Vega, the Bird Watcher

Commander / EDH WU (Azorius)

Lurf

Creature (29)

• 1x Alandra, Sky Dreamer
• 1x Ancient Gold Dragon
• 1x Brazen Borrower
• 1x Cemetery Illuminator
• 1x Cosmos Charger
• 1x Curiosity Crafter
• 1x Emeria Angel
• 1x Empyrean Eagle
• 1x Enduring Curiosity
• 1x Errant and Giada
• 1x Ethereal Valkyrie
• 1x Giant Killer
• 1x Glorious Protector
• 1x Jem Lightfoote, Sky Explorer
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
• 1x Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
• 1x Moonshaker Cavalry
• 1x Murmuring Mystic
• 1x Overcharged Amalgam
• 1x Ranar the Ever-Watchful
• 1x Sage of the Beyond
• 1x Sephara, Sky's Blade
• 1x Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
• 1x Stoic Farmer
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x The Reality Chip
• 1x Thunderclap Wyvern
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant

Land (37)

• 1x Clive's Hideaway
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 14x Island
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 11x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Artifact (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Bender's Waterskin
• 1x Laser Screwdriver
• 1x Mox Tantalite *f-etch*
• 1x Pearl Medallion
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Talisman of Progress

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Alrund's Epiphany
• 1x Doomskar
• 1x Expel the Interlopers
• 1x Hidden Strings
• 1x Last Thoughts
• 1x Ravenform
• 1x Scour All Possibilities
• 1x Spectral Deluge
• 1x Starnheim Unleashed

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Behold the Multiverse
• 1x Cosmic Intervention
• 1x Depart the Realm
• 1x Forceful Denial
• 1x Iron Verdict
• 1x Make Your Move
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Mystic Reflection
• 1x Saw it Coming
• 1x Surge of Brilliance
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Ultimate Magic: Holy

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Murmuration

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Sideboard

Creature (22)

• 1x Astelli Reclaimer
• 1x Clarion Spirit
• 1x Cosmos Charger
• 1x Cruel Witness
• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Dust Animus
• 1x Ethereal Investigator
• 1x Hope-Ender Coatl
• 1x Jubilant Skybonder
• 1x Junk Winder
• 1x Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
• 1x Mischievous Mystic
• 1x Niblis of Frost
• 1x Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1x Shadow Puppeteers
• 1x Smirking Spelljacker
• 1x Starfield Vocalist
• 1x Transcendent Dragon
• 1x Watcher of Hours
• 1x Wingblade Disciple
• 1x Zeriam, Golden Wind

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Dictate of Heliod
• 1x Haunted Library
• 1x Hoofprints of the Stag
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Prayer of Binding
• 1x Precognition Field
• 1x Shark Typhoon
• 1x Stasis Snare
• 1x Static Snare

Instant (5)

• 1x Access Denied
• 1x Dreams of Laguna
• 1x Momentary Blink
• 1x Negate
• 1x Oona's Grace

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Ancestral Vision
• 1x Arcane Heist
• 1x Divine Reckoning
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Hands of Binding
• 1x Hour of Reckoning

Artifact (5)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Pendant
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x River Song's Diary
• 1x Thought Vessel

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Maybeboard

Creature (82)

• 1x Abhorrent Oculus
• 1x Abuelo, Ancestral Echo
• 1x Aeon Chronicler
• 1x Aerial Extortionist
• 1x Aether Channeler
• 1x Angel of the Dire Hour
• 1x Appa, Steadfast Guardian
• 1x Archmage of Runes
• 1x Augury Raven
• 1x Aven Brigadier
• 1x Aven Gagglemaster
• 1x Aven Interrupter
• 1x Chancellor of the Spires
• 1x Chrome Host Seedshark
• 1x Clinquant Skymage
• 1x Cloudchaser Eagle
• 1x Cloudchaser Kestrel
• 1x Commander Eesha
• 1x Cosmogrand Zenith
• 1x Daring Waverider
• 1x Daxos of Meletis
• 1x Dazzling Sphinx
• 1x Demilich
• 1x Detective of the Month
• 1x Devoted Grafkeeper  ^Flip
• 1x Diviner of Mist
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Etherium Spinner
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Frost Titan
• 1x Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
• 1x Gandalf, White Rider
• 1x Githzerai Monk
• 1x God-Eternal Kefnet
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IVGC
• 1x Gwaihir the Windlord
• 1x Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles
• 1x Heliod, the Radiant Dawn  ^Flip
• 1x Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
• 1x Jace's Mindseeker
• 1x Kangee, Aerie Keeper
• 1x Kangee, Sky Warden
• 1x Kastral, the Windcrested
• 1x Ledger Shredder
• 1x Lifecreed Duo
• 1x Lyla, Holographic Assistant
• 1x Magus of the Future
• 1x Marauding Sphinx
• 1x Mavinda, Students' Advocate
• 1x Mirrorhall Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Mist Raven
• 1x Mockingbird
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 1x Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch  ^Flip
• 1x Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation  ^Flip
• 1x Oneirophage
• 1x Orvar, the All-Form
• 1x Pol Jamaar, Illusionist
• 1x Poppet Stitcher  ^Flip
• 1x Pride of the Clouds
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart
• 1x Sakashima's Protege
• 1x Scholar of the Lost Trove
• 1x Serra Paragon
• 1x Skycat Sovereign
• 1x Slickshot Lockpicker
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Spectral Arcanist
• 1x Station Monitor
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Taigam, Master Opportunist
• 1x Taigam, Ojutai Master
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Thistledown Liege
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk
• 1x Treasure Keeper
• 1x Tura Kennerud, Skyknight
• 1x Watcher of the Spheres
• 1x Wrangler of the Damned
• 1x Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

Enchantment (23)

• 1x Caretaker's Talent
• 1x Case of the Ransacked Lab
• 1x Case of the Shifting Visage
• 1x Case of the Uneaten Feast
• 1x Cast Through Time
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Commander's Insignia
• 1x Day of the Dragons
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Dollmaker's Shop / Porcelain Gallery
• 1x Emergent Haunting
• 1x Favorable Winds
• 1x Felidar Retreat
• 1x Flowering of the White Tree
• 1x In the Trenches
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Monk Class
• 1x Ominous Seas
• 1x Song of the Worldsoul
• 1x Spellweaver Volute
• 1x Storm of Saruman
• 1x Stormchaser's Talent

Instant (4)

• 1x Chemister's Insight
• 1x Complete the Circuit
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Spelljack

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Storm Slayer
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Ancestral Vision
• 1x Great Teacher's Decree
• 1x Inevitable Betrayal
• 1x Knowledge Exploitation
• 1x March of Souls
• 1x Mnemonic Deluge
• 1x Plan the Heist
• 1x Reality Strobe
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Starnheim Unleashed
• 1x Stolen Goods
• 1x Talent of the Telepath
• 1x Temporal Fissure
• 1x The Battle of Bywater

Artifact (12)

• 1x Anduril, Flame of the West
• 1x Chaos Wand
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Mirari
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Spear of Heliod
• 1x Sword of Forge and Frontier
• 1x Sword of Once and Future
• 1x Thopter Fabricator
• 1x Wishing Well

Land (1)

• 1x Tolaria West

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Reading Vega for the first time is a classic example of why Magic is so amazing to me. Immediately the thought came to mind: "cool! that looks unusual, how can I make this work?". Ah ok... we got Foretell, playing from the top of the library, from (opponent's) graveyards and what else...?!

What I hope to achieve is a deck with what I love about Blue: lot's of card draw and playing many (cheap) spells. A humming card engine! But an engine isn't good/fun enough in and of itself. It needs to do more than 'spinning wheels'. So I turned to another classic part of the blue color identity: flying. The idea is to ramp up the engine and summon an ever growing flying armada!

Main themes

• Draw/cantrip
• Foretell
• Flying creatures

Sub themes

• Top of library manipulation
• Control (counter/bounce/removal
• Recursion (cipher/retrace)

FYI this deck is part of my tribute to Magic the Gathering; a collection of 6 commander decks that capture as many of what I consider to be the most fun mechanics of the game. Insofar as it fits I also try to incorporate some 'classic' themes and elements of color identity. Since I have 6 matching deck boxes - one for each color and one lotus - I've tried to make it to so that each deck fits (admittedly loosely) in one of these color categories.

Check out the other decks here:

• Green: Animar ETB engine
• Red: Agrus Kos, double jeopardy
• Black: Savra sacrifice
• White: Marchesa combat control
• Lotus (5 color): Marina's epic enchanments

Date added	2 months
Last updated	3 days
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 2 Mythic Rares 40 - 25 Rares 13 - 10 Uncommons 12 - 10 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.76
Tokens	Angel Warrior 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Bird 1/1 U, Bird 1/1 W, Bird Illusion 1/1 U, Clue, Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Elemental 4/4 W, Faerie 1/1 U, Faerie Dragon 1/1 U, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Foretell, Griffin 2/2 W, On an Adventure, Plot, Shark X/X U, Spirit 1/1 W, Storm Crow 1/2 U, Thopter 1/1 C