Dial M for Murder (of crows)

Commander / EDH Bird Flying Jank WU (Azorius)

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Land (35)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Floodfarm Verge
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 8x Island
• 1x Lilypad Village
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 9x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Sea Gate, Reborn  ^Flip
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seaside Haven
• 1x Secluded Courtyard
• 1x Soporific Springs  ^Flip
• 1x Tectonic Edge

Rampish (10)

• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Watcher of the Spheres
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Patchwork Banner
• 1x Warden of Evos Isle
• 1x Smothering Tithe

The Most Important Card In This Deck (1)

• 1x The Ozolith

Utility Bird (13)

• 1x Harrier Strix
• 1x Miner's Guidewing
• 1x Mockingbird
• 1x Augury Owl
• 1x Ledger Shredder
• 1x Soulcatcher
• 1x Aven Mimeomancer
• 1x Jackdaw Savior
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Battle Screech
• 1x Commander Eesha
• 1x Emeria Angel
• 1x Migratory Route

Control (11)

• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Plumecreed Escort
• 1x Aven Interrupter
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Flare of Denial
• 1x Keeper of the Nine Gales
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Removal (9)

• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Cloudchaser Kestrel
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Cloudchaser Eagle
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Aerial Extortionist
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Spectral Deluge

Commander (1)

Combat/Anthem (11)

• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Soulcatchers' Aerie
• 1x Empyrean Eagle
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Akroma's Will
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Kangee, Sky Warden
• 1x Murmuration
• 1x True Conviction

Card Advantage (9)

• 1x Chivalric Alliance
• 1x Conjurer's Mantle
• 1x Military Intelligence
• 1x Smuggler's Share
• 1x Enduring Curiosity
• 1x Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
• 1x Kastral, the Windcrested
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

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Sideboard

Other (2)

• 1x Indestructible Aura
• 1x Arctic Aven

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Maybeboard

Other (7)

• 1x Energy Arc
• 1x Favorable Winds
• 1x Shared Triumph
• 1x Unsettled Mariner
• 1x Winged Words
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Curiosity Crafter

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I thought it would be fun to name this Bird Tribal deck after a Hitchcock movie that isn't 'the Birds' and for a card (Murder of Crows) that doesn't appear in this deck.

The original framework I chose to design this deck was basically the best possible version of the perennial classic 'azorius flyers limited deck.' I keep this deck up to date, but not this detail, so follow the updates. Birds and bird-adjacent cards in foil (largely). Keep an eye on the updates section for a longer description of the changes made or following the release of a new set.

Update: 7/20/24: this deck just won for the fourth time in a row (streak!), and for the second time was objectively the weakest of all four. I love this deck and have a real feel for it at all times, but how could you--you're just reading this description for the first time. Here's a broad strokes idea: Early game, toss some birds out and peck feebly, your goal is to help get the table down to alphastrike territory and get some draw going. Mid-game: Accrue some card advantage and keep making land drops, hang onto your counter magic and anthems: let the game come to you. Don't be aggressive, just parry major direct threats and wait for your chance. Late game: preferably wait for heads-up, but when it's time to turn on the jets, get those anthems out you've been holding and watch those 2/2 birds become a surprising potent threat. Muddle the Mixture into a Cyclonic Rift or whatever. You've got this.

The above sounds so basic, right? Where's the skill in piloting a combat-based win? Why not a cool hard-to-interact-with combo? This deck wins the old fashioned way--if you really dig down to your first time trying that azorius flyers archetype in limited on some random FNM in 2007, then you're in the right headspace to just really annoy your friends.

Best paired with: Nelly Furtado's 2000s classic - I'm Like a Bird (when you unveil the deck and on repeat thereafter). Flock of Seagulls - 'I Ran' on victory or elimination

Date added	7 years
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 24 - 1 Uncommons 10 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.08
Tokens	Bird 1/1 W, Bird 2/2 U, Elephant 3-3 G, Foretell, Knight 2/2 WU, Plot, Storm Crow 1/2 U, Treasure
Folders	Commander, Active Decks