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| Format | Legality |
| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Archenemy | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Legal |
| Canadian Highlander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Highlander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Leviathan | Legal |
| Limited | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Pauper Duel Commander | Legal |
| Pauper EDH | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Cloudchaser Kestrel
Creature — Bird
Flying
When Cloudchaser Kestrel enters the battlefield, destroy target enchantment.
(White): Target permanent becomes white until end of turn.
SithLord on
Birb Storm
1 year ago
There are very few birds to be found here. Odd, because this is a tribal bird theme deck. You aren't even running Maskwood Nexus or Arcane Adaptation
So here are some birds I found that would be fun to play:
Aven Brigadier !!!!!
Whippoorwill an exile for so little the cost
Storm Crow why isn't this here?
Spire Owl cheap, but nice
Sephara, Sky's Blade this hits the field by turn 4 for 1 white mana!
Ledger Shredder badass name and badass ability
Cartographer's Hawk a fun card that empties your deck of plains
Flurry of Wings and Settle the Wreckage There is so much fun to be had
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker_ look at this scawwwwww _ Warden of Evos Isle not needed, but nice for making 5 mana birds cost less
Empyrean Eagle lord
Kangee, Sky Warden all it takes is one 1/1 bird token to scwwwaaa
Kangee, Aerie Keeper you can't run one bird and not have any feathers ay?
Shabraz, the Skyshark its a sharknado
Wingmate Roc the best wingman
High Sentinels of Arashin use your mana ramp to buff your army
Nimble Obstructionist _a tale's end _
Emeria Angel dude
Spell_Slam on
Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
2 years ago
Earnest Fellowship seems like a great choice here.Glory could also be an excellent addition. Sejiri Shelter  Flip is an easy include in your land package. Cloudchaser Kestrel seems like a really good inclusion as a backup to your commander and as removal and a random flyer.
Righteous Cause could be Patron of the Kitsune, I think. It's just a better card and you actually run a couple foxes to play it at instant speed occasionally. It will gain life even if players aren't attacking you, which is great.
In terms of some cuts, I don't think Spelltithe Enforcer will do much without more oppressive stax pieces already in place, which kind of makes it win-more, in my opinion.
I think Apostle's Blessing is the weakest of your protection spells and could probably go. Mana Tithe, while hilarious for its "gotcha" moments, will often stay stuck in your hand and not really give you much of a choice of what to counter. Cosmos Elixir definitely seems like the worst of your card draw options and could probably go.
I don't think Angel's Feather will work with your Commander's ability, as far as I understand. It's an okay card, but it seems mostly meta dependent.
king-saproling on
The 7 Year Itch
2 years ago
Great minds think alike! I have a similar list for this trio (https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/none-can-rustle-the-triumvirate/) except it leans more toward combos.
You might consider these: Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded , Prismite , Stonework Packbeast , Gemstone Array , Signpost Scarecrow , Enchanted Carriage , Lavastep Raider , Sun-Collared Raptor , Soulbright Flamekin , Loxodon Lifechanter , Cloudgoat Ranger , Mastery of the Unseen , Diviner's Wand , Cloudchaser Kestrel , Cavalier of Flame , Bomat Bazaar Barge
monkeyofficeboy on
Alesha, No Idea
2 years ago
First Pass Update:
Having acquired some cards specifically for this deck, I have made a few changes, which are as follows:
Removed
Cloudchaser Kestrel Already have a creature I can recur for enchantment removal, which is also one mana cheaper. Yes, I lose a flyer, but removal is more useful than a tiny chump blocker.
Nekrataal Useful, but has too many restrictions on what it can destroy. I think I have better options.
Rakdos Signet Doesn't do enough, and is too slow for an aggro deck.
Zulaport Cutthroat A card that I love but doesn't do enough in this deck to warrant an place.
Swords to Plowshares No other reason other than I need the copy elsewhere! Goes into the maybe board in case this deck sees heavy play.
New Cards
Nahiri, the Harbinger Both the plus and minus ability help out in this deck. The plus ability allows more creatures into the graveyard for Alesha, Who Smiles at Death to target, and the minus ability helps with removal.
Savai Crystal An upgrade on Rakdos Signet as it provides all three colours of mana, and doesn't slow the deck down. Yes it's one more to cast, but doesnt require mana to activate and has the added gravy of being a Cycling card too, if I need to draw a card.
Judith, the Scourge Diva Small bump to creatures which is handy, and the ability to deal targetted ping damage to a target. A really useful target to get some Deathtouch on I think.
Thrilling Discovery Card draw, dumps cards to the graveyard and some incidental lifegain. Not a bad trick I am hoping.
Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner Makes creatures unblockable, very useful for several creatures in this deck. Also allows for my hand to be cycled if I can get a creature through.
Caerwyn on Legendary Falcon Lord??
3 years ago
Lanzo493 - Banding on something that flies gives you a way to stop the two most common ways to push through combat damage--flying allows you to block other fliers; Banding allows you to stop 100% of damage from Tramplers.
Alas, mono-White birds are fairly bad. There's the fantastic Aven Mindcensor, some okay options like Cloudchaser Kestrel and Commander Eesha, and the remainder are mediocre-at-best.
DadHumanPraetor on
3 years ago
More cuts, removed cards that don't immediately effect the board amd included some lower cmc utility creatures like Cloudchaser Kestrel Duergar Hedge-Mage and Banisher Priest since these cards can still be impactful in the mid and late game. I constantly tinker with this deck and to get the damage through I think curving out into 4 5 and 6 drops that threaten to takeover if they are not dealt with is the more effective way to play. At least in my experience.
Shyachi33 on
Andy's Eight-and-a-Half-Tails deck
4 years ago
hi, just watched the Legendary Creature Podcast and as someone that loves mono white AND Eight-and-a-Half Tails, i'd like to put some input in the deck.
first of all, i would cut ALL of the unsynergistic "lose-less" cards like: Dawn Elemental , Blinding Angel , Guardian of the Gateless , Palisade Giant , Platinum Angel , Selfless Squire , Ghostly Prison , Pariah , and Gideon of the Trials . none of these cards advance your game state, or put you closer to a win. If anything these cards only help you durdle around, hoping you can squeeze out a cheeky win. you already run the 3 circle of protection cards that will more or less synergistically do most of that already, and you can also add Idyllic Tutor as redundancy. i would probably replace the lose-less cards for more hatebears, like Aven Mindcensor , Angel of Jubilation , and Containment Priest . you're also running only 2 creatures with an etb effects, so cards like Torpor Orb and Hushwing Gryff can be very back breaking against other more creature based decks.
if you want commander damage to be your wincon, you should run bigger "bombs" or equipments/auras like Eldrazi Conscription and/or Blackblade Reforged on top of the strata scythe and umezawa's jitte.
snow-covered plains are cheap right now. so possibly investing in Extraplanar Lens (which unfortunately isn't cheap) might be something worth while for the deck.
Scuttlemutt is a cute ramp piece that can also paint creatures white. Cloudchaser Kestrel has an etb effect AND can paint things white also
i noticed you ran Steelshaper's Gift in the video, but it's not in your current list. need an update? if you don't already have it, Open the Armory is also a good way to look for those voltron pieces.
you only have 6 cards in your entire deck that can shuffle your making Sensei's Divining Top mostly a waste of time, at that point Crystal Ball would do you better as you can scry away "bad" cards at the top of your library, unlike SDT. if you add the 5 fetchlands, and more tutors then you can reconsider it.
Now onto more spicy tech.
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
and
All Is Dust
both have great synergy with 8.5 since you can paint other people's lands and artifacts white.
adding Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth in the deck can make temple of the false god and maze of ith tap for mana, BUT it also allows you to run some extra spicy cards like Karma and Royal Decree which, with any of the circle of protection cards, for 1 mana you can make it 1 sided.
Illumination a solid counterspell that people won't see coming, and you can stop gross cards like omniscience, and mind over matter.
Renounce the Guilds is also a great way to kill everyone's non-mono color deck commanders.
not sure of the timing of the filming, but Smothering Tithe and Generous Gift should both be auto includes in every white deck.
if you are able to get your hands on the fetchlands, Brought Back can be a really good include, along with Lotus Field .
Cavalier of Dawn is also a strong include.
end notes: try to keep your deck as low to the ground as possible, with a very low mana curve, you want to play cards but also keep as much mana open to do any of your 8.5 shinanigans. if you spend 6+ mana on a spell on your man phase, it really limits what you can and cant do on other people's turns, which you want to mainly be doing with a commander like 8.5 that screams CONTROL.
Unkulon on
Kangee Wonky Birbs
5 years ago
Yeah totally agree with those two suggestions. Maybe it was me playing too much Gruul to forget about Sol Ring ... anyways Cloudchaser Kestrel is really a great utility bird. Thanks!
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