keep.

Thanks a lot for the advice!

July 8, 2013 7:04 a.m.

MartialArt says... #11

Sry. Didn't see them (don't know why).

Otherworld Atlas is a interesting multiplayer draw engine. It attracts little hate since everybody gets cards but you decide when they do.

Consecrated Sphinx is insane in multiplayer but attracts a lot of destroyers because of it. Most of the time it still lets you draw enough cards to make it worth.

Distant Memories can be interesting too since it can tutor you a card or let you draw a good bunch.

I hope the rest of my suggestions from the previous post and those I just did still helped.

Greets MA.

July 8, 2013 7:17 a.m.

Chickentheo says... #12

I would suggest Storm Crow for a win con, I hear he is pretty good.

October 12, 2013 9:54 p.m.

I reaaaaallly like this deck idea so +1.

Something you may consider though is the addition of Adaptive Automaton He helps buff your birdie buddies and changes into a bird himself, pretty important for tribal EDHs.

I want to alert you to the dangers of Dissipation Field however, If you consider all of the really amazing entering the battlefield abilities we have access to in EDH, having Dissipation Field on the battlefield might just give your opponent the incentive to attack you so they can get off their Massacre Wurm again.

October 13, 2013 3:21 p.m.

Crocosaurus says... #14

It can get annoying with the lack of chump blockers in the deck - I am considering swapping it for Swan Song to fit with the flavour.

October 13, 2013 3:41 p.m.

Where is your Dovescape?

May 10, 2016 12:28 a.m.

Oops - right there in the sideboard. Don't mind me over here.

May 10, 2016 12:29 a.m.

lil_cheez says... #17

Any thoughts on Commander Eesha?

August 6, 2016 5:05 p.m.

WMonkey1990 says... #18

This deck is definitely for the birds. Lol cause everyone knows that the bird is the word.Lmao.;)

November 16, 2016 11:26 p.m.

hecklefeckle says... #19

What about Storm Crow? It's really powerful.

March 27, 2017 10:02 p.m.

QuantumSkies says... #20

April 3, 2017 6:59 p.m.

hecklefeckle says... #21

No Storm Crow? It's a staple in every blue deck ever.

August 17, 2017 12:19 a.m.

lil_cheez says... #22

Guys, Storm Crow is banned in commander due to being so powerful

August 19, 2017 2 p.m.

Sabeh says... #23

Awesome deck. Bird is the word!

October 2, 2017 10:18 a.m.

Inanity says... #24

I feel like this deck is just begging for a Mirror Entity

February 2, 2018 12:47 a.m.

Meurth says... #25

Bird up

June 19, 2018 8:22 a.m.

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