Surfin' Bird
Commander / EDH*
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More updates —Sept. 2, 2012
Following changes have been made: Aven Squire and the two morph birds (can't remember both their names, but Aven Liberator was one) have been dropped, and replaced with Gilded Lotus, Temporal Mastery and Coat of Arms. I felt this was enough of a tribal to warrant a coat of arms, and if it comes across a token deck/another tribal it can be side-boarded for something. Gilded Lotus is more mana, which is nice for the high cost cards in the deck, and Mastery is Mastery. Also, I can't afford a Time Stretch.
Dovescape was replaced with Adarkar Wastes, I need the land AND, after playing a game, realized to my horror that Kangee was making all his birds bigger too. It ended up in a "I can cast the most spells" war and I lost. Goodbye Dovescape, to the sideboard with you.
Debate now is whether Windbrisk Raptor should replace True Conviction. Thoughts?
SwiftDeath says... #2
im not sure if Stormscape Familiar is legal in this deck as your not playing black because the color of a card in EDH is definened by its mana cost and color identifying abilities. I could be wrong about this but a better substitute for stormscape familiar would be Grand Arbiter Augustin IV either way.
August 13, 2012 7:15 p.m.
Crocosaurus says... #3
I am not sure whether or not the word "black" is included in the colour identity. Either way, i think i am going to take Familiar out and replace it with Gustcloak Savior .
I will play-test the deck a few times, and think about whether or not I need the mana reducing cards in there or not.
August 13, 2012 8:15 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #4
No Stormscape Familiar is good. It has the be the actual symbols.
August 13, 2012 8:17 p.m.
Crocosaurus says... #6
In this case, I should probably keep it in - seeing as it is a bird and so will gain all my normal boosts.
I will take out Vapor Snag , seeing as it is not the most useful bounce spell (the 1 life is irrelevant in EDH anyway, it just becomes a slight pestering) - unsummon is a lot more useful.
August 13, 2012 8:24 p.m.
SwiftDeath says... #7
ok i wasn't sure about that thank you for the correction. in that case keep the Stormscape Familiar it is a lower cost and will help more early game and still be a threat late game being a bird beater.
August 13, 2012 8:35 p.m.
broodwarjc says... #8
I would definitely keep mystic gate in over seachrome coast, because mystic gate enters the battlefield untapped 100% of the time and seachrome coast only enters untappd within the first few turns.
Crocosaurus says... #1
EDITS
13th August 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 card: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.
August 13, 2012 6:01 p.m.