Surfin' Bird

Commander / EDH* Crocosaurus

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Changes made after some serious trading. —Aug. 13, 2012

Mana Leak was changed to Volition Reins: mana leak is not a good enough counter spell in EDH except if it is played in the first 3 turns. Volition Reins allows me to take control of their fliers, locking them down even more, or one of their nice planeswalkers. Plus, I had it in foil.

Seachrome Coast was changed to Journeyer's Kite: Much debate at the moment whether Mystic Gate should be replaced with Seachrome Coast. (Thoughts?) Either way, I took Coast out and replaced it with a land fetcher that not only is nice in general, adds nice flavour to the deck.

Reliquary Tower was put in, replacing a Plains: Pretty much need a hand increaser in the deck, or some cards will get rid of too many of my cards during cleanup.

Suntail Hawk was replaced with Swans of Bryn Argoll: SWANS! Also, suntail hawk felt like a weak addition to my deck, even with the low mana cost. Swans are an untouchable (almost) which benefits from my upgrades so much more.

Clone was replaced with Stormscape Familiar: Clone has been put aside, despite good general removal and being able to copy my better birds, for the familiar - which helps me cast the more expensive spells like Avacyn and Elesh Norn for slightly cheaper. Helps in the early game too due to its low CMC.