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3/27/2025
Budget Bird Beatdown
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $72.68
Salt sum: 26.74
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Commander

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Kastral, the Windcrested

Flying Whenever one or more Birds you control deal combat damage to a player, choose one — • You may put a Bird creature card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield with a finality counter on it. • Put a +1/+1 counter on each Bird you control. • Draw a card.

Creature
Kastral, the Windcrested (blb) 335

Commander

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Anthem

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Empyrean Eagle

Flying Other creatures you control with flying get +1/+1.

Creature
Empyrean Eagle (scd) 226
Favorable Winds

Creatures you control with flying get +1/+1.

Enchantment
Favorable Winds (scd) 52
Gravitational Shift

Creatures with flying get +2/+0. Creatures without flying get -2/-0.

Enchantment
Gravitational Shift (scd) 54
Gwaihir the Windlord

This spell costs {2} less to cast as long as you've drawn two or more cards this turn. Flying, vigilance Other Birds you control have vigilance.

Creature
Gwaihir the Windlord (ltr) 210
Kangee's Lieutenant

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, attacking creatures with flying get +1/+1 until end of turn. Encore {5}{W} ({5}{W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Kangee's Lieutenant (scd) 27
Kangee, Sky Warden

Flying, vigilance Whenever Kangee attacks, attacking creatures with flying get +2/+0 until end of turn. Whenever Kangee blocks, blocking creatures with flying get +0/+2 until end of turn.

Creature
Kangee, Sky Warden (scd) 234
Soulcatchers' Aerie

Whenever a Bird is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, put a feather counter on this enchantment. Bird creatures get +1/+1 for each feather counter on this enchantment.

Enchantment
Soulcatchers' Aerie (plst) JUD-25
Sprite Noble

Flying Other creatures you control with flying get +0/+1. {T}: Other creatures you control with flying get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Sprite Noble (j25) 365
Steel-Plume Marshal

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, other attacking creatures you control with flying get +2/+2 until end of turn.

Creature
Steel-Plume Marshal (scd) 35
Valley Questcaller

Whenever one or more other Rabbits, Bats, Birds, and/or Mice you control enter, scry 1. Other Rabbits, Bats, Birds, and Mice you control get +1/+1.

Creature
Valley Questcaller (blb) 299

Anthem

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Counters

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Clinquant Skymage

Flying Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Clinquant Skymage (fdn) 33
Cloudfin Raptor

Flying Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Creature
Cloudfin Raptor (rvr) 37
Soulcatcher

Flying Whenever a creature with flying dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Soulcatcher (ema) 30

Counters

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Draw

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Airborne Aid

Draw a card for each Bird on the battlefield.

Sorcery
Airborne Aid (ons) 62
Bident of Thassa

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. {1}{U}, {T}: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.

Artifact Enchantment
Bident of Thassa (blc) 162
Curiosity Crafter

Flying You have no maximum hand size. Whenever a creature token you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Curiosity Crafter (blc) 165
Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Instant
Frantic Search (tdc) 153
Harrier Strix

Flying When this creature enters, tap target permanent. {2}{U}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Harrier Strix (otj) 52
Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector

Flying, vigilance {T}, Exile Senu: You gain 2 life and scry 2. When a legendary creature you control attacks and isn't blocked, if this card is exiled, put it onto the battlefield attacking.

Creature
Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector (acr) 8
Winged Words

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a creature with flying. Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Winged Words (j25) 393

Draw

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Evasion

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Battlefield Raptor

Flying, first strike

Creature
Battlefield Raptor (khm) 3
Miner's Guidewing

Flying, vigilance When this creature dies, target creature you control explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Miner's Guidewing (lci) 24
Shrike Force

Flying, double strike, vigilance

Creature
Shrike Force (blb) 31
Silver Raven

Flying When this creature enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature Artifact
Silver Raven (afr) 74

Evasion

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Land

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Animal Sanctuary

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target Bird, Cat, Dog, Goat, Ox, or Snake.

Land
Animal Sanctuary (plst) M21-242
Azorius Chancery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (dsc) 261
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (pip) 259
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (pip) 263
Field of Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles.

Land
Field of Ruin (moc) 400
Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (pip) 266
Irrigated Farmland

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Irrigated Farmland (pip) 268
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (pip) 320
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (pip) 279
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (pip) 318
Port Town

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Port Town (who) 294
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (pip) 280
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (dsc) 295
Seaside Haven

{T}: Add {C}. {W}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice a Bird: Draw a card.

Land
Seaside Haven (ons) 323
Secluded Courtyard

As this land enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type or activate an ability of a creature source of the chosen type.

Land
Secluded Courtyard (fdn) 267
Skycloud Expanse

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Skycloud Expanse (pip) 291
Temple of Enlightenment

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Temple of Enlightenment (pip) 304
Tranquil Cove

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Tranquil Cove (fdn) 270

Land

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Landfall

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Emeria Angel

Flying Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may create a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying.

Creature
Emeria Angel (moc) 183

Landfall

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Lifegain

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Aven Gagglemaster

Flying When this creature enters, you gain 2 life for each creature you control with flying.

Creature
Aven Gagglemaster (scd) 8
Healer's Hawk

Flying Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Healer's Hawk (fdn) 142

Lifegain

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Proliferate

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Thrummingbird

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Thrummingbird (cmm) 858

Proliferate

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Protection

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Esior, Wardwing Familiar

Flying Spells your opponents cast that target one or more commanders you control cost {3} more to cast. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Esior, Wardwing Familiar (cmr) 67
Jubilant Skybonder

Flying Creatures you control with flying have "Spells your opponents cast that target this creature cost {2} more to cast."

Creature
Jubilant Skybonder (scd) 232
Plumecreed Escort

Flash Flying When this creature enters, target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn.

Creature
Plumecreed Escort (blb) 65
Sephara, Sky's Blade

You may pay {W} and tap four untapped creatures you control with flying rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Flying, lifelink Other creatures you control with flying have indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Creature
Sephara, Sky's Blade (cmm) 54
Siren Stormtamer

Flying {U}, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.

Creature
Siren Stormtamer (lcc) 171
Unbreakable Formation

Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those creatures and they gain vigilance until end of turn.

Instant
Unbreakable Formation (rvr) 32

Protection

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (pip) 224
Azorius Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Artifact
Azorius Signet (blc) 265
Cartographer's Hawk

Flying When this creature deals combat damage to a player who controls more lands than you, return it to its owner's hand. If you do, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Cartographer's Hawk (cmm) 18
Marble Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}.

Artifact
Marble Diamond (clb) 320
Ornithopter of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter of Paradise (drc) 133
Sky Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}.

Artifact
Sky Diamond (clb) 337
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (pip) 239
Talisman of Progress

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Progress (pip) 249
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (pip) 251
Warden of Evos Isle

Flying Creature spells with flying you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Warden of Evos Isle (j25) 385
Watcher of the Spheres

Flying Creature spells with flying you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever another creature you control with flying enters, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Watcher of the Spheres (m21) 227

Ramp

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Recursion

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Jackdaw Savior

Flying Whenever this creature or another creature you control with flying dies, return another target creature card with lesser mana value from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Jackdaw Savior (blb) 18

Recursion

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Removal

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Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

Instant
Aetherize (fdn) 151
Austere Command

Choose two — • Destroy all artifacts. • Destroy all enchantments. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

Sorcery
Austere Command (pip) 156
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Fell the Mighty

Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.

Sorcery
Fell the Mighty (mkc) 65
Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant
Generous Gift (blc) 106
Gust of Wind

This spell costs {2} less to cast if you control a creature with flying. Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Gust of Wind (j25) 316
Judge's Familiar

Flying Sacrifice this creature: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Creature
Judge's Familiar (rvr) 192
Lofty Denial

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}. If you control a creature with flying, counter that spell unless its controller pays {4} instead.

Instant
Lofty Denial (m21) 56
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (pip) 169
Refute

Counter target spell. Draw a card, then discard a card.

Instant
Refute (fdn) 48
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (pip) 173

Removal

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Tokens

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Donal, Herald of Wings

Whenever you cast a nonlegendary creature spell with flying, you may copy it, except the copy is a 1/1 Spirit in addition to its other types. Do this only once each turn. (The copy becomes a token.)

Creature
Donal, Herald of Wings (voc) 3
Migratory Route

Create four 1/1 white Bird creature tokens with flying. Basic landcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Sorcery
Migratory Route (moc) 336
Murmuration

Birds you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance. At the beginning of your end step, for each spell you've cast this turn, create a 1/2 blue Bird creature token with flying named Storm Crow.

Enchantment
Murmuration (blc) 10
Skycat Sovereign

Flying This creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control with flying. {2}{W}{U}: Create a 1/1 white Cat Bird creature token with flying.

Creature
Skycat Sovereign (scd) 243
Wingmate Roc

Flying Raid — When this creature enters, if you attacked this turn, create a 3/4 white Bird creature token with flying. Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 1 life for each attacking creature.

Creature
Wingmate Roc (c19) 78

Tokens

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Untap

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Rally of Wings

Untap all creatures you control. Creatures you control with flying get +2/+2 until end of turn.

Instant
Rally of Wings (j25) 238

Untap

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Deck Info

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42 pips - 34 cards
26 mana - 26 cards
40 pips - 33 cards
25 mana - 25 cards
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9 mana - 8 cards
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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"A budget tribal deck based around Birds with Kastral as the commander. Use the evasion granted from the flying keyword all Birds have to get in for damage and to activate Kastral's ability. All three options can be useful at any time, but do let it be noted this deck has a very hard time coming back from getting Wrathed so keep up mana for protection if you can. This deck can do some heavy damage with all the Anthems on top of not being able to be blocked, and you generate massive amounts of card draw off Kastral. Flying is a very simple but fun build around and I really enjoy tribal decks as well. This one is extremely upgradable and there are some automatic and easy additions you can make if you see fit (Mockingbird, Roaming Throne). As always I am open to any suggestions for improving the deck while keeping it below $80, I need to do some work on the mana curve of the deck so feel free to provide any input there. That's it for the deck!!\n"}]}
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